Garret A. FitzGerald
Preventive Cardiology
Toowoomba Hospital
About
Garret A. FitzGerald works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Toowoomba Hospital.
Garret A. FitzGerald is a professor of translational medicine and therapeutics and chair of the department of pharmacology at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on pharmacology related to cardiovascular diseases, including the development of low-dose aspirin for cardioprotection and the cardiovascular risks of NSAIDs.
Research focus
Antiplatelet therapy in cardiovascular diseaseNSAID effects on cardiovascular riskEicosanoid biology and hypertensionCircadian rhythms in cardiovascular biologyOxidative stress and antioxidants in cardiology
Impact
849 pubs · 69,413 cites · h-index 132
Training
MD
University College Dublin
1980
MB BCh
University College Dublin
1974
MSc
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1979
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine · 1994 - Present
Chair of the Department of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine · 1996 - Present
Professor
University College Dublin · 1991 - 1994
Research Position
Vanderbilt University · 1980 - 1991