

Kelly Fitzgerald, MSN CNM is a Quality and Patient Safety
Specialist at NewYork-Presbyterian in New York City, focusing on obstetric
quality assurance and improvement. She began doing quality assurance work in
2014 while still practicing clinically as a midwife and left clinical practice
in 2018 to focus exclusively on work in obstetric quality improvement. Prior to
this position, she was the Regional Perinatal Center Coordinator at Bellevue
Hospital and the manager of the midwifery service and OB quality assurance
program at NYU/Brooklyn. She began clinical practice as a midwife in 2004,
first in Philadelphia and then in New York City, both as part of a private
group practice and in large volume, public health settings. She was involved in the establishment of an
obstetric in situ simulation program at Bellevue and completed the Institute
for Medical Simulation’s instructor course, and has taught multidisciplinary simulations
since 2015. She is a 2003 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s
Midwifery Program and the UMass Amherst Second Bachelor’s Nursing Program in
1999. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and running, and is trying to be
more enthusiastic about her new Peloton bike. She lives in Brooklyn with her
husband and daughter.
Publications:
“Use of phenytoin in pregnancy for epileptic seizure
prophylaxis: a case report.” Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 49(2)
March/April 2004 p 145-47.
Dysfunctional Labor. In Minassian, Sahab S. MD and Woodland,
Mark B MD (Eds.). (2007) Ob/Gyn Clerkship Guide. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
Presentations:
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