Meet Our Expert Team
Your care team is comprised of health professionals and physicians with special qualifications in pain medicine.
Find Relief for Back & Neck Pain
We specialize in the diagnosis, management and relief of neck and upper and lower back pain.Treatment for Chronic & Acute Pain
We can help you manage persistent back pain, arthritis, herniated discs, migraines, fibromyalgia and more.Our Services & Procedures
In additional to spinal cord stimulation, we offer interventional procedures such as nerve blocks and steroid injections.Dr. Fitzgerald
Dr. John Fitzgerald joined Center for Pain Management in 2004. He is a distinguished leader in the field of radiofrequency rhizotomy and has trained internationally with the physicians and scientists who developed the procedure and the equipment used to perform it. As a result of his first-hand training, he has subsequently trained numerous central Indiana physicians on the tools and techniques he uses on a daily basis.
Dr. Fitzgerald is a native Hoosier from Griffith, Indiana. He is a 1977 graduate of Hillsdale College, and a 1982 graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine. After completion of a two year tour of duty as a commissioned officer in the US Public Health Service in Wolf Point, Montana and Cherokee, Alabama, he went on to complete a residency in Anesthesiology at Indiana University Medical Center.
Board certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Pain Medicine, he practiced both anesthesiology and pain management at Methodist Hospital and was the Chairman of the Anesthesiology Section at Methodist in 1995. He is a member of the Columbia Club, Christ Church Cathedral, and is a supporting member of the US Naval Institute and a life member of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America.
Premedical Education:
Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
December, 1977
Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude
Major in Biosciences and English Literature
Medical Education:
Indiana University School of Medicine
February, 1982
Doctor of Medicine
Internship:
Mercy Medical Center
Transitional Internship (Family Medicine)
1983
Military Service:
General Medical Officer (0-3)
United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps
1983-1985
Honorable Discharge, July, 1985
Residency:
Indiana University Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
1986-1989
Focus on Pain Management, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Licensure and Board Certification:
Indiana Medical License since 1982
Board Certification in Anesthesiology, 1990
Subspecialty Anesthesiology Certification in Pain Management, 1996
Certification in Pain Medicine, American Board of Pain Medicine, 1994
Certification, American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Medicine, 1999
Honors and Offices:
Medical Director, West Colbert Health Clinic
Cherokee, Alabama
1984-1985
National Health Service Corps Recognition Award, 1985
Chairman, Anesthesiology Section, Department of Surgery
Methodist Hospital of Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
1995
Hospital Privileges:
St. Vincent Hospital
Westview Hospital
Medical Societies:
Indiana State Medical Association
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Lecturing and Publications:
Guest Lecturer, University Hospital of Maastricht, The Netherlands
March, 1998
Lecturer at Inaugural Meeting, American Academy of Minimally Invasive
Spinal Medicine and Surgery
December, 1999
Lecturer at various spinal medicine, medical and osteopathic conferences
In Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada and Tennessee
1999-2006
Personal Affiliations:
Member, Christ Church Cathedral
Member, Columbia Club
Member, FBI Citizen’s Academy Alumni Association
Life Member, Law Enforcement Alliance of America
Member, United States Naval Institute