Michael G Fitzsimons, MD
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Specialties
Affiliation
Mass General Brigham
Provider Locations
- Boston, MA
Dr. Michael Fitzsimons is the division chief of cardiac anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed his residency, chief residency, and fellowships in cardiac anesthesia and critical care medicine at Mass General. He has served in various leadership roles in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine including the director of the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship, the associate director of the Residency Program for Clinical Base Year Education, the chairperson for the Clinical Competency Committee, and the director of Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Prevention.
Dr. Fitzsimons serves as chairperson for the American Society of Anesthesiologists SUD Prevention Advisory Group and the Working Group on Physician Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. His academic interests include drug testing, disabilities among physicians, suicide prevention, and medical education. Dr. Fitzsimons is a veteran of the United States Army.
Education & Training
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Cardiac Anesthesia, 2004
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Critical Care, 2001
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Anesthesiology, 2000
- Internship: Brooke Army Medical Center, Transitional, 1994
- Medical Education: Wake Forest School of Medicine***NSCH, 1993
Board Certifications
- Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology
- Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology
- Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography, National Board of Echocardiography
Languages Spoken
- English
Age Group Treated
- Adults
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Accepted Insurance
- Tufts Medicare Preferred
- Wellpoint
- WellSense NH
- United Health Care
- Medicaid RI
- Coventry
- Humana
- MassHealth
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Aetna
- Medicaid NH
- Tufts Health Plan
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Fallon Health
- Railroad Medicare
- Multiplan
- Medicare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Maine Community Health Options
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Beech Street
- Cigna
- Medicaid VT
- Senior Whole Health
- WellSense
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- TriCare
- Medicaid ME