Professor Dr. Paul Fitzgerald

Biography

Paul Fitzgerald is the Head of the School of Medicine and Psychology at the Australian National University. He is a qualified psychiatrist with a MBBS degree, a Masters in Psychological Medicine, and a PhD from Monash University. Fitzgerald has conducted an extensive range of over 20 clinical trials focusing particularly on the development of novel brain stimulation treatment options including repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for patients with depression, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD, autism, and Alzheimer’s disease. He has received continuous NHMRC grant support over the past 20 years amounting to $10 million over the last 5 years. Fitzgerald has published several books and over 550 journal articles which have been cited approximately 30,000 times. He has established multiple clinical rTMS services and founded device clinical service companies along with an rTMS training program in Australia. Additionally, he led a national application to the Department of Health which successfully resulted in Medicare funding for rTMS therapy for depression patients in 2021, amounting to $283 million in the first year.

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