Kara Fitzgerald, N.D.
Kara Fitzgerald received her doctorate of naturopathic medicine from National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She completed the first CNME-accredited post-doctorate and residency in nutritional biochemistry and functional laboratory medicine at Metametrix Clinical Laboratory and Progressive Medical Center, a large, integrative medical practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Fitzgerald is a contributing author in Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine and IFM’s 21st Century Medicine. She is currently writing book of case studies in integrative medicine. Dr. Fitzgerald lectures widely on the clinical application of functional laboratory interpretation in a variety of arenas, including Food as Medicine, Autism One, The Institute of Women’s Health and the Institute for Functional Medicine. Dr. Fitzgerald is a Defeat Autism Now certified physician. She maintains a clinical practice at Advanced Diagnostic at Yale-New Haven on Long Wharf, in New Haven Connecticut working with patients with complex, chronic conditions. She also offers a "tele-medicine-education" consulting service for long distance clients.
Most Recent Posts by Kara Fitzgerald
11/20/2009 3:40:00 PM
9/30/2009 2:27:00 PM
Recently, I got the below post from Dr. Tina Kaczor in response to the blog spot Vitamin K, Osteocalcin and Bone Health.
It prompted me to devote a brand new blog spot to vitamin K and more! Read on…
9/29/2009 9:09:00 AM
Simply put, quorum sensing is communication between microbes via signal molecules (called auto-inducers) to ensure survival of the microbial population against exogenous antimicrobials and host immune mechanisms. As I mentioned in the previous post, biofilms can increase resistance to antimicrobials up to 1000%. Biofilm development is a central quorum sensing process.
9/4/2009 9:43:00 AM
I am recommending this to anyone interested in the state of healthcare, and especially those in integrative care. It’s a brilliant, inspiring and very well-referenced document. If anything, read it to grab all those excellent citations...
8/13/2009 10:10:00 AM
A conversation around a recent paper titled Vitamin K treatment reduces undercarboxylated osteocalcin but does not alter bone turnover, density, or geometry in healthy postmenopausal North American women.
7/23/2009 3:55:00 PM
Gastrointestinal biofilms are an important topic, and those comprised of pathogenic microbes are getting much well-deserved attention in the integrative medical community. However, in keeping with the sIgA topic, I want to give a shout-out to commensal biofilms, which are vital to GI health and deserve similar attention.