Valerie A. Fitzhugh

Dr. Fitzhugh earned her BA from Rutgers University and her MD from New Jersey Medical School. She completed her first year of residency at Albany Medical Center before returning to New Jersey Medical School to complete her training where she also served as a Chief Resident in her third and fourth postgraduate years. She completed fellowship training in cytopathology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Fitzhugh joined the faculty of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in 2009 at the level of assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in 2014. She is involved in pathology resident education and medical student education as she gives several lectures in the Musculoskeletal and lntegumentary Systems Course. She is the discipline lead for Pathology in the medical school, and is the former chair of the Committee on Curriculum, Academic Programs, and Policies. She also provides education to residents in the orthopaedic surgery residency program. In December 2019, Dr. Fitzhugh was named interim chair of the department, a role she has had since March 2020. Dr. Fitzhugh provides medical service through diagnosis of surgical and cytopathology specimens with a focus in orthopaedic pathology.