Dr. Zoe Fitzgerald
Clinical Neuropsychologist & Mindset Coach
Dr Zoe Fitzgerald is a Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist with over 15 years of working in clinical practice. She completed a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons.) from Griffith University in 2006 and Doctorate in Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology) from Macquarie University. She’s worked in a number of public health hospitals across Sydney and Illawarra. She specialises in adults with brain dysfunction with specific clinical interests in epilepsy, dementia and the ageing brain, stroke, neurological disorders, and cognitive decision-making capacity. She is a registered DVA provider. Over the past 12 years, Dr Fitzgerald has practiced in psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions and is training in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
Dr Fitzgerald is a AHPRA board approved supervisor and supervisors a number of neuropsychology interns and registrars. She is a member of the Australian Psychology Society (APS) and Clinical College of Neuropsychologist (CCN). She is also affiliated researcher with the Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute.
Dr Fitzgerald is a endurance performance coach and psychologist, accredited with Triathlon Australia, Swim Australia, Athletics NSW and enjoys training the mind as well as the body to improve both health and performance. She combines her skills and knowledge of neuroscience, psychology and endurance performance by offering individual psychological therapy for athletes and individuals wanting to conquer their mindset and maximise there performance.
Dr Fitzgerald’s is a published researcher with several research publications in epilepsy, mild cognitive impairment and nutrition, her more recent research endeavours have been in cognitive rehabilitation and complex functional neurological disorders.
Contact: Zoe@connectneuropsychology.com.au
PUBLICATIONS
do Rosario, V., Fitzgerald, Z.T., Broyd, S. J., et al. (2020). Food anthocyanins decrease concentrations of TNF-α in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: A randomized, controlled, double blind clinical trial. Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases: NMCD.
Fitzgerald, Z., Mohamed, A., Thayer, Z., Ricci, M., & Miller, L. A. (2013). Accelerated long-term forgetting: A newly identified memory impairment in epilepsy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 20, pp1486-1491.
Fitzgerald, Z., Thayer, Z., Mohamed, A., & Miller, L. A. (2013). Examining factors related to accelerated long-term forgetting in epilepsy using ambulatory EEG monitoring. Epilepsia, 54 (5), pp819-827.
Fitzgerald, Z., Thayer, Z., Boserio, A., Mohamed, A., & Miller, L. (2012). Examining the role of epileptiform activity and sleep in accelerated long-term forgetting. Published in Final Program, The 2012 International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting/11th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology June 27-30, 2012 Oslo, Norway. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 18 (S2), pp65.
Boserio, J. M., Bradury, R., Thayer, Z., Fitzgerald, Z., & Mohamed, A. (2012). Sleep in partial epilepsy (PE) as compared to idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). Published in Abstracts 10th European Congress of Epileptology, London UK, 30 September – 4 October 2012. Epilepsia, 53 (Suppl. 5), pp 128.
Fitzgerald, Z., Thayer, Z., Mohamed, A., & Miller, L. (2011). Accelerated long-term forgetting in epilepsy: Using ambulatory EEG monitoring to determine the pathophysiology. Australian Psychology Society, Combined Abstracts of 2011 Psychology Conferences: Abstracts of the 17th Clinical Neuropsychology Conference, 277.
Fitzgerald, Z., Mohamed, A., Thayer, Z., Batchelor, J., & Miller, L. (2010). The pathophysiology of accelerated long-term forgetting in epilepsy. Published in Abstracts International Congress of Epilepsy, Brain and Mind, Prague, March 18-20. Epilepsy & Behavior, 17, 593.
Neumann, D. L., Fitzgerald, Z. T., Furedy, J., Boyle, G. (2007). Sexually dimorphic effects of acute nicotine administration on arousal and visual-spatial ability in non-smoking human volunteers. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 86, 758-765.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Fitzgerald, Z., Thayer, Z., Mohamed, A., Batchelor, J., & Miller, L. (2015). Autobiographical Memory Disturbance and Accelerated Long-Term Forgetting in Frontal Lobe Epilepsy: A Single Case Study. Poster session at the 5th Pacific Rim Conference of the International Neuropsychology Society (INS) and the 38th Annual Brain Impairment Conference of the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI), Sydney, July 1-4.
Fitzgerald, Z. T., Mohamed, A., Thayer, Z., Batchelor, J., & Miller, L. (2010). The pathophysiology of accelerated long-term forgetting in epilepsy: A Preliminary Analysis. Poster session at the International Congress of Epilepsy, Brain and Mind, Prague, March 18-20.
Neumann, D. L., Fitzgerald, Z. T., Sturm, A. C., Furedy, J. J., Boyle, G. J. (2006). Nicotine as a performance enhancer in verbal and spatial tasks? Not necessarily. Paper presented at the 2nd Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Research Centre Conference, Gold Coast, December 1 – 2.
OTHER
Shores, E. A., & Fitzgerald, Z. T. (2008). Administration and scoring of the abbreviated Westmead post-traumatic amnesia scale. Department of Psychology, Macquarie University. http://www.psy.mq.edu.au/GCS