Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Peter Fitzgibbons, MD
Maryland Orthopedic Specialists (The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics)
Dr. Peter Fitzgibbons is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports-medicine specialist at Maryland Orthopedic Specialists, part of The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Bethesda.
Why patients choose Dr. Fitzgibbons
Dr. Fitzgibbons cares for athletes and active adults with sports injuries and joint conditions, combining nonsurgical management with arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery when needed. Patients appreciate his clear, conservative-first approach.
Clinical focus
Sports medicine and injury care, and shoulder and knee conditions.
Profile last fact-checked July 7, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Fitzgibbons compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only provider we list offering shoulder & knee surgery
1 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name shoulder & knee surgery.
1 of 3 we list at Maryland Orthopedic Specialists (The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics)
We cover 3 providers at Maryland Orthopedic Specialists (The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics).
We list 4 orthopedics & sports medicine providers serving Bethesda.
2nd most recently qualified of our 5 orthopedics & sports medicine providers
Qualified in 2004. The median for the 5 orthopedics & sports medicine providers whose year we record is 1999.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Fitzgibbons sits by experience
Dr. Fitzgibbons finished medical school in 2004, 22 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 87 finished earlier, 42 finished later, and 5 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–1999Dr. Fitzgibbons2004
2000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 77 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 — Dr. Fitzgibbons | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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