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Meredith Mitchell, MD

Assistant professor of pediatrics, Associate program director for pediatric residency program

Specialties

Hospital medicine

Areas of interest

All aspects of pediatric hospital medicine
Medical education

Bio

Dr. Mitchell joined the faculty in 2024. She is active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. In addition to caring for childn in the hospital setting, she has special interests in supporting future providers, including studying leadership skills in pediatric trainees and professional identity development.

She's received multiple prestigious awards, including

Harbison Memorial Award (2019)
David Draper Intern of the Year Award (2020)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Intern of the Year (2020)
Martin Hoffman Memorial Award (2022)
House Award for Excellence in Pediatric Hospital Medicine (2022)
Annual Research Award (2022)

Education

Medical school VCU School of Medicine

Residency Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU

Fellowship Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU

Research interests

Infant hypothermia, leadership and pediatric trainees, simulation training

Publications

Mitchell M, Schefft M, Wolf E, Haskell H, James J. Potential Downstream Harms of Routine Temperature Measurements in Well-Appearing Infants. Am Fam Physician. 2025;111(3):272-275.
Wood J, Van Meurs A, Westphal K, Doraiswamy V, Sharma M, Berger S, McCartor S, Mitchell M, Lee C, Morrison J, Prasad M, Mattes M, Molas-Torreblanca K, Banker S, Hellermann N, King C, Potisek N, Halvorson E; On Behalf of the Hypothermic Young Infant Research Collaborative. Significant Pathology Diagnosed in Young Infants with Hypothermia: A Multi-Center Study. Hospital Pediatrics.
Prasad M, Morrison JM, Banker SL, Lee J, Wood JK, Van Meurs A, Westphal K, Schwendeman E, Berger S, Mertens EO, McCartor S, Mitchell M, Lee C, Combs MD, MolasTorreblanca K, Ewing JA, Halvorson EE, Potisek NM, On Behalf of the Hypothermic Young Infant Research Collaborative. Prevalence of Serious Bacterial Infection in Hypothermic Young Infants with Positive Respiratory Pathogen Testing, The Journal of Pediatrics: Clinical Practice (2024), doi: https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedcp.2024.200095.
Westphal K, Adib H, Doraiswamy V, Basiago K, Lee J, Banker SL, Morrison J, McCartor S, Berger S, Schmit EO, Van Meurs A, Mitchell M, Lee C, Wood JK, Tapp LG, Kunkel D, Halvorson EE, Potisek NM; Hypothermic Young Infant Research Collaborative. Performance of Febrile Infant Decision Tools on Hypothermic Infants Evaluated for Infection. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 Mar 1;14(3):163-171. https://doi- org/10.1542/hpeds.2023-007525. PMID: 38312006.
Combs, M. D., Mitchell, M., Molas-Torreblanca, K., Lee, C., Raffaele, J. L., Sharma, M., Berger, S., Morrison, J., Prasad, M., Wood, J. K., Van Meurs, A., Mullin, R., Doraiswamy, V., Ingram, E., Banker, S. L., Lee, J., Tan, X., Potisek, N. M., Halvorson, E. E., & Hypothermic Young Infant Research Collaborative (2023). Variation in Care of Well-Appearing Hypothermic Young Infants: A Multisite Study. Hospital Pediatrics, 13(8), 742–750. https://doi-org.proxy.library.vcu.edu/10.1542/hpeds.2023-007199
Raffaele, J. L., Sharma, M., Berger, S., Mitchell, M., Lee, C., Morrison, J., Prasad, M., Combs, M. D., Molas-Torreblanca, K., Wood, J. K., Van Meurs, A., Westphal, K., Sawani, A., Banker, S. L., Lee, J., King, C., Halvorson, E. E., Potisek, N. M., & Hypothermic Young Infant Research Collaborative (2023). Prevalence of Invasive Bacterial Infection in Hypothermic Young Infants: A Multisite Study. The Journal of pediatrics, 258, 113407. https://doi-org.proxy.library.vcu.edu/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113407

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