Michael E. Mitchell, MD
Professor; Section Chief, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Locations
- Heart Heart Institute
9000 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Biography
Dr. Mitchell is a Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Children’s Wisconsin and performs all complex neonatal and pediatric cardiac surgery, as well as pediatric and adult heart and lung transplantation, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. He was trained at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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Certifications
- Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
- Surgery
Specialties
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- General Surgery
Languages
- English
Research Experience
- Bioengineered Heart Cells in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
- Genetic Impact of MYH6 Variants
- Highly Sensitive, Non-Invasive Cardiac Transplant Rejection
- Total Cell-Free Deoxyribonucleic Acid (total of cf-DNA) Predictor
Clinical Expertise
- Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplantation
- Neonatal and Infant Cardiac Surgery
- Tracheal Suspension
- Valve Reconstruction
Leadership Positions
- Board Member, Children's Specialty Group (CSG)
- Board Member, United Network for Organ Sharing, Region 7 Regional Heart Review
- Chair Person, American College of Cardiology (ACC), Congenital Program Committee
- Co-Chair Children's Specialty Group (CSG) Quality Committee
- Course Chair, American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)/Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Disease Symposium
- Director, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW) Tracheal Reconstruction Team
- Member & Scientific Reviewer, US Dept. of Defense, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
- Member & Scientific Reviewer, US Dept. of Defense, Medical Research Program (PRMRP)
- Member & Scientific Reviewer, US Dept. of Defense, Pre-Congenital Heart Disease (Pre-CHD)
- Member, American College of Cardiology (ACC), Section Leadership Council
- Member, Children's Specialty Group (CSG) Finance Committee
- Member, Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHS), Standards & Ethics Committee
MCW Program / Core Facilities
- ACGME Accredited Residency Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgical Training Program
- Advisory Committee, Pediatric Cardiology Research Fellow
- Course Director, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Rotation
- Course Director, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Integrative Selective for Fourth Year Medical Sutdents
- Member, Cardiovascular Scientific Advisory Committee
- Member, DiGeorge Program Planning Committee
- Member, Immunodeficiency Subcommittee
- Program Director, ACGME Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Educational Expertise
- 1990 A.B. Princeton University, Chemistry (Cum Laude)
- 1995 M.D. Harvard Medical School (Magna Cum Laude)
- 2017 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers
Community Partnerships
- Member, WI Statewide Umbrella Immunodeficiency Newborn Screening Subcomittee
Publications
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Commentary: No justification for transplantation in place of standard surgical palliation.
(Mitchell ME.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 04;159(4):1463-1465 PMID: 31982131 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078179123 01/27/2020
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(Samudrala SSK, North LM, Stamm KD, Earing MG, Frommelt MA, Willes R, Tripathi S, Dsouza NR, Zimmermann MT, Mahnke DK, Liang HL, Lund M, Lin CW, Geddes GC, Mitchell ME, Tomita-Mitchell A.) Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2020 Jan 27:e1152 PMID: 31985165 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078673520 01/28/2020
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(North PE, Ziegler E, Mahnke DK, Stamm KD, Thomm A, Daft P, Goetsch M, Liang HL, Baker MA, Vepraskas A, Rosenau C, Dasgupta M, Simpson P, Mitchell ME, Tomita-Mitchell A.) PLoS One. 2020;15(1):e0227385 PMID: 31929557 PMCID: PMC6957190 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077765307 01/14/2020
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Safety and Efficacy of Vasopressin After Fontan Completion: A Randomized Pilot Study.
(Bigelow AM, Ghanayem NS, Thompson NE, Scott JP, Cassidy LD, Woods KJ, Woods RK, Mitchell ME, Hraŝka V, Hoffman GM.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 12;108(6):1865-1874 PMID: 31400337 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074440821 08/11/2019
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Proximal Arch in Left Thoracotomy Repair of Neonatal and Infant Coarctation-How Small Is Too Small?
(Callahan CP, Saudek D, Creighton S, Kuhn EM, Mitchell ME, Tweddell JS, Woods RK.) World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2019 07;10(4):469-474 PMID: 31307310 07/17/2019
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(LaDisa JF Jr, Tomita-Mitchell A, Stamm K, Bazan K, Mahnke DK, Goetsch MA, Wegter BJ, Gerringer JW, Repp K, Palygin O, Zietara AP, Krolikowski MM, Eddinger TJ, Alli AA, Mitchell ME.) Physiol Genomics. 2019 06 01;51(6):177-185 PMID: 31002586 PMCID: PMC6620646 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85066457176 04/20/2019
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Metakaryotic cells linked to pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis.
(Kirkpatrick EC, Mitchell ME, Thilly WG, Hidestrand P, Tomita-Mitchell A, Hidestrand M, Gostjeva EV.) Cardiovasc Pathol. 2019 Mar - Apr;39:51-53 PMID: 30660022 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85059952993 01/20/2019
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Waiting for Weight - 2.0 Is the New 2.5.
(Mitchell ME.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019;31(3):494-495 PMID: 31071443 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065919507 05/10/2019
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Donor fraction cell-free DNA and rejection in adult and pediatric heart transplantation.
(Richmond ME, Zangwill SD, Kindel SJ, Deshpande SR, Schroder JN, Bichell DP, Knecht KR, Mahle WT, Wigger MA, Gaglianello NA, Pahl E, Simpson PM, Dasgupta M, North PE, Hidestrand M, Tomita-Mitchell A, Mitchell ME.) J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 Nov 29 PMID: 31983667 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85078178592 01/28/2020
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(Isaacson E, Lucjak C, Johnson WK, Yin Z, Wang T, Rein L, Woods RK, Tweddell JS, Hraska V, Mitchell ME.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jan 21 PMID: 31972302 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85079867076 01/24/2020
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Innominate Vein Turn-down Procedure for Failing Fontan Circulation
(Hraska V, Mitchell ME, Woods RK, Hoffman GM, Kindel SJ, Ginde S.) Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual. 2020 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85080101619 01/01/2020
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Variation in the use of Fontan fenestration in the current surgical era
(Hill GD, Ghanayem NS, Hraska V, Jacobsen RM, Mitchell ME, Woods RK, Ginde S.) Progress in Pediatric Cardiology. March 2019;52:4-7 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052741587 03/01/2019