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Michael E. Mitchell, MD

Michael E. Mitchell, MD

Professor and Chief of the Division of Congenital Heart Surgery at the Фβͼ; Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's Wisconsin; Surgical Director of the Herma Heart Institute; and the S. Bert Litwin Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's

Locations

  • Herma 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.

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

ФβͼProgram / 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

  • (Kieu V, Handler SS, Mitchell M, Pan AY, Zhang L, Kirkpatrick E.) Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 Jun 06 PMID: 38842557 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85195294865 06/06/2024

  • (Deshpande SR, Zangwill SD, Richmond ME, Kindel SJ, Schroder JN, Gaglianello N, Bichell DP, Wigger MA, Knecht KR, Thrush PT, Mahle WT, North PE, Simpson PM, Zhang L, Dasgupta M, Tomita-Mitchell A, Mitchell ME.) Pediatr Transplant. 2024 May;28(3):e14708 PMID: 38553812 PMCID: PMC10987078 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85189497658 03/30/2024

  • (Mitchell ME, Woods RK, Geoffrion TR, Sow M.) Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2024;27:47-51 PMID: 38522872 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186343593 03/25/2024

  • (Argo MB, Barron DJ, Eghtesady P, Yerebakan C, DeCampli WM, Alsoufi B, Honjo O, Jacobs JP, Paramananthan T, Rahman M, Lambert LM, Jegatheeswaran A, Carrillo SA, Husain SA, Ramakrishnan K, Caldarone CA, Karamlou T, Nelson J, Mannie C, Romano JC, Turek JW, Blackstone EH, Galantowicz ME, Kirklin JK, Mitchell ME, McCrindle BW, Congenital Heart Surgeons Society Critical Left Heart Obstruction Work Group.) J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Oct 03;82(14):1427-1441 PMID: 37758438 09/28/2023

  • (Argo MB, Barron DJ, Eghtesady P, Alsoufi B, Honjo O, Yerebakan C, DeCampli WM, Jacobs JP, Carrillo SA, Jegatheeswaran A, Karamlou T, Paramananthan T, Rahman M, Lambert LM, Nelson J, Caldarone CA, Husain SA, Galantowicz ME, Ramakrishnan K, Kirklin JK, Turek JW, Mannie C, Blackstone EH, Mitchell ME, McCrindle BW, Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society Critical Left Heart Obstruction Working Group.) J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Sep;166(3):943-954.e1 PMID: 36804212 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85148372785 02/22/2023

  • (Tanem JM, Scott JP, Hoffman GM, Niebler RA, Tomita-Mitchell A, Stamm KD, Liang HL, North PE, Bertrandt RA, Woods RK, Hraska V, Mitchell ME.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Aug;116(2):349-356 PMID: 36332680 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85150823960 11/05/2022

  • (Thareja SK, Anfinson M, Cavanaugh M, Kim MS, Lamberton P, Radandt J, Brown R, Liang HL, Stamm K, Afzal MZ, Strande J, Frommelt MA, Lough JW, Fitts RH, Mitchell ME, Tomita-Mitchell A.) Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2023 Jul 01;325(1):H149-H162 PMID: 37204873 PMCID: PMC10312315 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164047409 05/19/2023

  • (Schoephoerster CT, Rajaei MH, Gonzalez LS, Brown KR, Mitchell ME, Rossi PJ.) J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2023 Jun;9(2):101166 PMID: 37152906 PMCID: PMC10160780 05/08/2023

  • (Handler SS, Chan T, Ghanayem NS, Rudd N, Wright G, Visotcky A, Sparapani R, Mitchell ME, Hoffman GM, Frommelt MA.) Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Apr;115(4):975-981 PMID: 36306859 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85142376895 10/29/2022

  • (Lee T, Weiss D, Roth E, Bortnick E, Jarosz S, Eftekharzadeh S, Groth T, Shukla A, Kryger JV, Lee RS, Canning DA, Mitchell ME, Borer JG.) Urology. 2023 Feb;172:174-177 PMID: 36460061 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85145317701 12/03/2022

  • (Wolfe JT, He W, Kim MS, Liang HL, Shradhanjali A, Jurkiewicz H, Freudinger BP, Greene AS, LaDisa JF Jr, Tayebi L, Mitchell ME, Tomita-Mitchell A, Tefft BJ.) Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023;10:1162731 PMID: 37293290 PMCID: PMC10247285 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85161445064 06/09/2023

  • (Richmond ME, Deshpande SR, Zangwill SD, Bichell DP, Kindel SJ, Mahle WT, Schroder JN, Wigger MA, Knecht KR, Pahl E, Gaglianello NA, Goetsch MA, Simpson P, Dasgupta M, Zhang L, North PE, Tomita-Mitchell A, Mitchell ME.) Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. February 2023;165(2):460-468.e2 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85130912386 02/01/2023