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Max Mitchell, MD
Co-Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program
Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
- Specialties:
- Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Surgery
- Conditions:
- Heart Valve Diseases, Congenital Heart Disease, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Transplant Surgery, Open Heart Surgery
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“The most rewarding part of my job is being able to give patients a new lease on life.”
-Dr. Max Mitchell
Get to know his background
I am interested in neonatal and congenital cardiac surgery, congenital and acquired diseases of the mitral valve, atrioventricular valve repair in children and adults, and pediatric cardiac transplantation.
Undergraduate 1984
University of Denver (CO)
Medical School 1988
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Internship 1989
University of Colorado
Residency 1995
University of Colorado, Surgery
Fellowship 1997
University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program, Thoracic and Cardiac
Fellowship 1998
University of Colorado, Thoracic and Cardiac
Fellowship 1999
The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Top Doctors List (Thoracic Surgery) 2007
Castle Connolly
Health Policy Scholarship Recipient 2007
American College of Surgeons and Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Listed in the "Guide to America's Top Surgeons" 2009
Consumer's Research Council of America
American's Top Doctors 2009
Castle Connelly
Top Doctor in Denver 2012
Voted a 5280 best doctor by my peers in response to the question, "Which physician would you trust to treat you and your family?"
5280 Magazine
My research focuses on myocardial preservation and endothelial cell function. I am currently conducting clinical projects studying outcomes following a variety of congenital cardiac surgical conditions. In addition, I have ongoing studies examining biologic differences between normal and pathologic heart valves in pediatric patients.
My research focuses on myocardial preservation and endothelial cell function. I am currently conducting clinical projects studying outcomes following a variety of congenital cardiac surgical conditions. In addition, I have ongoing studies examining biologic differences between normal and pathologic heart valves in pediatric patients.
Co-Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program
Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
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