Edith Mitchell Receives National Medical Association Council on Concerns of Women Physicians Pfizer Research Award
Edith Mitchell, M.D., clinical professor
of Medicine and Medical Oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas
Jefferson University, was honored with the 2009 National Medical Association
Council on Concerns of Women Physicians Pfizer Research Award.
The award is given to a woman who has
made outstanding contributions to clinical or academic medicine. It was
presented at the Muriel Petioni, M.D. Awards Luncheon, which took place at the
National Medical Association Convention in Las Vegas in July. Female physicians
who strive to eliminate health care disparities and provide quality health care
to minorities are honored.
“This is a great honor as there are so
many women physicians who are also deserving of this award,” said Dr. Mitchell,
who is also Associate Director for Diversity Programs at the Kimmel Cancer
Center at Jefferson.
Dr. Mitchell received a bachelor of
science in Biochemistry “With Distinction” from Tennessee State
University and her medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in
Richmond. Dr. Mitchell entered active duty after completion of her internship
and residency in Internal Medicine at Meharry Medical College and a fellowship
in Medical Oncology at Georgetown University. She is now a retired Brigadier
General from the United States Air Force.
Dr. Mitchell’s research in pancreatic
cancer and other GI malignancies involves new drug evaluation and chemotherapy,
development of new therapeutic regimens, chemoradiation strategies for combined
modality therapy, patient selection criteria and supportive care for patients
with gastrointestinal cancer. She travels nationally and internationally
teaching and lecturing on the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies.
Dr. Mitchell has authored and co-authored
more than 100 articles, book chapters, and abstracts on cancer treatment,
prevention, and cancer control. As a distinguished researcher, she has received
numerous Cancer Research and Principal Investigator Awards, and serves on the
National Cancer Institute Review Panel and the Cancer Investigations Review
Committee.
Media Only Contact:
Emily Shafer
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Phone: (215) 955-6300
Published: 8/27/2009