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Max Mitchell, MD
- Co-Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program
- Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Get to know Max Mitchell, MD
- Congenital Heart Defects (CHD)
- Heart Valve Diseases
- Adult Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Heart Transplant Surgery
- Open Heart Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
- Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
- English
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 Education 1988
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Internship 1989
University of Colorado
Residency 1995
University of Colorado
Fellowship 1997
University of Colorado (Children's Hospital Colorado) Program
Fellowship 1998
University of Colorado
Fellowship 1999
The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
For 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.
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.
For Referring Providers:
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.
Health Policy Scholarship Recipient 2007
American College of Surgeons and Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Top Doctors List (Thoracic Surgery) 2007
Castle Connolly
American's Top Doctors 2009
Castle Connelly
Listed in the "Guide to America's Top Surgeons" 2009
Consumer's Research Council of America
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
Stories
Harlowe
Few kids need heart surgery at four hours old and few surgeons can perform such surgery. But Harlowe had a serious heart condition and, luckily, Dr. Mitchell is one of the experienced and talented few.
Richard Friesen, MD
Cardiology - Pediatric, Pediatrics
Camila Londono-Obregon, MD
Cardiology, Cardiology - Pediatric, Pediatrics
