CURRICULUM VITAE
JOHN H. MITCHELL, M.D. DATE: April 11, 2022
DOB: 28 January 1960
Position: Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, UT 84604. April 1, 2003, to present.
Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Utah Valley Hospital, Intermountain Healthcare, Provo, Utah.
April 1, 2003, to present.
Mailing Address:
Work: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
395 West Bulldog Blvd, #5C
Provo, Utah 84604
Contact: Work: (801) 357-7081
Fax: (801) 357-7433
Cell: (801) 319-5184
Civilian Email: [email protected]
US Army Email: [email protected]
Certification and Licensure:
Fellow, American College of Surgeons, #3072511, Oct 2002 to present.
Board Certification, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, #6138, 5 June 1998.
Recertifications: 1 Dec 2008. 10 Dec 2018.
Board Certification, American Board of Surgery, #39764, 12 December 1994.
Recertification: 18 October 2002.
National Board of Medical Examiners, #340296, 1 July 1988.
State of Utah Physician and Surgeon, #5268437-1205, 13 Feb 02 to present.
Drug Enforcement Agency Certification,
Jan 02 – present. DEA number available.
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State of Hawaii Physician, #10494, 31 January 1999 to 31 Jan 03, allowed expiration.
Washington State Physician and Surgeon, #MD28520, 6 May 91-31 Jan 03, allowed expiration.
Education: Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Doctor of Medicine, 16 May 1987.
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98201. Bachelor of Arts, Zoology, 15 June 1983.
Postgraduate Training:
Residency in Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Division, School of Medicine,
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292.
1 July 1995 - 30 June 1997.
Residency in General Surgery, General Surgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307‑5001.
1 July 1989 ‑ 30 June 1993.
Internship in Categorical Surgery, General Surgery Service, William Beaumont Army Medical Center,
El Paso, TX 79920.
1 July 1987 - 30 June 1988.
Positions: Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Physician Division, Intermountain Health Care, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, UT 84604.
1 April 2003 – present.
Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, UT 84604
1 April 2003 - present.
Chairman, Cardiovascular Services, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, UT 84604
1 January 2008 – 31 December 2011.
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President, General Medical Staff, Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, UT 84604.
1 January 2013 – 31 December 2017
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery Service, Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler AMC, HI 96859.
1 August 1998 – 15 March 2003.
Assistant Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery Service, Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler AMC, HI 96859. 15 July 1997 - 31 July 1998.
Assistant Chief, General Surgery Service,
Winn Army Community Hospital,
Ft. Stewart, GA 31314.
1 July 1993 - 30 June 1955.
Surgical Augmentee, Joint Medical Augmentation Unit, Joint Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, NC 28307. 1 July 93 - 30 June 95
Clinic Commander, United States Army Health Clinic, Sinop, Turkey. APO NY 09133.
1 July 1988 ‑ 30 June 1989.
Academic Appointments:
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814.
28 February 1995 - present.
Core Curriculum Faculty, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Review Course, Intermountain Healthcare Continuing Medical Education, Salt Lake City, UT. Sept 04 - present.
Professional Training:
-Advanced Cardiac Life Support: current
-Basic Life Support: current
-Zero Harm Educator. Intermountain Healthcare provider patient safety advocate and educator. Jan 2017 to present.
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Advanced Training Program in Quality Process Improvement, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT. May-Sept 2010.
Mitral Valve Repair X, Chicago, IL. 11-12 June 2001.
3M Cardiovascular Systems Thoracic Surgery Resident Education Program (Cardiopulmonary bypass physiology), 3M Health Care, Ann Arbor, MI. 10 to 12 March 1997.
ABIOMED BVS 5000 Biventricular Support System Training Certification, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 21 January 1997.
Laparoscopic Surgery Course, Uniformed Services
University, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Certification date: 30 October 1991
Health Care Professional's Course on Alcoholism, Alcohol Treatment Facility, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Certification date: 13 February 1987
Advanced Trauma Life Support, expired
Professional Societies:
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
633 N Saint Clair Street, Chicago IL 60611
Oct 2002 to present.
American Medical Association
535 North Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60610
Member: 1989 ‑ Present
Alumni Association, Uniformed Services
University, Bethesda, MD 20814
Member: May 1987 – Present, inactive
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Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, 10605 Concord Street, Suite 306
Kensington, MD 20895
Member: 1984 – Present, inactive
Military Rank: Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army Reserve
Surgical Consultant, 807th MCDS, Ft. Douglas, UT
Oct 1, 2021 to present.
Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army
Separation: May 15, 2003
Military Training:
Army Medical Department Officer Advanced
Course - 10 March 1995
Combat Casualty Care Course ‑ 30 June 1987
German Armed Forces Mountain Artillery Combat
Badge - 10 August 1984
Expert Field Medical Badge ‑ 16 July 1984
Airborne Training Badge ‑ 27 May 1984
Officer Basic Course - 1 August 1983
Military Awards:
Army Achievement Medal, 14 October 1988
2nd Oak Leaf Cluster 21 May 2001
Army Certificate of Achievement, 9 June 1988
Joint Service Achievement Medal, 8 June 1995
Meritorious Service Medal, 2 June 1989
2nd Oak Leaf Cluster, 14 March 2003
Other Awards: Utah Valley Magazine: Top Doctors. Peer recognition. February,2018
Health Care Heroes - Physician. Utah Business Magazine: Recognizing Excellence, Innovation, and Achievement for Health Care in Utah. September 27, 2009.
Physician of Excellence Award, Urban South Region, Intermountain Healthcare, Provo, Utah. April 07.
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Juan d’Avis, M.D. Award Nominee of the General Surgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC, 13 May 1993.
Certificate of Excellence, Undergraduate Biological Research. "Effects of Dimethyl Sulfoxide on Calcium Transport in the Frog Heart." University of Washington, Seattle, WA. May 1982.
Bibliography:
Mitchell JH, Austin EH III. Vascular rings, slings, and other arch anomalies. In: Kaiser LR, Kron IL, Spray TL, editors. Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers; 1998. P. 663 - 676.
Woods J, Mitchell JH. Catamenial hemoptysis. European Respiratory Journal 2007 30:594-597.
Jones KW, Mitchell JH, et al. Hyperglycemia predicts mortality after CABG. J Diabetes Complications, 2008 April (Epub ahead of print).
Jones KW, Mitchell JH, et al. Hyperglycemia predicts mortality after CABG. J Diabetes Complications. 2008 Nov-Dec;22(6):365-70.
Presentations:
Mitchell, JH. Lyme Disease: Epidemiology
and pathophysiology, and impact on Turkish Army operations. Guest lecturer, Grand Rounds, Turkish Military Medical Academy, Samsun, Turkey. 15 May 1988.
Parry RL, Ochsner MG, Mitchell JH, Donnelan M, Champion HR. Does fibrin glue use in the trauma patient result in abscess and hypotension? Presented, Western Trauma Association, Snowbird, Utah. 27 February 93.
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Mitchell JH, Stojadinovich A, Jackson M. Isolated common iliac artery aneurysms. Case presentation and review. Presented at the Chesapeake Vascular Society‑ Military Vascular Society Meeting, Bethesda, MD. 12 December 1993.
Mitchell, JH. Ventricular septal defects. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY.
9 September 1995.
Mitchell, JH. Tetralogy of Fallot. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 21 October 1995.
Mitchell, JH. Post infarction ventricular septal rupture. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Round, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 23 March 1996.
Mitchell, JH. Vascular rings, slings, and other arch anomalies. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 18 May 1996.
Mitchell, JH. Cardiac embryology. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 10 August 1996.
Mitchell, JH. Integrated myocardial perfusion. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 16 November 1996.
Mitchell, JH. Esophageal dysmotility. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 30 January 1997.
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Mitchell, JH. Tricuspid atresia and the Fontan. Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 15 March 1997.
Mitchell, JH. Surgical management of tuberculosis. Tripler Tuberculosis Seminar, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii. 4 November 1999.
Mitchell, JH. Chest trauma, Advanced Trauma Life Support. Thai Royal Army Trauma Symposium, Phramongkutkloa Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. 19 September 2000.
Mitchell, JH. Surgical management of tuberculosis. Tripler Tuberculosis 2001. Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii. 19 January 2001.
Garcia, G., Mitchell, JH. Is it safe to perform elective surgery in the DEPMEDS environment? Third Annual James W. Bass Research Competition 2001. Honolulu, Hawaii. 18 May 2001.
Mitchell, JH. Complex valve / aneurysm surgery. Medtronic Valve Options Symposium Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii. 8 March 2003.
Mitchell, JH. Critical Choices: Valve Disease. Grand Rounds, Provo, UT. May 2, 2003.
Mitchell, JH. Valve Disease, Overview. Intermountain Healthcare President’s Meeting. Provo, UT. May 13, 2003.
Mitchell, JH. Operative management of Atrial Fibrillation. Eighteenth Annual Cardiovascular Symposium, Provo, Utah. 19 September 2003.
Woozley, J., Mitchell, JH. Endoscopic Vein Harvesting, Our Experience. Intermountain Health Care Cardiovascular Clinical Conference, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. 17 January 2004.
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Mitchell, JH. Atrial Fibrillation and Surgical Management. CV Grand Rounds, Provo, UT 1/26/04
Mitchell, JH, Woozley, J. Conduits in coronary artery bypass grafting. 19th Annual Cardiovascular Symposium, Provo, UT. 17 Sept 04.
Mitchell, JH. Aprotinin in Blood Management and SIRS. Intermountain Health Care Cardiovascular Clinical Conference, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. 15 Jan 2005.
Mitchell, JH. Perioperative Care after Heart Surgery. 20Th Annual CV Symposium for Primary Care, Provo, UT. Sept 23, 2005.
Mitchell, JH. Aprotinin: Efficacious in the Intermountain Healthcare System? Intermountain CV Symposium. Jan 21, 2006
Mitchell, JH. Minimally Invasive Maze: Show me the beat, boys, and free my soul...” Grand Rounds, Provo, UT. 2/26/07.
Mitchell, JH. Mitral Regurgitation: Success on the Wasatch Front? Intermountain CV Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT. 1/11/08
Mitchell, JH. Mitral Regurgitation: Success on the Wasatch Front? Grands Rounds, Provo, UT. 2/25/08
Mitchell, JH. CV Medicine: Success enduring into the Future. 8th Annual Intermountain CV Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT. 1/10/09
Mitchell, JH. Percutaneous Valve Therapies: Get on the Train! 8th Annual Intermountain Healthcare Cardiovascular Conference, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah. 10 January 2009.
Mitchell, JH. Percutaneous Valve Therapy: Heresy. Grand rounds, Provo, UT. 10/08/09.
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Mitchell, JH. Wrong Site Surgery, Physician’s Perspective: WRECK. Reportable Events Conference, A Changing Landscape in Utah. Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah. 12 October 2009
Mitchell, JH. Coronary Artery Therapies: Controversies in Three Vessel Disease. 24th Annual Cardiovascular Symposium, Provo, Utah. 24 October 2009.
Mitchell, JH. Robotics in CV Surgery. CV Grand Rounds, Provo, UT. Dec 9, 2009.
Mitchell, JH. Who needs an Aortic Valve Anyway? CV Grand Rounds, Provo, UT. 10/18/10
Mitchell, JH. Patient Safety: Reportable Events. Intermountain CV Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT. Jan 23, 2009. (Multiple presentations thereafter)
Mitchell, JH. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Grand Rounds, Provo, UT. 10/12/12
Mitchell, JH. Women and CV Disease. Utah County Women’s Meeting. Provo, UT. 2/6/13
Mitchell, JH. Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery. 13th Annual Intermountain CV Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT. 2/1/14
Mitchell, JH. Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery, and how NEJM is Beating Us Up? Grand Rounds, Provo, UT. May 4, 2015
Mitchell, JH. Readmission Summit, CV Surgery and Heart Failure. Utah County Specialized Nursing Summit, Provo, UT. June 24, 2015.
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Mitchell, JH. Ugly Veins, Sunken Chests, Sweaty Hands. What a Mess. What an Opportunity. The Sundance Meeting of Advanced Practice Clinicians. Sundance, UT. July 15, 2015. (Multiple presentations thereafter: Regional Family Practice groups, Family Practice Residency, Utah Valley Hospital, OB/GYN Practices. (3 per year.)
Mitchell, JH. CV Surgery 30 Day Readmission, CMS is Watching You. Intermountain CV Symposium, SLC, UT. Feb 29, 2016.
Mitchell, JH. Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in CABG:
To Bleed? or Not To Bleed!!!Intermountain CV Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah. Jan 14, 2017.
Mitchell, JH. Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in CABG:
To Bleed? or Not To Bleed!!! CV Grand Rounds, Provo, UT. 2/27/17
Mitchell, JH. Hales, R. “Learning to Lean In.” A Colleague’s Perspective. 1st Annual Women In Medicine Caregiver Resource Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah. 11/28/18.
Mitchell, JH. McCann, UL. Dane, James. Multi-Arterial Grafting in Coronary Revascularization.
2022 Intermountain Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium. Park City, Utah. 1/14-15/2022.
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Past Funded Research:
Real Time Post Discharge Cardiac Rhythm Monitoring Following Heart Surgery. TAMC protocol 44H00. John H. Mitchell, LTC, MC, USA, Principal Investigator. Funding: Pacific e-Health Innovation Center. 1999-2001.
Active Research:
Multi-arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
Trans-catheter Valve Therapies.
Cardiac Surgery Readmission Reduction.
Cardiac Surgery Blood Conservation.
Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in CABG.
Hospital Community Actions:
“100 Day Heart Challenge.” Biannual educational, dietary, exercise, health training program of 100 days duration. Speaker and patient advocate. Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, UT. 2010 to present.
Race for Red. Heart and Sole. Annual 5K/10K Run and Kids run supporting Heart Health Education. Administrative leadership. Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, UT. 2007 to present.
Suture Training. 4 hour biannual didactic and hands on training, Utah Valley Hospital OR staff, Provo, UT. 2003 to present.