Carol K.C. Mitchell, Ph.D., R.D.M.S., R.D.C.S., R.V.T., R.T. (R.)

Training Program Director and Study Coordinator, UW AIRP
Program Director, University of Wisconsin School of Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound

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Carol K. C. Mitchell is Program Director of the School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. This program is affiliated with the College of Health Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, where she is an Assistant Clinical Professor. She is the Training Program Director for the UW AIRP and helps coordinate multicenter trials.

Background

Dr. Mitchell received her Baccalaureate Degree from the University of Iowa. She received her Masters Degree Master of Arts degree in Education with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Missouri in Kansas City and eventually received her Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Education from the same institution. Her doctoral research was entitled "The Path From An Occupation To A Profession: The Role of The Diagnostic Medical Sonographer."

She previously was employed as a Clinical Instructor in Diagnostic Medical Sonography in Ultrasound Education Department at the University of Iowa, after which she became Technical Director of Obstetric Sonography and Coordinator of Outreach Education at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She also was Program Director of the Avila College Saint Luke's Hospital School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography from 1996-1999.

Dr. Mitchell is an active member for the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and is a member of its Sonographer Training and Education Committee. She is a member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

Research Interests

Dr. Mitchell's research interests include ultrasound assessment of atherosclerosis, vascular function, ultrasound education, and educational outcomes. She also participates in protocol development for several clinical trials and ultrasound disciplines.

Representative Publications

  1. Chenoweth-Mitchell C, Cohen GR, Sims M., et al. Antenatal Diagnosis of Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 1995; 11:193-195.
  2. Mayhew B, Chenoweth-Mitchell C, Sims M. Findings of abdominal heterotaxia and associated congenital heart disease. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 1998; 14:119-121.
  3. Hai J, Chenoweth Mitchell CK, Wickstrom E. Antenatal diagnosis of a suprarenal mass. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 1999; 15:75-76.
  4. Cohen, GR, Mitchell, C. An introduction to Fetal Echocardiography. Acuson Clinical Ultrasound Series, 2001.
  5. Mitchell CKC, Aeschlimann SE, Korcarz CE. Carotid intima-media thickness testing: Technical considerations. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2004; 17:690-692.
  6. Aeschlimann SE, Mitchell CKC, Korcarz CE. Ultrasound brachial artery reactivity testing: Technical considerations. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2004; 17:697-699.
  7. Carlsson CM, Pharo LM, Aeschlimann SE, Mitchell C, Underbakke G, Stein JH. Effects of multivitamins and low-dose folic acid supplements on plasma homocysteine levels and flow-mediated vasodilation in older adults. American Heart Journal 2004; 148:e11:1-8.
  8. Mitchell C, Korcarz CE.  The advantages of becoming a clinical site for ultrasound schools. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2005; 18:367-369.
  9. Witt S, Mitchell C, Mays J.  The sonographer shortage: A misguided debate or the real deal? Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2005; 18:25-26A.
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