April Edwell, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

I care for all variety of critically ill children, teenagers, and young adults in the ICU. My particular areas of interest are thinking about how to make our system more equitable and just for patients, and how we train the next generation of physicians to be anti-oppressive in their thinking and practice.

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My philosophy of care is one part Derrick Shephard’s “It’s a beautiful day to save lives” one part Captain Hook’s “Indefatigable good form” and one part Mary J. Blige’s “Don’t need no hateration, holleration in this dancery.”

Awards

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  • Research in Medical Education - DEI Award, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), 2024
  • UCSF Exceptional Physician Award, 2020

Education & Training

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  • MAEd Graduate Medical Education and Racism University of California, Berkeley 07/2021
  • Fellowship Pediatric Critical Care University of California, San Francisco 07/2021
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
  • Residency Internal Medicine/Pediatrics University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 07/2017
  • MD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 05/2012

Interests

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  • justice
  • equity
  • medical education
  • racism

Publications (8)

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PhysiciansRespiratory RateTachycardiaPediatricsPericardial EffusionMinority GroupsRheumatic FeverCardiac TamponadePericardiocentesisRacismProfessional-Family RelationsPatient Care TeamPenicillin G BenzathineIntensive Care Units, PediatricHealth Equity