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)
Top publication keywords:
PhysiciansRespiratory RateTachycardiaPediatricsPericardial EffusionMinority GroupsRheumatic FeverCardiac TamponadePericardiocentesisRacismProfessional-Family RelationsPatient Care TeamPenicillin G BenzathineIntensive Care Units, PediatricHealth Equity
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Dear Black Folx in Academic Pediatrics.
Academic pediatrics 2023 Edwell AA -
Integrating Discussions on Racism and Health Equity into Clinical Reasoning Conference.
Academic pediatrics 2023 Argueza BR, Young ES, Deering L, Franco M, Nightingale J, Irving P, Edwell A, McBride D, Marbin J -
URM: Underrepresented or Underrecognized? A Case Study of Black Pediatric Critical Care Physicians.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2023 Edwell A, Van Schaik S, Teherani A -
URM: Underrepresented or Underrecognized? A Case Study of Black Pediatric Critical Care Physicians.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2023 Edwell A, van Schaik S, Teherani A -
Myocarditis in children after COVID-19 vaccine.
Annals of pediatric cardiology 2022 Aljohani OA, Arcilla L, Kaushik N, Cresalia NM, Li B, Edwell AA, Ramirez AM, Anwar S -
Beyond satisfaction: evaluating understanding in PICU family centered rounds.
Journal of communication in healthcare 2021 Edwell A, Schaik SV, Desai M -
Ten-Year-Old Girl With Abdominal Pain, Irregular Breathing, and Tachycardia.
Clinical pediatrics 2016 Edwards A, Permar S, Buck S, Jhaveri R -
A 19-year-old man with sickle cell disease presenting with spinal infarction: a case report.
Journal of medical case reports 2013 Edwards A, Clay EL, Jewells V, Adams S, Crawford RD, Redding-Lallinger R