April Amanda Edwell MD

Pediatrics•San Francisco, CA

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Pediatric Critical Care Fellow

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550 16th StFl 5San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone+1 415-476-5153

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Pediatrics, 2021
University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2017 - 2020
University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2012 - 2016
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2012
Duke UniversityBS, Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, with Distinction, 2004 - 2008

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2017 - 2026
NC State Medical License 2012 - 2018
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Elected as one of the resident members Academy of Educators, 2015
Harvey Hamerick Resident Teaching Award 2014, 2016
Alpha Omega Alpha 2014
Project HOPE Scholarship 2014
Resident of the Year Award UNC Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 2014
Kaiser-Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award, Internal Medicine 2013
Kaiser-Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award, Pediatrics 2013
Heusner Pupil Award 2011
Eugene S. Mayer Community Service Honor Society 2010
Brown Four Year Medical Merit Scholarship UNC School of Medicine, 2008
Trinity Four Year Merit and Leadership Scholarship Duke University, 2004
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Inequities in the Application of Behavioral Flags for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients.
April Edwell, Jia Xin Huang, Tasce Bongiovanni, Matthew Pantell
JAMA Network Open. 2025-02-03
And Still We Rise: Advances in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism in Academic Pediatrics.
Josten Overall, Amber Gautam, Mauricio Franco, Bianca R Argueza, April Edwell
Academic Pediatrics. 2025-01-16
From othering to belonging: a framework for DEI history-telling and strategising.
April Edwell, Jennifer Edwell
Medical Humanities. 2025-01-02

Journal Articles

10-year-old Girl with Abdominal Pain, Irregular Breathing, and Tachycardia
Edwards A, Permar S, Buck S, Jhaveri R, Clinical Pediatrics, 1/1/2017
AAP's New Bronchiolitis Guidelines: Less is More
Levine A and Edwards A, Emergency Physicians Monthly., 1/1/2015
A 19-year-old man with sickle cell disease presenting with spinal infarction: a case report
Edwards A, Clay EL, Jewells V, Adams S, Crawford RD, Redding-Lallinger R, Journal of Medical Case Reports., 1/1/2013

Other

Four-Oh-Wonk
Edwards, A
https://blogs.jwatch.org/general-medicine/index.php/2016/08/four-oh-wunk/
1/1./2016
Men, Women, or Both?
Edwards, A
https://blogs.jwatch.org/general-medicine/index.php/2016/09/men-women-or-both/
1/5./2016
From the Prescription Pad to Reality
Edwards, A.
https://blogs.jwatch.org/general-medicine/index.php/2016/11/from-the-prescription-pad-to-reality/
1/4./2016
Z71.1 Worried Well.
Edwards, A
https://blogs.jwatch.org/general-medicine/index.php/2017/02/worried-well/
1/27/2017
Four-Oh-Wonk. The Reboot
Edwards, A
https://blogs.jwatch.org/general-medicine/index.php/2017/06/four-oh-wonk-part-2/
1/27/2017
For the (EH) Record
Edwell, J. Edwell, A.
https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/2018/10/04/for-the-eh-record/
1/4./2018
Resident n. a physician who lives at the hospital.
Edwell, J. Edwell, A
1/15/2018
The Heart of a Child.
Edwell, J. Edwell, A.
https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/2019/02/16/the-heart-of-a-child/
1/16/2019
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Press Mentions

Inequities in the Application of Behavioral Flags for Hospitalized Pediatric PatientsFebruary 20th, 2025

Professional Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society - AOA
Member
Society of Critical Care Medicine - SCCM
Member
American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP
Member