MelissaA.(Zvan)AtwoodDO

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin

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Office
9000 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone+1 414-266-3360

Fax+1 414-266-3563

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2014 - 2015
Medical College of WisconsinM.A., Bioethics, 2010 - 2012
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsFellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2009 - 2012
Advocate Health Care/Advocate Children’s Hospital (Oak Lawn)Residency, Pediatrics, 2006 - 2009
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern UniversityClass of 2005
Loyola UniversityB.S., Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, Honors, 1997 - 2001

Dr. Elaine Kohler Award for Humanity in Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin, 2011
Mulcahy Research Scholarship Loyola University, 2000
Presidential Scholarship Loyola University, 1998

PubMed

2 citations
A Venn diagram of vulnerability: The convergence of pediatric palliative care and child maltreatment a narrative review, and a focus on communication.
Charles B Rothschild, Barbara H Chaiyachati, Kara R Finck, Melissa A Atwood, Steven R Leuthner
Child Abuse & Neglect. 2022-06-01
8 citations
Attitudes about palliative care: a comparison of pediatric critical care and oncology providers.
Melissa A. Atwood, Raymond G. Hoffmann, Ke Yan, K. Jane Lee
The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2014-09-01

Abstracts/Posters

Pediatric Research Poster Session
Melissa Atwood, D.O., M.A., Medical College of Wiscons, 4/3/2012

Lectures

Beliefs and Attitudes about Palliative Care: A Comparison of Pediatric Critical Care and Oncology Providers
Pediatric Academic Society, Boston - 4/30/2012
Evaluating An Established Systems Process To Improve The Rate Of Patient Problem Lists In The PICU.
Best Practices in Pediatrics Winter 2012, Wisconsin Dells, WI; American Thoracic Society, San Franci - 3/1/2012
Plastic Bronchitis
Professor's Rounds, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - 8/23/2011
Fellow Research Day Presentation
Medical College of Wisconsin - 4/5/2011
Research Update
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - 1/24/2011
Neurological Injury after Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Aid Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Journal Club Presentation, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - 8/30/2010
Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
Code Case Conference, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - 5/12/2010
Defining Acute Lung Injury in Children with the Oxygen Saturation Index
Journal Club Presentation, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - 4/5/2010
Clinical Review of Morbidity and Mortality
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - 8/5/2009
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