CURRICULUM VITAE
Melissa Atwood DO, MA
Melissa Atwood DO, MA
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Children’s Wisconsin - Milwaukee Hospital |
8915 W Connell Court |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
Phone: 414-266-3360 |
Email: matwood@mcw.edu |
EDUCATION: |
1997 - 2001 B.S., Psychology, Honors, Magna cum Laude |
2001 - 2005 D.O., Midwestern University, Downer's Grove, IL |
2010 - 2012 M.A. Bioethics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
10/2016 Leadership Strategies for Evolving Health Care Executives, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
06/2018 Integrative Pain Management Course, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ |
07/2022 EPEC-Pediatrics Train-the-Trainer Conference, San Francisco, CA |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
2005 - 2006 Traditional Internship, Midwestern University, Olympia Fields, IL |
2006 - 2009 Residency, Pediatrics, Hope Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL |
2009 - 2012 Critical Care Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
2014 - 2015 Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow, Department of Medicine- Hematology/Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
2012 - 2013 Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
2013 Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Critical Care/Palliative Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
2012 - 2013 Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI |
2015 - Present Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
General Pediatrics | 10/2009 | 12/2028 |
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | 11/2012 | 11/2028 |
Hospice & Palliative Medicine | 11/2019 | 11/2028 |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
Advanced Trauma Life Support | ACS | 07/2014 | 07/2018 |
Pediatric Advanced Life Support | AHA | 06/2016 | 10/2024 |
Licensure | Number | Issue Date | Expiration |
Wisconsin License | 52763-021 | 03/2009 | 10/2023 |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
1998 - 2001 Presidential Scholarship, Loyola University |
2000 Mulcahy Research Scholarship, Loyola University |
2011 Dr. Elaine Kohler Award for Humanity in Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
2019 - 2020 Outstanding Graduate School Educator, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2009 - 2016 Society of Critical Care Medicine |
2010 - Present American Society of Bioethics and Humanities |
2014 - Present American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
2020 - Present Bioethics Network of Upper Midwest |
2021 - Present American Academy of Pediatrics |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
2009 Neurological injury after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use to aid pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 10(4):445-451 |
2014 What’s Buzzing in the Palliative Care Literature; Annals of Long-Term Care Accepted ahead of print |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2017 - Present Co-Chair, Ethics Advisory Committee, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin |
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS: | ||||||||||||||||||
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Multi-disciplinary panel: High-stakes decision making in tracheostomy: how and why COVID-19 has changed practice., Global Tracheostomy Collaborative Webinar, Virtual, 05/19/2020 |
Regional |
Palliative Care for the Adolescent and Young Adult Population, Great Lakes Palliative Care Conf: Between two worlds, Lake Geneva, WI, 05/05/2023 |
Local |
Friends for Special Needs -Pediatrics, Disability & Ethics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 02/17/2015 |
Ethics Review, Maureen T. Rich Memorial Pediatric Respiratory Conference, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, 03/31/2015 |
Futility and the role of palliative care, CHW Ethics Advisory Committiee Noon Conference Series, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 03/30/2016 |
Extremis…Agonizing decision-making at the end of life, Bioethics and Medical Humanities Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 04/16/2019 |
Brain Death & Organ Donation, Milwaukee, WI, 10/23/2019 |
Pediatric Ethics Consultation & Issues in Palliative Care, Psychosomatic Medicine Seminar, Milwaukee, WI, 11/06/2019 |
Palliative Care MythBusters, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Milwaukee WI, 07/17/2020 |
Organ Donation, Pediatric Critical Care Lecture Series, Milwaukee, WI, 08/24/2020 |
Legal Euthanasia in the US & Abroad, Global Health Pathways Panel, Milwaukee, WI, 10/21/2021 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Atwood M.A., Hoffmann R.G., Yan K., & Lee K.J., Beliefs and Attitudes about Palliative Care: A Comparison of Pediatric Critical Care and Oncology Providers, Pediatric Academic Society, Boston, MA, 04/30/2012 |
Khandhar, P., Abu Sultaneh, S., Atwood, M., Caprirolo, G., Jouhari, M.T., Wakeham, M, Evaluating an Established Systems Process to Improve the Rate of Patient Problem Lists in the PICU, American Thoracic Society, San Francisco, CA, 05/2012 |
Bear, A., Van Schyndle, C., Atwood, M., Berg, S., Neither Pediatric nor Adult – Unique Care Considerations in the Adolescent and Young Adult Population, The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, Orlando, FL, 03/15/2019 |
Regional |
Khandhar, P., Abu Sultaneh, S., Atwood, M., Caprirolo, G., Jouhari, M.T., Wakeham, M., 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, 03/2012 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Hospital |
2010 - 2014 Member, Care of the Chronically Critically Ill, Critical Care, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin |
2013 - Present Leader, Ethics Advisory Committee, Critical Care, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin |
2015 - Present Member, Institutional Review Board, Critical Care, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin |
2015 - Present Member, Schwartz Center Rounds Planning Committee, Critical Care, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin |
01/2016 - Present Member, Sudden Death in Young Advance Review Team, Pediatrics, Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin |
2016 - 2018 Longitudinal Coordination of Care Committee |
2016 - Present Physician Coordinator, Schwartz Center Rounds, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin |
2017 - Present Co-Chair, Ethics Advisory Committe, Children's Wisconsin |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
2013 - 2023 Facilitator, Pediatric Ethics Sessions, 5 hours/year |
2013 - 2023 Facilitator, Ethics and Palliative Medicine course, 14 hours/year |
2018 - 2023 Facilitator, M1 Healer's Art course, 15 hours/year |
2021 - 2023 H&P Reader |
Resident and Fellow Education |
2015 - 2023 Lecturer, Pediatric Critical Care Lecture Series, 4 hours/year |
2016 - 2023 Facilitator, Coping with Patient Death Retreat, 8 hours/year |
2022 Simulated Inpatient Pediatric Practice, Intern Orientation |
2023 Clinically Oriented Ethics for the Pediatric Hospitalist – individualized ethics elective for Hospital Medicine fellow Dr. Lauren Titus |
Nursing Student Education |
2016 - Present Biannual Critical Care RN Class, Palliative Care |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
2015 - 2016 Children's Hospital of Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin - Grow Eat Munch (GEM) volunteer |
2016 - 2020 Pre-medical student liaison for Marquette and University of Wisconsin |
PROFESSIONAL EFFORT: |
50% Palliative Care service, 20% administrative time, 15% education, 15% research |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Atwood MA, Hoffmann RG, Yan K, Lee KJ. Attitudes about palliative care: a comparison of pediatric critical care and oncology providers. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2014 Sep;31(6):665-71. |
2. Marks, S, Atwood, M, What's Buzzing in the Literature? Focusing on Palliative Care; Animals of Long-Term Care. 2015;23(2):42-44. |
3. Rothschild CB, Chaiyachati BH, Finck KR, Atwood MA, Leuthner SR, Christian CW. A Venn diagram of vulnerability: The convergence of pediatric palliative care and child maltreatment a narrative review, and a focus on communication. Child Abuse Negl. 2022 Jun;128:105605. PMCID: PMC11000825 |
4. Ishani A, Christopher J, Palmer D, Otterness S, Clothier B, Nugent S, Nelson D, Rosenberg ME, Center for Innovative Kidney Care. Telehealth by an Interprofessional Team in Patients With CKD: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Jul;68(1):41-9. |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Co-editor of book chapter: Palliative Care and Symptom Management. Interventional Oncology: Principles and Practice. Awaiting publication of new edition. |
Abstracts |
1. Declaration of Brain Death Policy, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, 05/2018 |
