Melissa P Mitchell
Department of Breast Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology
About Melissa P Mitchell
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2006 | University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA, MD, Medicine |
2004 | University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA, PHD, Pharmacology |
1999 | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, BA, Dual degree in Biology and Integrated Science Program |
Postgraduate Training
2011-2012 | Clinical Fellowship, Radiation Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston |
2007-2011 | Clinical Residency, Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS |
2006-2007 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, 2012 - 2019
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Radiation Oncology Compensation Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, 2018 - 2019
Physician lead for Clinical Operations, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, 2016 - 2019
Executive Committee for Radiation Oncology, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, 2015 - 2019
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Program Evaluation Committee Chair, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, 2017 - 2019
Physician Recruitment Committee, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, 2015 - 2016
Research Committee Leader, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, 2015 - 2016
Cancer Service Line member/Steering Committee, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, 2015 - 2019
Program Evaluation Committee Member, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS, 2013 - 2019
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Hospital Cohort Nominating Committee, University of Kansas, 2017 - 2017
Member, KUMC diversity recruitment,The University of Kansas Hospital, 2017 - 2018
Radiation Oncology Lead, National Accreditation of Programs in Breast Cancer Committee, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, 2016 - 2019
Committee Leader, KU Breast Cancer Radiation Oncology Guidelines , Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, 2015 - 2016
Member, Physician EMR executive committee (eIPAC), The University of Kansas Hospital, 2015 - 2016
Second Line Representative, Committee on Cancer, KU Cancer Center, 2015 - 2019
Co-chair, KU Breast Disease Working Group, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, 2013 - 2019
Breast Cancer Lead, KU Mock Oral Examination Workshop, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, 2013 - 2019
Consultantships
Consultant, Hylapharm, Lawrence, KS, 2018 - Present
Honors & Awards
2022 | Excellence in Safety Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2019 | Featured article in the Springer column, ASCO |
2019 | Educator of the Year, ARRO |
2018 | Top Doctors in Kansas City, Ingram’s Magazine |
2018 | Nomination for Phase I Committee, KUMC School of Medicine |
2017 | SWOG Travel Grant, SWOG |
2014 | Nomination for Gold Humanism Honor Society, Gold Humanism Honor Society |
2009 | Second place poster award in biology, ASTRO |
2002 | Individual NRSA fellowship grant, NIEHS |
1999 | Graduate Merit Training Grant |
1999 | IBM Grant for Women in Research, Women in Research |
1998 | Erwin Macy Scholarship |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Kim M, Maldonado JA, Pandey P, El Alam MB, Kouzy R, Christopherson K, Minsky BD, Nugyen QN, Grosshans D, Lin LL, Mitchell MP, Klopp AH, Lee PP, Bird J, Satcher R, Lewis VO, Lin PP, Tang C, Koong AC, Moon B, Colbert LE. Single-fraction radiation retreatment for bone metastases: role of a rapid access clinic. BMJ Support Palliat Care. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38843933.
- Schaverien MV, Singh P, Smith BD, Qiao W, Akay CL, Bloom ES, Chavez-MacGregor M, Chu CK, Clemens MW, Colen JS, Ehlers RA, Hwang RF, Joyner MM, Largo RD, Mericli AF, Mitchell MP, Shuck JW, Tamirisa N, Tripathy D, Villa MT, Woodward WA, Zacharia R, Kuerer HM, Hoffman KE. Premastectomy Radiotherapy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 7(4):e245217, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38578640.
- Morse RT, Moreno M, Butterworth JA, Mitchell MP*. Interplay of Oncoplastic Reconstruction and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer. Adv Radiat Oncol 9(3):101403, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38495037.
- Guhan M, Crane SM, Valerius LS, Cruz D, Smith BD, Woodward WA, Mitchell MP, Valero V, Rauch GM, Krishnamurthy S, Warnecke CL, Kuerer HM, Shaitelman SF. Patient interest in exploring non-surgical treatment approaches for early stage breast cancer: A qualitative study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 118(2):443-454, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37802228.
- Camacho L, Chu CK, Mitchell MP, Nguyen T, Correa A, Mericli AF. Oncoplastic Reconstruction in the Setting of Prior Cosmetic Augmentation. Plast Reconstr Surg. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38376232.
- Hassan AM, Asaad M, Morris N, Kumar S, Liu J, Mitchell MP, Shuck JW, Clemens MW, Butler CE, Selber JC. Subpectoral Implant Placement is not Protective Against Postmastectomy Radiotherapy-Related Complications Compared to Prepectoral Placement. Plast Reconstr Surg 153(1):24-33, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37010459.
- Asaad M, Yu JZ, Tran JP, Liu J, O'Grady B, Clemens MW, Largo RD, Mericli AF, Schaverien M, Shuck J, Mitchell MP, Butler CE, Selber JC. Surgical and Patient-Reported Outcomes of 694 Two-Stage Prepectoral vs. Subpectoral Breast Reconstructions. Plast Reconstr Surg 152(4S):43S-54S, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36877743.
- Baroudi H, Huy Minh Nguyen CI, Maroongroge S, Smith BD, Niedzielski JS, Shaitelman SF, Melancon A, Shete S, Whitaker TJ, Mitchell MP, Yvonne Arzu I, Duryea J, Hernandez S, El Basha D, Mumme R, Netherton T, Hoffman K, Court L. Automated contouring and statistical process control for plan quality in a breast clinical trial. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol 28:100486, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37712064.
- Sun SX, Piotrowski MJ, Adesoye T, Mitchell MP, Garber HR, Teshome M, Kuerer HM, Tamirisa N, Singh P. Long-Term Outcomes and Predictors of Response in Breast Cancer Patients with Advanced Nodal Involvement. J Am Coll Surg. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37870227.
- Johnson HM, Lin H, Shen Y, Diego EJ, Krishnamurthy S, Yang WT, Smith BD, Valero V, Lucci A, Sun SX, Shaitelman SF, Mitchell MP, Boughey JC, White RL, Rauch GM, Kuerer HM, Exceptional Responders Study Group. Patient-Reported Outcomes of Omission of Breast Surgery Following Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 6(9):e2333933, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37707811.
- Gandhi A, Xu T, DeSnyder SM, Smith GL, Lin R, Barcenas CH, Stauder MC, Hoffman KE, Strom EA, Ferguson S, Smith BD, Woodward WA, Perkins GH, Mitchell MP, Garner D, Goodman CR, Aldrich M, Travis M, Lilly S, Bedrosian I, Shaitelman SF. Prospective, early longitudinal assessment of lymphedema-related quality of life among patients with locally advanced breast cancer: The foundation for building a patient-centered screening program. Breast 68:205-215, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36863241.
- Woodward WA, Mitchell MP*. The Elusive Prize of Radiation Therapy Predictive Assays in Breast Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 115(1):103-105, 2023. PMID: 36526377.
- Mitchell MP. Stage IV or Locally Advanced Disease?. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 114(4):575, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36244392.
- Mitchell MP. High Reward and Low Risk. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 114(2):183, 2022. PMID: 36055316.
- Aldrich MB, Rasmussen JC, DeSnyder SM, Woodward WA, Chan W, Sevick-Muraca EM, Mittendorf EA, Smith BD, Stauder MC, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Hoffman KE, Mitchell MP, Barcenas CH, Isales LE, Shaitelman SF. Prediction of breast cancer-related lymphedema by dermal backflow detected with near-infrared fluorescence lymphatic imaging. Breast Cancer Res Treat 195(1):33-41, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35816269.
- Diao K, Andring LM, Barcenas CH, Singh P, Carisa Le-Petross H, Reed VK, Reddy JP, Bloom ES, Ahmad NR, Mayo LL, Perkins GH, Mitchell MP, Nead KT, Tereffe W, Smith BD, Woodward WA. Contemporary Outcomes After Multimodality Therapy in Patients With Breast Cancer Presenting With Ipsilateral Supraclavicular Node Involvement. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 112(1):66-74, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34710521.
- O'Sullivan CC, Ballman KV, McCall L, Kommalapati A, Zemla T, Weiss A, Mitchell M, Blinder V, Tung NM, Irvin WJ, Lee M, Goetz MP, Symmans WF, Borges VF, Krop I, Carey LA, Partridge AH. Alliance A011801 (compassHER2 RD): postneoadjuvant T-DM1 + tucatinib/placebo in patients with residual HER2-positive invasive breast cancer. Future Oncol. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34636255.
- Nia ES, Huang ML, Sun SX, Mitchell MP, Myatt JP, Candelaria RP. The mammographic appearance of the BioMonitor implantable loop recorder. Clin Imaging 73:28-30, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33296770.
- Li XA, Moughan J, White JR, Freedman GM, Arthur DW, Galvin J, Xiao Y, McNulty S, Lyons JA, Kavadi VS, Fields MT, Mitchell MP, Anderson BM, Lock MI, Kokeny KE, Bazan JG, Currey AD, Hijal T, Cheston SB, Vicini FA. Patterns of failure observed in the two-step institution credentialing process for NRG Oncology/RTOG 1005 (NCT01349322) and lessons learned. Pract Radiat Oncol 10(4):265-273, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31790823.
- Mamounas EP, Mitchell MP, Woodward WA. Molecular Predictive and Prognostic Markers in Locoregional Management. J Clin Oncol 38(20):JCO1902905, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32442060.
- Myers JS, Mitchell M, Krigel S, Steinhoff A, Boyce-White A, Van Goethem K, Valla M, Dai J, He J, Liu W, Sereika SM, Bender CM. Qigong intervention for breast cancer survivors with complaints of decreased cognitive function. Support Care Cancer 27(4):1395-1403, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30128855.
- Butler-Xu YS, Marietta M, Zahra A, TenNapel M, Mitchell M*. The effect of breast volume on toxicity using hypofractionated regimens for early stage breast cancer for patients. Adv Radiat Oncol 4(2):261-267, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 31011671.
- Myers JS, Kahya M, Mitchell M, Dai J, He J, Moon S, Hamilton K, Valla M, O'Dea A, Klemp J, Kurylo M, Akinwuntan A, Devos H. Pupillary response: cognitive effort for breast cancer survivors. Support Care Cancer 27(3):1121-1128, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30097791.
- Ganju RG, Savvides G, Korentager S, Ward MJ, TenNapel M, Amin A, Wagner J, Mitchell M*. Incidence of breast lymphedema and predictors of its development in patients receiving whole breast radiation therapy after breast-conservation surgery. Lymphology(52):126-133, 2019. PMID: 31874124.
- Doke K, Butler S, Mitchell MP*. Current Therapeutic Approaches to DCIS. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 23(4):279-291, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30267199.
- Kilgore LJ, Korentager SS, Hangge AN, Amin AL, Balanoff CR, Larson KE, Mitchell MP, Chen JG, Burgen E, Khan QJ, O'Dea AP, Nye L, Sharma P, Wagner JL. Reducing Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema (BCRL) Through Prospective Surveillance Monitoring Using Bioimpedance Spectroscopy (BIS) and Patient Directed Self-Interventions. Ann Surg Oncol 25(10):2948-2952, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29987599.
- Mitchell MP, Sharma P. The Use of Surgery and Radiotherapy as Treatment of Regional Nodes in Breast Cancer Patients. Oncology (Williston Park) 32(6):e52-e64, 2018. PMID: 29940065.
- Mitchell MP, Wagner J, Butterworth J. Subcutaneous implant-based breast reconstruction, a modern challenge in postmastectomy radiation planning. Pract Radiat Oncol 8(3):153-156, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29233522.
- Mallory ML, Mitchell MP*. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: A new relative contraindication for breast conservation therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol 3(1):16-18, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29556574.
- Arguello AA, Richardson BD, Hall JL, Wang R, Hodges MA, Mitchell MP, Stuber GD, Rossi DJ, Fuchs RA. Role of a Lateral Orbital Frontal Cortex-Basolateral Amygdala Circuit in Cue-Induced Cocaine-Seeking Behavior. Neuropsychopharmacology 42(3):727-735, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27534268.
- Stecklein SR, Shen X, Mitchell MP*. Post-Mastectomy Radiation Therapy for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma: A Comparative Utilization and Outcomes Study. Clin Breast Cancer 16(4):319-26, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26943990.
- Reddy JP, Dawood S, Mitchell M, Debeb BG, Bloom E, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Sulman EP, Buchholz TA, Woodward WA. Antiepileptic drug use improves overall survival in breast cancer patients with brain metastases in the setting of whole brain radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 117(2):308-14, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26482599.
- Mitchell MP, Abboud M, Eng C, Beddar AS, Krishnan S, Delclos ME, Crane CH, Das P. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy for anal cancer: outcomes and toxicity. Am J Clin Oncol 37(5):461-6, 2014. PMID: 23466576.
- Lang JE, Tereffe W, Mitchell MP, Rao R, Feng L, Meric-Bernstam F, Bedrosian I, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Hortobagyi GN, Babiera GV. Primary tumor extirpation in breast cancer patients who present with stage IV disease is associated with improved survival. Ann Surg Oncol 20(6):1893-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23306905.
Abstracts
- Shaitelman SF, Gandhi A, Xu T, DeSnyder S, Smith GL, Lin R, Barcenas C, Stauder MC, Hoffman KE, Strom EA, Ferguson S, Smith BD, Woodward WA, Perkins GH, Mitchell MP, Goodman CR, Aldrich M, Travis M, Lilly S, Bedrosian I. Prospective, Longitudinal Assessment of Lymphedema-related Quality of Life for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Patients: A Foundation for Needed Elements in a Lymphedema Screening Program. American Radium Society 2022 Annual Meeting, 2022.
Grant & Contract Support
Title: | Breast Cancer Fatigue and Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Black and White Women |
Funding Source: | KUCC Pilot Project |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | The Grand Challenge: When is Cancer Not Cancer |
Funding Source: | UK PRECISION |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster, Lifetime Stress Exposure and Radiation Treated Breast Cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Qigong Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors with Complaints of Decreased Cognitive Function |
Funding Source: | Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Nursing |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Development of a Radiosensitivity Assay for DCIS |
Funding Source: | KU Cancer Center |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | F30ES012347 NRSA fellowship grant awarded from the NIEHS, Signaling Mechanisms of Ozonized Pulmonary Surfactant |
Funding Source: | NIH/NIEHS |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award Level 1 |
Funding Source: | Department of Defense (DOD) |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | American Cancer Society IRG grant |
Funding Source: | American Cancer Society (ACS) |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Fatigue, quality of life, and leukocyte transcriptomes in black and white breast cancer patients |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Measurement of Cognitive Effort for Breast Cancer Survivors |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified August 23, 2024