Laurie AP Mitan, MD
Appointment
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Email
laurie.mitan@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4681
Fax
513-636-7844
Office Location
Main Campus, Outpatient Mason, Outpatient West Chester
Bio
Dr. Laurie Mitan, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified adolescent medicine specialist whose practice focuses on the unique health needs of teenagers. Providing eating disorder consultative services to community physicians and families, she is available at both the Cincinnati Children's Outpatient Services - Mason and West Chester satellite offices. At the Cincinnati Children's main campus, she provides primary care and consultative services at the Adolescent Medicine Division's Teen Health Center.
Dr. Mitan's clinical expertise encompasses all adolescent health concerns with special interests in eating disorders, gynecologic concerns, and the psychosocial effects of complex medical illnesses. She enjoys teaching pediatric housestaff and medical students, and has spent a significant amount of her career giving lectures and presentations.
Dr. Mitan joined Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in August of 1999, after a faculty position at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Credentials
MD: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, 1990.
Residency: Pediatrics, State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, 1990-1993.
Fellowship: General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 1993-1996.
Certification: Adolescent Medicine, 1997; Pediatrics, 1994.
Research Grants and Contracts
National clinical trial evaluating use of oral contraceptive pills for prevention of osteoporosis in adolescents with anorexia nervosa, sponsored by Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical.
Publications, Most Recent
Mitan LAP. Eating Disorders in Adolescent Girls.Current Women's Health Reports, 2002;2 (6):1-4.
Mitan LAP, Slap GB. Primary care management of adolescents with anorexia nervosa.Fam Pract Recert., 2002;24 (3):45-56.
Mitan LAP, Slap GB. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding. In: Neinstein L, ed. Adolescent Health Care: A Practical Guide, 4th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
Mitan LAP. Menstrual dysfunction in anorexia nervosa.Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 2004; 17 (2):81-85.
Professional Organization Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
- Academy for Eating Disorders
- Society for Adolescent Medicine
- Society for Adolescent Medicine, Ohio Valley Chapter, Secretary-Treasurer 2000-2004, President Elect 2003
Special Interests
Eating disorders; teen pregnancy
Presentations, Most Recent:
Anorexia Nervosa, Cincinnati Children's Pediatric Update 2004, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2, 2004
How to Raise Awareness and Prevent Eating Disorders in Children, Emery Educational Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 8, 2004.
Navigating the Medical Evaluation of Patients with Eating Disorders, Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 30, 2005.
Related Areas
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