Adolescent Medicine

Laurie AP Mitan, MD

Appointment

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Email

laurie.mitan@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4681

Fax

513-636-7844

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 the Cincinnati Children's Outpatient Services Mason and Liberty Campus offices. At the Cincinnati Children's main campus, she provides primary care 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.

Awards and Honors

Society for Adolescent Medicine

Society for Adolescent Medicine, Ohio Valley Chapter: Secretary-Treasurer 2000-2004, President 2004-2006
Academy for Eating Disorders
American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Adolescent Health
American Academy of Pediatrics, Ohio State Chapter
Cincinnati Pediatric Society

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.

Mitan, LAP, Slap GB. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding In: Neinstein L.S, ed. Adolescent Health Care: A Practical Guide, 5th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2008, pp. 687-690.

Mitan, LAP. Eating Disorders In: Slap, G.B., ed. Adolescent Medicine: The Requisites in Pediatrics. Philadelphia: Mosby/Elsevier, 2008, pp. 276-281.

Mitan, LAP, Slap GB. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding In: Neinstein L.S., ed. Handbook of Adolescent Health Care, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2009, pp. 467-469.

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:

Navigating the Medical Evaluation of Patients with Eating Disorders, Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 30, 2005.

Primary Care Management of Eating Disorders, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 29, 2006.

Eating Disorder Guidelines –What’s New, What’s Important? Ohio Valley Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 3, 2006.

Eating Disorder Awareness and Treatment in a School-Based Setting, Ohio School based Health Care Association Spring Symposium, Blue Ash, Ohio, May 17, 2007.

The Psychiatrist’s Guide to Medical Issues in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 13, 2008

Recognition and Treatment of Eating Disorders: Collaboration of the school, family, and medical community, CME activity for school personnel, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, February 28, 2008

Anorexia Nervosa, Cincinnati Children's Pediatric Update 2004, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2, 2004