Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA

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   NOVEMBER 9, 2023

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   Biographical context: 13 years on faculty

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Biographical context: advocate and volunteer

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Biographical context: Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field.

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Biographical context: Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV.

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Biographical context: Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023.

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Biographical context: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%.

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Biographical context: She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association.

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Biographical context: She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox.

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Biographical context: successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Biographical context: with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Degree: M.D.

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Degree: M.D.

   ## Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Education record: her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Education record: She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern.

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Identity: Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Professional role: Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Professional role: Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.

   Professional role: UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director

   Ellen Kitchell, M.D., FIDSA *Associate Professor of Internal Medicine* *Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine* **Visual description:** Portrait photograph of Ellen Kitchell wearing glasses and a white coat, with a light background and a cyan vertical accent bar to the right. As Medical Director of the largest Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program medical home in the country, Dr. Kitchell leads a team serving more than 6,000 people with HIV. She brings an unwavering dedication to a patient population that is often overlooked and stigmatized. During her 13 years on faculty, she has provided engaging, patient-centered care that produces results: Her patient panel has an HIV viral suppression rate of over 90%. She has helped foster communitywide innovations in HIV care, such as same-day treatment initiation, injectable therapies, and coordinating a response to multiple emergent pandemics, including Ebola, COVID-19, and mpox. Based on this track record of service and compassion, Dr. Kitchell was honored as the Parkland Physician of the Year in 2023. Her leadership in the HIV community extends beyond the hospital, as an advocate and volunteer with agencies like Agape Clinic, Fast-Track Cities, Dallas HIV Task Force, and AIDS Walk South Dallas. She also participates in national advocacy efforts with the Infectious Diseases Society of America and HIV Medicine Association. She earned her medical degree at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at UT Southwestern. As UTSW’s HIV Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Kitchell happily welcomes learners at all levels to train in the field. One of her proudest accomplishments is successfully recruiting multiple trainees to HIV medicine and cultivating the next generation of idealistic caretakers.