Stephen Ray Mitchell, M.D., MBA, has held leadership roles at Georgetown since 1989. He served as program director in Internal Medicine and founding program director of a Pew-funded Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, now in its 22nd year. Having won every teaching award in the Department of Medicine, Mitchell moved first to the dean’s office in 1998 and assumed the leadership of the School of Medicine concurrent with the inauguration of the Georgetown MedStar partnership in 2000. He became senior associate dean of academic affairs in charge of the medical school in 2000, and dean for medical education in 2002. Mitchell was elected into the Magis Hall of Fame for teachers.

At Georgetown, Mitchell has nearly tripled endowed scholarships, including one funded by Mitchell and his wife, Ellen, and a second legacy scholarship in honor of his mother. His efforts led to the endowment of the W. Proctor Harvey Center for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, and with the help of 650 donors, the full funding of the W. Proctor Harvey Clinical Teaching Amphitheater. Mitchell served for six years as chair to the committee in charge of North American medical school accreditation. He was elected as a master of the American College of Physicians, and this year has been inducted as an international fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

He and Ellen have twins, Bellamy (C’15) and Mac.