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With sadness and the heaviest of hearts we announce the unanticipated passing of Edith P. Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCCP, FECP (London), the 116th President of the National Medical Association (NMA) and Editor of the Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA). She was the Enterprise Vice-President for Cancer Disparities at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Director of the Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities, Associate Director for Diversity Affairs at Jefferson’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
Her honors and awards are numerous and include scientific, civic and community origins. A few of distinction include serving on the National Cancer Institute’s Blue Ribbon Panel advising on then Vice-President Joe Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot initiative and the NIH Council on Councils. She was appointed to the President’s Cancer Panel from 2019-2023. She participated in committees for the NCI, ECOG-ACRIN, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research. She was a retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General, the first woman physician to attain the rank in history.
Dr. Mitchell was highly decorated and a researcher, civil rights, humanitarian, and a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Her commitment to serve continued up until her passing as she was a sought after lecturer nationally and internationally.
Dr. Mitchell was a source of inspiration and influenced the lives and careers of so many in her community and professionally. While she was one of our esteemed past presidents and leader but is no longer with us, we are emboldened to sustain her legacy of excellence in medicine, academia and humanitarian efforts.
Our deepest sympathies and prayers are extended to her family and loved ones.
On behalf of the National Medical Association
124th President Yolanda Lawson, MD
And the Past Presidents Council
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