April Edwell, MD, MEd

Assistant Professor; School of Medicine Coach

I care for all variety of critically ill children, teenagers, and young adults in the ICU. My particular areas of interest are thinking about how to make our system more equitable and just for patients, and how we train the next generation of physicians to be anti-oppressive in their thinking and practice.

My philosophy of care is one part Derrick Shephard’s “It’s a beautiful day to save lives” one part Captain Hook’s “Indefatigable good form” and one part Mary J. Blige’s “Don’t need no hateration, holleration in this dancery.”

Education

MAEd, 2021 - Education, University of California at Berkeley

Fellow, 2021 - Pediatric Critical Care, University of California at San Francisco

MAEd, 07/2021 - Graduate Medical Education and Racism, University of California, Berkeley

Fellowship, 07/2021 - Pediatric Critical Care, University of California, San Francisco

2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California

Chief Resident, 2017 - Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Residency, 07/2017 - Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Resident, 2016 - Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Intern, 2013 - Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MD, 2012 - , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MD, 05/2012 - , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

BS, 2008 - Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University

Honors and Awards

John A. Watson Faculty Scholars Program, Dean's Diversity Fund, UCSF, 2025 Projects for Peace Alumni Award, Middlebury Projects for Peace, 2025 Brownell Anderson Award, Western Group on Educational Affairs (WGEA), 2025 Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), 2024 Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, University of California, San Francisco, 2024 UCSF Pediatric Residency Faculty Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2024 RIME Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Research Award, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), 2023 UCSF Pediatric Residency Compassionate Faculty Physician Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2022 UCSF Innovations Funding for Education, University of California, San Francisco, 2021 UCSF Fellow Teaching Award, Nomination, University of California, San Francisco, 2020 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2020 Alpha Omega Alpha, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, 2014