Ed Mitchell, MD - Medical Marijuana

Name:	Ed Mitchell, MD
Title:	Chair in Child Health Research at the University of Auckland
Position:	None Found to the question "Should marijuana be a medical option?"
Reasoning:	No position found as of 2005
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Key Experts Physicians [Physicians are the "key experts" in the medical marijuana debate because the issue is thought by many to be ultimately based on the medical value and risks of marijuana, and Physicians, with their training and clinical work, should (at least in theory) have the best knowledge of marijuana's medical value and risks.] [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.]
Involvement and Affiliations:	Chair, Child Health Research, University of Auckland, 2001-present Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland Founding Member, International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Steering Committee ISAAC International Data Centre Director, New Zealand Cot Death Study Chairman, Board of Trustees, New Zealand Cot Death Association
Education:	MD, School unknown
Contact Info:	Phone: 64-9-373-7599 x 86431 Fax: 64-9-373-7486 Email: e.mitchell@auckland.ac.nz Website: University profile
Select Publications:	Cowritten with Barry Taylor, Sally Baddock, Rodney Ford, David Tipene-Leach, and Barbara Galland, "The New Zealand Experience: How Smoking Affects SIDS Rates," Mothering, Sep. 2002 Cowritten with Lynne Hutchison and Alistair Stewart, "The Continuing Decline in SIDS Mortality," Archives of Disease in Childhood, Apr. 2007
Other:	Legal name: Edwin Mitchell