Background
Dr. Mitchell Goldstein is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is pediatric emergency medicine, with a particular focus on child abuse and neglect service.
As director of the Johns Hopkins Child Protection Team, Dr. Goldstein provides medical consultation to physicians, attorneys and social workers regarding children suspected of being maltreated. He currently works with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop a model system of medical consultation to children with suspicion of maltreatment. Dr. Goldstein is a member of the Maryland Academy of Pediatrics Child Abuse Subcommittee, where he often speaks about issues related to abusive head trauma.
Dr. Goldstein holds a B.S. in biology from Franklin and Marshall College. He received his M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha in 1995. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1998, and joined the Hopkins faculty in 1999. Dr. Goldstein earned an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 2005.
In 2010, Dr. Goldstein won the George J. Stuart Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is actively involved in all aspects of pediatric residency training and serves as a resident advisor, member of the intern selection committee and curriculum committee.