I strive to deliver patient-centered and family-centered care and to treat all patients and their families with respect, compassion and dignity.
About Ali McMichael, MD
Ali McMichael, MD, is a pediatric critical care physician at Phoenix Children's. Dr. McMichael has specialized training in treating children and teens in the intensive care unit who have critical medical conditions.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree from Pepperdine College in Malibu, California, Dr. McMichael earned her medical degree from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She completed her residency training in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric critical care at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
Dr. McMichael is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, as well as the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society. Dedicated to the care and safety of patients, Dr. McMichael is an active member of national and international medical collaboratives.
As a primary author of the 2021 Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) ECMO Anticoagulation Guidelines, Dr. McMichael has presented at the ELSO National Meeting, as well as for webinars hosted by PediECMO and BloodNET/THOR. She has published research on the topic in peer-reviewed publications including the journal Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
In her free time, Dr. McMichael enjoys hiking, finding and baking new recipes and being with her family and dogs.
Medical School / Education
University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
Residency
(Pediatrics) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Fellowship
(Pediatric Critical Care) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Pediatrics, Subspecialty-Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics
Professional Affiliations
Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society
Member, International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis
McMichael A, Weller J, Li X, Hatton L, Zia A, Raman L. Prospective Randomized Pilot Study Comparing Bivalirudin Versus Heparin in Neonatal and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2024 Nov 25;. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003642. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39585174.
Rintoul NE, McMichael ABV, Bembea MM, DiGeronimo R, Patregnani J, Alexander PMA, Muszynski JA, Steffen K, Gehred A, Lyman E, Cheifetz IM. Management of Bleeding and Thrombotic Complications During Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: The Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Anticoagulation CollaborativE Consensus Conference. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2024 Jul 1;25(7 Suppl 1):e66-e77. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003489.
McMichael ABV, Ryerson LM, Ratano D, Fan E, Faraoni D, Annich GM. 2021 ELSO Adult and Pediatric Anticoagulation Guidelines. ASAIO J. 2022 Mar 1;68(3):303-310. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001652.
