Vineeta Mittal

Vineeta Mittal serves as Division Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and practices as a pediatric hospitalist at Children’s Health. Her clinical work focuses on hospitalized children with emphasis on evidence-based care, quality improvement, and bedside teaching. She leads major initiatives including family-centered rounds implementation (since 2008), inpatient bronchiolitis/asthma guidelines, and serves as site lead for the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Setting (PRIS) network.

Dr. Mittal graduated from the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Educational Scholars Program and founded the APA Family-Centered Care Special Interest Group. Her research centers on respiratory illness management, high-flow nasal cannula use, care coordination, and quality metrics benchmarking. She co-leads the Children’s Hospitals Across Texas (CHAT) bronchiolitis project and contributes to the Children’s Hospital Association’s PHIS-Hospital Medicine research group.

Her 15 most recent publications (2013-2018) demonstrate consistent focus on clinical guideline implementation for respiratory conditions, care standardization, and resource utilization optimization. Key themes include asthma/bronchiolitis management protocols, discharge planning, post-acute care transitions, and family engagement in safety surveillance.

• Academic Pediatric Association Educational Scholars Program Graduate
• President-elect for Medical and Dental Staff at Children’s Medical Center Dallas (2017-2019)

As a mentor in the APA Educational Scholars Program and former co-chair of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Special Interest Group, Dr. Mittal has shaped national subspecialty development including the ABP PHM Sub-board certification. She currently serves as Medical Editor for the ABP PHM Certification exam. Her leadership extends to the PRIS network and CHAT collaborative, driving multicenter quality improvement initiatives across children’s hospitals.

Dr. Mittal co-chairs the CHAT bronchiolitis project and participates in the PHIS-Hospital Medicine research group, leveraging large pediatric datasets to establish national care benchmarks. Her work with the PRIS network facilitates multicenter studies on inpatient pediatric conditions, directly translating research into clinical practice improvements across participating institutions.