Stephen Ray Mitchell currently serves as the Joseph Butenas Professor of Medical Education and dean of medical education at the School of Medicine. He is an expert in the field of adult and pediatric rheumatology, as well as all aspects of medical education in America.

• ​Received the Kaiser Permanente Award from the faculty for the outstanding clinical teacher in the Medical Center.
• Awarded a Laureate Award from the Washington Metropolitan Chapter of the American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine.
  
• Received every residency teaching award in the Department of Medicine, including induction into the Sol Katz Society.