Katrina B. Mitchell, MD, IBCLC, PMH-C is a breast surgeon, lactation consultant, and perinatal mental health provider. She is grateful to have been a breastfed baby, thanks to her mom and the La Leche League in the small California farm town where she was born and raised.

Dr. Mitchell sees patients in a daily breastfeeding medicine clinic alongside her surgical practice at Ridley Tree Cancer Center at Sansum clinic in Santa Barbara, California. She is the creator of the Physician Guide to Breastfeeding, an evidence-based website for breastfeeding families and the communities that support them. It can be found at physicianguidetobreastfeeding.org or katrinamitchell.org. Her Instagram is @physicianguidetobreastfeeding.