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Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH is Professor of Pediatrics, Julia and David Uihlein Professor in Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and Director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is an attending physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago in the division of pediatric critical care medicine.
Dr. Michelson’s research interests include communication, decision making, palliative care, bereavement support, and ethics. Currently, her research focuses on communication and decision making among patients, family caregivers, and professional caregivers in the pediatric intensive care unit as well as in the palliative care setting. Her work uses qualitative and quantitative methods as well as patient/stakeholder engagement and community based participatory research methods.
Dr. Michelson's clinical practice is in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Certifications and Licenses
General Pediatrics | |
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine |
Training Experience
2001 | Residency, University of Chicago |
2004 | Fellowship, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Children’s Memorial Hospital) |
Education/Academic qualification
MD, MPH, Duke University
… → 1996
Research interests
- Critical Care
- Palliative Care and Hospice
- Patient Communications
- Pediatric Critical Care
- Pediatrics
- Qualitative Research Methods
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Kidney Therapeutics - Translating Discoveries into Prevention, Treatment and Cures for Kidney Diseases
Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health
8/1/18 → 6/30/23
Project: Research project
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Kidney Therapeutics - Translating Discoveries into Prevention, Treatment and Cures for Kidney Diseases
Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health
8/1/18 → 6/30/23
Project: Research project
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Prognostic Discussions with Parents of High Risk, Critically Ill Pediatric Patients (L. RISSMAN)
10/1/19 → 9/30/20
Project: Research project
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Community Engagement to Improve Services for People Affected by the Death of a Child
8/1/17 → 7/31/18
Project: Research project
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A Qualitative Study Describing Pediatric Palliative Care in Non-Metropolitan Areas of Illinois
Murday, P., Downing, K., Gaab, E., Misasi, J. & Michelson, K. N., Jan 2022, In: American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 39, 1, p. 18-26 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Scoping Review on the Concept of Physician Caring
Burstein, D. S., Svigos, F., Patel, A., Reddy, N. K., Michelson, K. N., O’Dwyer, L. C., Linzer, M., Linder, J. A. & Victorson, D. E., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of general internal medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Effectiveness of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) mRNA Vaccination Against Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among Persons Aged 12-18 Years - United States, July-December 2021
Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators, Jan 14 2022, In: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 71, 2, p. 52-58 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access22 Scopus citations -
Effectiveness of BNT162B2 Vaccine against Critical Covid-19 in Adolescents
the Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators, Feb 24 2022, In: New England Journal of Medicine. 386, 8, p. 713-723 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access11 Scopus citations -
Effectiveness of Maternal Vaccination with mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy Against COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization in Infants Aged < 6 Months — 17 States, July 2021–January 2022
Halasa, N. B., Olson, S. M., Staat, M. A., Newhams, M. M., Price, A. M., Boom, J. A., Sahni, L. C., Cameron, M. A., Pannaraj, P. S., Bline, K. E., Bhumbra, S. S., Bradford, T. T., Chiotos, K., Coates, B. M., Cullimore, M. L., Cvijanovich, N. Z., Flori, H. R., Gertz, S. J., Heidemann, S. M., Hobbs, C. V. & 20 others, , 2022, In: MMWR Recommendations and Reports. 71, 7, p. 264-270 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations