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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 keywords
- 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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Availability of bereavement support following traumatic pediatric death in a large metropolitan area
Divakar, A., James, K., Mayorga, A. & Michelson, K. N., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Death Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prognostic Conversations Between Parents and Physicians in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Rissman, L., Derrington, S. & Michelson, K. N., Mar 1 2023, In: American Journal of Critical Care. 32, 2, p. 118-126 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Core Outcome Measurement Set for Pediatric Critical Care
for the POST-PICU Investigators of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN), Nov 1 2022, In: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 23, 11, p. 893-907 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations -
A Description of COVID-19-Directed Therapy in Children Admitted to US Intensive Care Units 2020
Schuster, J. E., Halasa, N. B., Nakamura, M., Levy, E. R., Fitzgerald, J. C., Young, C. C., Newhams, M. M., Bourgeois, F., Staat, M. A., Hobbs, C. V., Dapul, H., Feldstein, L. R., Jackson, A. M., Mack, E. H., Walker, T. C., Maddux, A. B., Spinella, P. C., Loftis, L. L., Kong, M., Rowan, C. M., & 24 others , May 1 2022, In: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 11, 5, p. 191-198 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
2 Scopus citations