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Kelly N Michelson

  • 588 Citations
1995 …2023

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Research Interests

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

2001Residency, University of Chicago
2004Fellowship, 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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Grants

Prognostic Discussions with Parents of High Risk, Critically Ill Pediatric Patients (L. RISSMAN)

Michelson, K. N.

Northwestern University

10/1/19 → 9/30/20

Project: Research project

A standardized process for organizing and conducting family conferences in the pediatric intensive care unit: a pilot study

Michelson, K. N.

National Palliative Care Research Center

7/1/19 → 6/30/21

Project: Research project

Kidney Therapeutics - Translating Discoveries into Prevention, Treatment and Cures for Kidney Diseases

Michelson, K. N.

Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health

8/1/18 → 6/30/23

Project: Research project

Kidney Therapeutics - Translating Discoveries into Prevention, Treatment and Cures for Kidney Diseases

Michelson, K. N.

Northwestern University, National Institutes of Health

8/1/18 → 6/30/23

Project: Research project

Community Engagement to Improve Services for People Affected by the Death of a Child

Michelson, K. N.

Northwestern University

8/1/17 → 7/31/18

Project: Research project

Research Output

Association between resilience and psychological morbidity in parents of critically ill children

Rothschild, C. B., Rychlik, K. L., Goodman, D. M., Charleston, E., Brown, M. L., Michelson, K. N., Ali, F. N., Alvarado, V., Duerst, R. E., Goldberg, M., Goldberger, A. R., Johnston, A., Kathman, A. G., Lange, L., Leander, K., Persell, S. D., Redd, L., Reichek, J. L., Rojas, E., Rowell, E. & 7 others, Schenk, R., Spadino, P., Smith, C. M., Terhorst, M., Terhorst, E., Turner, S. & Victor-Son, D. E., Jan 1 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. p. E177-E185

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 1 Scopus citations

    A Call for New Guidelines and Research in PICU End-of-Life and Bereavement Care

    Michelson, K. N., Sep 1 2019, In : Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 20, 9, p. 901-902 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

    Patient and Family Engagement during Treatment Decisions in an ICU: A Discourse Analysis of the Electronic Health Record∗

    Kruser, J. M., Benjamin, B. T., Gordon, E. J., Michelson, K. N., Wunderink, R. G., Holl, J. L. & Schwarze, M. L., Jun 2019, In : Critical care medicine. 47, 6, p. 784-791 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 3 Scopus citations

    Variations in Criteria and Practices for Heart Transplantation Listing Among Pediatric Transplant Cardiologists

    Patel, A., Michelson, K., Andrei, A. C., Pahl, E. & Gossett, J. G., Jan 15 2019, In : Pediatric cardiology. 40, 1, p. 101-109 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 1 Scopus citations

    A Descriptive Study of Decision-Making Conversations during Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Conferences

    Smith, M. A., Clayman, M. L., Frader, J., Arenson, M., Haber-Barker, N., Ryan, C., Emanuel, L. & Michelson, K., Sep 2018, In : Journal of palliative medicine. 21, 9, p. 1290-1299 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 3 Scopus citations