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Kelly N. Michelson, MD, MPH joined the Buehler Center on Aging, Health and Society in 2007 as an Associate Physician within the Clinical Research Section. Dr. Michelson, an assistant professor in pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, is an attending physician in the Division of Critical Care at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Dr. Michelson received a BA in history from Columbia University, an MD from Duke University Medical School and an MPH from The University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health in Chapel Hill. In addition, she completed a residency in pediatrics at The University of Chicago Children’s Hospital and a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Michelson’s research interests include end-of-life decision making, palliative care, and ethics. Currently, her research focuses on communication and decision making in end-of-life care among patients, family caregivers, and professional caregivers in the pediatric intensive care unit.

• Pediatric Palliative Care
• End-of-life Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Pediatric Advance Care Planning
• Clinical: Treats all critically ill infants, children, adolescents, and young adults who present to the pediatric intensive care unit, including: those with respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, neurological, and endocrine disorders; post-operative patients; and post-trauma patients.

Michelson, K. Cricothyrotomy, Femoral Venous Catheter, Internal Jugular and Subclavian Catheters. In: Lange Current Pediatric Procedures; Goodman DM, Green TP, Powell E, Unit S ed., McGraw-Hill, New York in press.

Frader J. and Michelson K. Ethics in Pediatric Intensive Care. In: Fuhrman BP. and Zimmerman JJ. Eds. Pediatric Critical Care, third edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2006: 117-125.

Michelson KN, Koogler TK, Skipton K, Sullivan C, Frader J. Parents' Reactions to Participating in Interviews about End-of-Life Decision Making. J Palliat Med. Dec 2006;9(6):1329-1338.

Dietze R, Barros GB, Teixeira L, Harris J, Michelson K, Falqueto A, Corey R.  Effect of eliminating seropositive canines on the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil. Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Nov;25(5):1240-2.

Masur SK, Idris A, Michelson KN, Antohi S, Zhu LX, Weissberg J.  Integrin-Dependent Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Corneal Fibroblasts. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1995 Aug;36(9):1837-46.

Michelson K.  Cytotec in Brazil:  A Legal Alternative to Illegal Abortions?  Carolina Papers in International Health and Development. 1996;2(4): 1-23.

Michelson KN, Thomas JC, Janssens A, Boyd C, Weber.  The Importance of Men in the Epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in a Rural Population. Int J STD AIDS. 1999 Jan;10(1):32-7.

Michelson KN, Frader J, Koogler T.  Surrogates’ Views on Limiting Medical Care in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients.  Accepted for presentation at the 4th World Congress of Pediatric Intensive Care, June 8-12, 2003, Boston, Massachusetts.

Michelson KN, Frader J, Koogler T, Skipton K, Ortega MP. Interviewing parents/guardians (surrogates) in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) about end-of-life decision making. Critical Care Medicine. 2003;31(12):A79.

Accepted for presentation at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 33rd Critical Care Congress, February 20-25, 2004, Orlando, Florida.

Michelson KN, Frader J, Koogler T. Cultural differences in parents’/guardians’ (surrogates’) views on forgoing life support (FLS) in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients. Critical Care Medicine. 2003;31(12):A80.

Michelson KN, Koogler T, Frader J. Ethnic Differences in Parents' Views Regarding Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Therapies in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients. Accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. October 5-8, 2005, Chicago, Illinois

Michelson, K. Cricothyrotomy, Femoral Venous Catheter, Internal Jugular and Subclavian Catheters. In: Lange Current Pediatric Procedures; Goodman DM, Green TP, Powell E, Unit S ed., McGraw-Hill, New York in press.

Patwari, PP, Michelson, K. Use of inhaled nitric oxide for hydrocarbon aspiration. Chest. 2005;128(4 suppl):445S. Accepted for presentation at the 2005 American College of Chest Physicians’ annual meeting, Oct.29-Nov.3, 2005.

Steinberg JS, Michelson KN, Reiffel JA, Livelli F, Gliklich J, Bigger JT.  Use of the Signal Averaged Electrocardiogram to Predict Electrophysiologic Study Results in Unexplained Syncope.  Journal of American College of Cardiology. 1988;11(2):183A.

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