Researchers
Michael Kekewich

Michael Kekewich

BA (Hons), MA

Clinician Investigator, Inflammation and Chronic Disease

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Ethicist, Clinical and Organizational Ethics

The Ottawa Hospital

Contact

mkekewich@toh.on.ca

613-798-5555 ext 17139

Bio

I completed my undergraduate Honors degree in Philosophy with a specialization in Ethics at the University of Ottawa in 2008, and then completed my Master's in Public Ethics from Saint Paul University in 2010.

Since 2008, I've worked in the Department of Clinical and Organizational Ethics at The Ottawa Hospital. In this role, I've had the opportunity to participate in a number of research projects and successful funding applications. Most recently, I've been a co-investigator on a number of retrospective chart review projects examining issues such as documentation of end-of-life care preferences, and the economic impacts of palliative care consultations. I'm also a member of the Ottawa Health Sciences Network Research Ethics Board.

Research Goals and Interests

My research interests relate primarily to clinical and organizational ethics, and include issues such as:

- End-of-life care
- Advance care planning
- Mental health ethics
- Public health ethics

2014: Co-investigator on multi-year research project at TOH studying the impact of palliative care consultation on resource utilization during the final 48-72 hours of life. One manuscript submitted for publication.

2013: Co-Investigator on multi-year research project at TOH studying documentation of end-of-life care preferences for inpatients who died in hospital. Manuscript published in The Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 
 
2012: Received $25,000.00 in funding from CIHR as a Principal Applicant on A Meetings, Planning, and Dissemination grant. This grant was for 25 Ethics Education Program (2012) scholarships in the Champlain LHIN (dissemination activity).

2011: Received $7,400.00 in funding from CIHR as Principal Applicant on a Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant. This grant was for the a structured health care ethics retreat for stakeholders in Iqaluit, Nunavut, to develop regional ethics programming.

2011: Received $25,000.00 in funding from CIHR as a Principal Applicant on A Meetings, Planning, and Dissemination grant. This grant was for 25 Ethics Education Program (2011) scholarships in the Champlain LHIN (dissemination activity). 

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