Michael Shevell, MD, CM, FRCP, FCHAS, Pediatrician-in-chief, McGill University Health Centre
I collect snowglobes.
Hospital information
Recipient of the 2014 Hower Award. Given to one pediatric neurologist each year by the Child Neurology Society, the award honours an outstanding teacher and scholar whose contributions to the specialty have been recognized at national and international levels.
Harvey Guyda Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine; Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Executive Board/International Child Neurology Society Program lead, Cerebral Palsy demonstration project, NeuroDevNet Networks of Centres of Excellence Director, Canadian Multi-Regional Cerebral Palsy Registry, Co-Director Canadian Cerebral Palsy Registry, Executive Board-International Child Neurology Association
Education
B.Sc., McGill University
McGill University
Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital and Neurology, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University
Medical & Molecular Genetics (MRC Genetics Group)
Research
Neurodevelopmental disabilities affect 5-10% of the pediatric population. My research focuses on the evaluation, causes, care and consequences for this population. I am also interested in the outcomes of newborns and infants at risk for these disorders and the identification of possible predictors for adverse outcomes.
- Rational evaluation and yield of diagnostic evaluation of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities with particular reference to novel technologies;
- The causal profile of neurodevelopmental disabilities;
- Varying phenotypes of neurodevelopmental disabilities and their determinants;
- The identification of populations at risk for later neurodevelopmental disabilities and the identification of possible determinants of these outcomes;
- The population-based profile of cerebral palsy within Canada.
Developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, neonatal neurology, ethics
Van Karnebeek C, Shevell, MI, Zschocke, J, Moeschler J, and Stockler S. The Metabolic Evaluation of the Patient with an intellectual disorder: Diagnostic algorithm for identification of treatable causes and new digital resource. Mol Genet Metab, 111: 428-438, 2014.
Moeschler J, Shevell MI. Comprehensive evaluation of the child with intellectual disability or global developmental delays. Pediatrics, 134:e903-918, 2014.
Garfinkle J, Wintermark P, Shevell MI, Platt, RW, Oskoui M. Cerebral Palsy Following Neonatal Encephalopathy: How Much Is Preventable? J Pediatr, 167(1): 58-63, 2015
Oskoui M, Gazzellone MJ, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Zarrei M, Andersen J, Wei J, Wang Z, Wintle RF, Marshall CR, Cohn RD, Weksberg R, Stavropolous DJ, Fehlings D, Shevell MI, Scherer S. Clinically Relevant Copy Number Variants Detected in Cerebral Palsy. Nature Comm. 6: 7949. 2015
Oskoui M, Messerlian C, Blair A, Gamache P, Shevell MI. Variation in cerebral palsy profile by socio-economic status. Dev Med Child Neurol , 58: 160-166, 2016.