Michelle Shouldice MEd, MD, FRCPC, FAAP

Dr. Michelle Shouldice is a general paediatrician and educator with a background and training in child development and child maltreatment. She is the Division Head for Paediatric Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children and also the Interim Division Head for Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Shouldice is passionate about improving care for children and youth with combined physical, behavioural and mental health concerns, and in advocating for the needs of the vulnerable paediatric population. She is a member of the executive steering committee for the SickKids' mental health strategy. Her clinical area of focus is to provide care for children and youth with physical health conditions, who require support for behavioural, developmental or mental health symptoms, including patients with possible diagnoses of PANDAS or PANS. She also works with the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Program, providing medical assessment of children and youth who may have experienced violence or maltreatment.