Patricia Parkin MD, FRCPC

Patricia C. Parkin, MD, FRCPC, is a Professor, at the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She is also a Senior Associate Scientist in Child Health Evaluative Sciences at SickKids Research Institute; and a Staff Paediatrician and Research Director of the Division of Paediatric Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).

She is an attending physician in the Paediatric Medicine Inpatient Unit and in the Paediatric Neurofibromatosis Clinic at SickKids. Her research focuses on advancing the evidence base in paediatrics with two broad themes: prevention and promotion of children’s health and safety (TARGet Kids!), and hospital paediatric practice (Paediatric Inpatient Research Network, PIRN). In addition, she collaborates on research related to the health of children with Neurofibromatosis type 1.