Adam Rapoport

Medical Director of the Paediatric Advanced Care Team at the Hospital for Sick Children and Emily's House Children's Hospice

Adam Rapoport is a general pediatrician with a Masters in bioethics. His palliative care career began in 2009 when he joined the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care at Mount Sinai Hospital, as their paediatric consultant. In July 2011 Adam became the first Medical Director of the Paediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT), the palliative care service at SickKids. PACT provides both inpatient and outpatient palliative care to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families, including grief and bereavement support. In 2013 Adam became Medical Director at Toronto’s first paediatric residential hospice – Emily’s House. Adam’s academic work focuses on the intersection of his 3 primary interests: pediatrics, palliative care and ethics.  Adam is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Paediatrics and Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.