Kevin Reel is the Ethicist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Markham Stouffville Hospital. He has an MSc in medical ethics from Imperial College, London, UK, and a BSc in occupational therapy from the University of Toronto. He completed his Fellowship in Clinical and Organizational Ethics at the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor in Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto, the Chair of the Canadian Association of Practicing Healthcare Ethicists - Association canadienne des éthiciens en soins de santé (CAPHE-ACESS) and a regular contributor to the Ethics column in Hospital News.