Neil Merovitch

Neil recently finished his PhD in the Neurosciences and Mental Health Program at The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto. Neil also holds a BSc in Biology and an MSc in Physiology and Biophysics from Dalhousie University.

His passion for patient engagement and health equity comes from living since childhood with dystonia, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic pain, and secondary conditions. Throughout his life, he has been hospitalized for extended periods, undergone numerous procedures, and has had to navigate the difficult transition from paediatric to adult care.

At SickKids, he is currently an EDI Champion, a member of the EDI and Accessibility Steering Committees, and co-chair of the Access, Accessibility and Inclusion Network. In addition, he serves on Temerty Medicine’s Disability Justice Working Group, the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto’s Disability Equity + Access Steering Committee and is active in the CIHR Institute of Genetics, Dystonia Medical Research Foundation and the Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s Anti-Ableism Special Interest Group.