Dr. Michael Shevell has devoted his career to improving the care of children with neurodevelopmenta disabilities, especially global developmental delay, intellectual disability and cerebral palsy. He has also focused on identifying subgroups at risk amongst critically ill newborns. His efforts have directly modified our clinical work with these populations targeting medical, diagnostic programmatic follow-up. Dr. Shevell is currently Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at McGill and Pediatrician-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre. His administrative efforts are shepherding a shift to vulnerable complex pediatric populations and the enhancement of training programs for the next generation of child health professionals.