Professor Michel Shamy

Andrew Markus Visiting Scholar

March 2025 

Michel Shamy is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Ottawa, an Attending Neurologist at The Ottawa Hospital, and a Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He holds a BA in history (Yale) and MA in the history and philosophy of science (Calgary). He earned his MD from Queen's University then completed residency in neurology at the University of Toronto, where he was chief resident. He was a fellow in the neurovascular / neurocritical care program at the University of California San Francisco and then a research fellow in the Calgary Stroke Program. Since 2014 he has been on faculty at the University of Ottawa. His clinical work focuses on the care of patients with cerebrovascular disease. His research revolves around questions of epistemology and ethics, particularly as they play out in the design of randomized clinical trials. He has published over 130 manuscripts and currently holds multiple research grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Michel lives in Ottawa with his wife Claire, a palliative care specialist, and their children Arthur and Henry.