Career Summary
Dr. Antoine Payot is a pediatrician and neonatologist at the CHU Sainte-Justine since 2004.
Dr. Payot has also been director of the Mother-Child Clinical Ethics Unit at CHU Sainte-Justine since 2010. This interdisciplinary unit counts more than 20 members from a variety of clinical and social science backgrounds. In line with the university curriculum, it is a place of reflection, help and support as well as training for clinicians and teams confronted with complex ethical situations (transplant, prematurity, antenatal diagnosis, complex pathologies, etc.). https://www.chusj.org/en/Professionnels-de-la-sante/Unite-d-ethique-clinique
In parallel to his clinical activities, in 2010 he set up and directs the graduate university training programs as well as the research master's, professional master's and doctoral (PhD) programs in clinical ethics at the Université de Montréal.
These innovative programs are the first of their kind in Canada. They allow theoretical training to be linked to the complex realities of the medical field. They offer the opportunity to develop research or professional skills in the field of clinical and organizational ethics. These teaching and research programs are intended for clinicians from diverse backgrounds as well as students in the social sciences and humanities. https://www.ethiqueclinique.ca
Since 2020, he has been working on the development of clinical and organizational ethics in Quebec. He has developed several national and international collaborations. He has also co-established the first clinical ethics fellowship program in Quebec. He further collaborates in the development of fellowship programs in clinical ethics in Canada.