Dr. Joanna Humphreys is an Assistant Professor and Pediatric Palliative Care Physician with the Quality of Life and Advanced Care Team in the Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University & McMaster Children’s Hospital.  After growing up in Canada, Dr. Humphreys studied at Oxford University in England where she completed her bachelor’s in Physiological Sciences and Medical School.  She completed her Pediatric residency, community Pediatrics fellowship and Palliative Care fellowship at The Hospital for

Sick Children, where she worked as a staff physician on the Palliative Care team before transitioning to McMaster. Her interests

include physician wellness, advanced care planning and childhood grief.