Kerri Kennedy, DBE, RN, HEC-C

Kerri O. Kennedy, DBE, RN, HEC-C is a clinical ethicist and Director of the Office of Ethics at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she also co-chairs the Ethics Advisory Committee. She received a BSN from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as a Master’s degree in Bioethics and Health Policy and a Doctorate in Bioethics with a concentration in Organizational Ethics, both from Loyola University Chicago. With a clinical foundation in surgical-trauma critical care nursing, Kerri brings deep bedside experience to her current work, which centers on ethics consultation for infants, children, and adolescents with serious or life-threatening illness. She has a particular interest in end-of-life decision making and co-led a multi-year, multi-stakeholder initiative to revise Boston Children’s policy on resolving intractable conflicts over life-sustaining treatment. Her broader bioethical areas of focus include adolescent autonomy, the ethics of innovative and emerging therapies, and ethics consultation for children in state custody.