Dr. Emily Rousseau, MD, FRCPC
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, CHEO — Medical reviewer for ParentHomework.ca
Dr. Emily Rousseau is a pediatric infectious diseases physician at CHEO (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario) in Ottawa, where she cares for children and youth with serious infections and supports families as they make decisions about immunization.
She earned her medical degree at McGill University and completed her pediatrics residency at the University of Ottawa, followed by a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) in Pediatrics.
As the medical reviewer for ParentHomework.ca, Dr. Rousseau checks every vaccine fact and every answer against current guidance from Health Canada and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) before it is published.
- Degrees
- MD, McGill University; FRCPC (Pediatrics), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
- Workplace
- CHEO (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario), Ottawa, Ontario
- Specialization
- Pediatric infectious diseases — immunization and vaccine safety
- Coalition
- Children's Health Coalition (CHEO, SickKids, McMaster Children's Hospital, and partners)
- Role at Parent Homework
- Medical reviewer for all COVID-19 vaccine content
- Last reviewed
- 16 September 2026
