Background

Mélanie de Wit is an Associate in the Toronto office. She earned her law degree at the University of Toronto (JD 2006) and completed her Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University (MPH 2011), focusing on the legal and ethical aspects of patient safety and risk management. Mélanie has been called to the bar in Ontario (2007) and in the Northwest Territories (2010). She provides advice and legal representation to health care facilities in areas including risk management, corporate governance, patient safety initiatives, mental health and medical negligence.

Areas of Practice

• Health Law, Class Action Litigation, Commercial Litigation

Professional and Community Activities

• Member of the Advocates Society
• Member of the Canadian Bar Association
• Member of the Ontario Bar Association, Health Law Section
• Member of the Toronto Medico-Legal Society

Selected Publications/Presentations

• S. Perkins & M. de Wit, The African private sector steps in to fill the drug gap, The Lancet, Volume 370 , Issue 9589 , Pages 722 - 723