Your Pharmacy Coach

David A. Macklin is a lecturer at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and a University of Toronto trained family physician. 
 
David  has committed his career to the prevention and treatment of obesity; has for 16 years directed multidisciplinary, evidence based – behavioural weight management programs.  He is the Medical Director of the Weight Management Program at the Medcan Clinic. He is also the Medical Director the Weight Management Program at the Toronto Mount Sinai Hospital High Risk/Special Pregnancy BMI unit.  He is a Science Committee member at Obesity Canada (OC).     

David is a co-author of the Canadian Action Study. 

David is also a co-author of the Behavioural Treatment Chapter in 2020 Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines for the treatment of Obesity in adults.

Your Trainer/Patient

Michelle McMillan, P.Eng. is a lived experience collaborator with Obesity Canada and co-host of the Scale Up Your Practice podcast. As a woman who has lived in a larger than average body her entire life, Michelle is passionate about educating the medical community, particularly the next generation of practitioners, and society in general about the challenges of living with obesity and the inherent harms of weight bias and weight stigma. Michelle believes in the idea that “when we know better, we do better”. When not teaching and advocating for better treatment for people living with obesity, Michelle is a civil engineer resolving conflicts on major construction projects around the globe and the mom to two amazing kids. Michelle also loves escaping the city and enjoying the Rocky Mountains, skiing in the winter and hiking in the summer.