Medical Director
Bariatric Medical Institute
University of Ottawa
Yoni Freedhoff is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa and the medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute as well as Constant Health. Since 2004, his practice has been exclusively in obesity medicine and his office administers two Ministry of Health funded programs - one for parents of children with obesity, and the other for the pre and post-operative care of bariatric surgical patients.
Outside patient care he has dedicated much of his professional career to science communication and public health advocacy which has led him to author a number one national bestselling book, have bylines in the New York Times, TIME, Macleans and more, author an ongoing Medscape column, serve as a regular expert for both national and international media, and on multiple occasions deliver invited testimony to Canada’s Senate and House of Commons.
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Friday, October 27, 2023
14:00 – 15:00 EST