Stephen A. Glazer, MD, FRCP(C), FCCP
Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine
President of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Director Bariatric Surgical Program, Humber River Regional Hospital
Assistant Professor-Department of Medicine, Queen's University

Dr. Stephen Glazer is a board-certified specialist from the University of Toronto in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. In April 2010 he was appointed as the Medical Director for the Bariatric Surgical Program at Humber River Regional Hospital. He was instrumental in redeveloping their comprehensive bariatric surgical program. In that year, the bariatric surgical program was nominated as a Leading Practice by Accreditation Canada. In 2012 Dr. Glazer was appointed as the Director of the only hospital-based Medical Bariatric Program for the Greater Toronto Area, which has enjoyed great growth and development due to the significant contributions of its multidiscipline team members. Dr. Glazer's commitment to the Obesity Epidemic is further displayed by his participation in many committees through the Ontario Bariatric Network and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He has a strong interest in program development, quality care initiatives, and physician education. He has personally been involved in direct patient care of over thousands of bariatric patients in the attempt to facilitate weight loss for improved overall health. His research interests include perioperative risk assessment and management as well as sleep apnea in the morbidly obese. He is also the president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons.

Angel Luk, BSc, RD, IOC Dip Sp Nut
Registered Dietitian –
Vancouver Coastal Health
Richmond Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgery Clinic

Angel Luk, BSc, RD, IOC Dip Sp Nut, is a registered dietitian with the College of Dietitians of BC. She has been working as a clinical dietitian within Vancouver Coastal Health since 2012 in a variety of settings and has been with the Richmond Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Clinic since 2016. Angel is a published author of a sports nutrition book and was the co-creator of a hands-on culinary nutrition course called The Physician in the Kitchen.

Sobhan Mardan, MSc.
Kinesiology
School of Kinesiology University of
British Columbia

After earning his Bachelor's of Science from the Simon Fraser University in Kinesiology with a concentration in active health and rehabilitation, Sobhan Mardan started his role as a kinesiologist and obesity medicine assistant at the Obesity Medicine and Diabetes Institute in the British Columbia, where he coached patients on both physical activity and dietary behaviors to support improved overall health and weight loss. He then completed his Master's of Science in Kinesiology with a focus on physical function after bariatric surgery at the University of British Columbia. He is currently a physical activity researcher with the Nova Scotia Health Authorities at the department of Geriatric Medicine, working on research that examines frailty at old age.

Stéphanie Michon, Dt.P., CBE
Registered Dietitian
Endocrinology and Bariatric Surgery
Nova Scotia Health Authority

Stephanie Michon graduated from Laval University in 2006. She's been working in the bariatric surgery program of Quebec's Hearth and Lung Institute since 2010. She's working in a team of four dieticians, in a program of more than 600 bariatric surgeries per year, working mostly with post-operative patients.

Stephen A. Glazer, MD, FRCP(C), FCCP
Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine
President of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Director Bariatric Surgical Program, Humber River Regional Hospital
Assistant Professor-Department of Medicine, Queen's University

Dr. Stephen Glazer is a board-certified specialist from the University of Toronto in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. In April 2010 he was appointed as the Medical Director for the Bariatric Surgical Program at Humber River Regional Hospital. He was instrumental in redeveloping their comprehensive bariatric surgical program. In that year, the bariatric surgical program was nominated as a Leading Practice by Accreditation Canada. In 2012 Dr. Glazer was appointed as the Director of the only hospital-based Medical Bariatric Program for the Greater Toronto Area, which has enjoyed great growth and development due to the significant contributions of its multidiscipline team members. Dr. Glazer's commitment to the Obesity Epidemic is further displayed by his participation in many committees through the Ontario Bariatric Network and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. He has a strong interest in program development, quality care initiatives, and physician education. He has personally been involved in direct patient care of over thousands of bariatric patients in the attempt to facilitate weight loss for improved overall health. His research interests include perioperative risk assessment and management as well as sleep apnea in the morbidly obese. He is also the president of the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons.