Sean Wharton, Medical Director Wharton Medical Clinic

Medicine
University of Toronto

Muscle preservation during weight loss

Discussing muscle mass preservation during weight loss and new medical interventions

Speaker/Chair Bio:

Dr. Wharton has his doctorate in Pharmacy and Medicine from the University of Toronto in Canada. He practices internal medicine and is the director of the Wharton Medical Clinic, a community based weight management and diabetes clinic. He is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto and adjunct professor at McMaster and York University. He is the lead authour of the 2020 Canadian Obesity Guidelines, which has been recognized around the world and has published many peer-reviewed articles in international medical journals, including lead author on several New England Journal of Medicine articles Dr. Wharton is involved in advocacy to achieve health equity in medicine.