Dr. Michelle Jackman
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Dr. Michelle Jackman is a practicing pediatrician, born and raised in Ontario. She grew up in the City of Kawartha Lakes and is a University of Toronto Alumni OT1. She completed three years of surgical residency at Queen’s University in Kingston and earned her FRCPC in pediatrics in 2008. 

Dr. Jackman has been clinical lead at the Pediatric Centre for Wellness & Health at Alberta Children’s Hospital since it was established in 2012. Her clinical passion focuses on supporting children and youth at risk for obesity through this multi-disciplinary program. 

Her clinical expertise is in supporting children and youth with mental health and metabolic and mechanical co-morbidities of obesity to achieve their best health. 

She recently completed her executive coaching certification and coaching mastery program through Erickson International and is passionate about bringing coaching into the medical field to help her colleagues navigate challenges, excel in their professions and increase their fulfillment in all aspects of their lives.

Michelle lives in Calgary with her husband and daughter. She enjoys making her daughter laugh and being out in nature and mountains on bikes, skis and horses.