Meet Our Presenters

Dr. Gill completed both his medical degree and General Surgery residency at the University of Alberta. During his residency Dr. Gill pursued his research interests in surgical frontiers and was awarded a PhD in Experimental Surgery. He went on to complete subspecialty training in Bariatric Surgery before joining the Calgary Adult Bariatric Surgery Clinic. 

Dr. Gill holds an academic appointment at the University of Calgary. Dr. Gill's surgical career focuses on the improvement of obesity related co-morbidities and optimizing outcomes for bariatric patients. 

Dr. Gill has been a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine since 2021. 

    Dr. Dockx completed his BSc at McMaster University before obtaining his medical degree from the University of Limerick in Ireland. Following his studies abroad, he completed his residency training in family medicine at Dalhousie University.
He then worked as a family physician in Prince Edward Island before accepting an opportunity in Edmonton to focus his medical practice in bariatrics. He has been a 

diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine since 2020 and he holds an academic appointment with the University of Alberta. 

Dr. Kwon completed her medical school at the University of Western Ontario and her family medicine residency at the University of Alberta. She has worked in obesity medicine since 2012 supporting patients with evidence-based medical and surgical treatment options, providing clinical teaching for medical learners, presenting programs to increase awareness of obesity as a chronic disease amongst fellow physicians and allied health clinicians and 

working in the OR as a surgical assist for bariatric surgeries. 

Making a positive difference in the lives of others, performing music, travelling, learning languages, thinking about possibilities and innovation and spending time with her friends, family and pets are what bring her joy. 

Dr. Kwon has been a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine since 2015. 

Dr. Rigby is an Emergency Physician at the Foothills Hospital and the Peter Lougheed hospital in Calgary. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Calgary with a developing interest in obesity medicine. 

He obtained his MD at the University of Calgary and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Queens University. He subsequently completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education from the University of Dundee, Scotland dovetailing with his academic interest in medical education. 

Dr. Rigby has developed curriculum and taught at the University of Calgary's undergraduate medical program. Dr. Rigby has been a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine since 2022. 

Dr. Solomon completed his medical school training at the University of Calgary. Following this he pursued a residency program in family medicine also at the University of Calgary. 

He has a range of research in the area of surgical oncology and cell biology, and holds an academic appointment with the University of Calgary where he teaches medical residents at the Cumming School of Medicine. 

Dr. Solomon has a passion for health, fitness, and weight management which he integrates into his primary care practice and at The Alberta Obesity Centre. 

Dr. Solomon has been a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine since 2021. 

Dr. Marcil is a general surgeon with specialty training in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery. He currently practices at the Red Deer Regional Hospital in Red Deer, Alberta. 

He graduated from McGill University’s medical school in 2015 and went on to complete his general surgery residency at the University of Calgary in 2020. After residency, he obtained his bariatric surgery fellowship at the University of Alberta. He then became certified with the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in 2021. Dr. Marcil previously obtained a law degree with focus on biotechnologies and pharmaceutics from the University of Sherbrooke. 

Dr. Marcil has published numerous obesity related peer-reviewed articles and frequently presents research at international meetings with his colleagues from the University of Alberta and University of Calgary. 

He recently obtained his certification as an American Board of Obesity Medicine diplomate. 

Dr. Rachid Mohamed is a therapeutic endoscopist in Calgary, based out of the Peter Lougheed Center. Rachid completed medical school in Edmonton and went on to an internal medicine residency at the University of Alberta. He moved home to Calgary in 2008 where he completed his gastroenterology fellowship followed by a fellowship in therapeutic endoscopy. He is Section Head for Therapeutic Endoscopy in the 

Calgary zone. His interests lie in endoscopy, specifically complex pancreaticobiliary endoscopy and advanced tissue resection. 

Dr. Sidhu completed her medical school training at the University of Calgary. She then ventured to Eastern Canada to complete her residency in family medicine at Memorial University in Newfoundland, where she became certified in the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). 

She has also completed extra training in psychiatry and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which she utilizes when supporting her patients at The Alberta Obesity Centre. She recently obtained her certification as an American Board of Obesity Medicine diplomate.

Dr. Tsai completed medical school and Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Toronto, Respirology Fellowship at the University of Western Ontario, and Sleep Medicine Fellowship (and MSc in Clinical Epidemiology) at the University of Calgary. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary). He practices Respirology at the Rockyview General Hospital and Sleep 

Medicine at the Foothills Medical Centre Sleep Centre. His academic interests are in predictive analytics, health outcomes assessment, and use of administrative data. He is also involved in graduate student supervision.