About Us

Dr Yvonne Kangong is a board-certified Obesity Medicine Specialist with the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is a Clinical Lecturer with the department of Family Medicine clerkship and residency program, University of Calgary since 2013. She received the Honorable mention -Faculty Award for her contributions and teachings in the University of Calgary Family Medicine Clerkship program, class of 2019. She is currently the Associate Medical director of the Mosaic primary care Network (PCN) - a non-profit organization with family physicians and other health professionals to provide health care to the North East and South East communities in Calgary.

She obtained her undergraduate Medical degree from Spartan Health sciences University, School of Medicine, St Lucia, West Indies, and her residency in Family Medicine at the University of Calgary. She also holds a Master’s degree in Public health from Lakehead University- Thunderbay, Ontario in 2008.

She is currently practicing Family and Obesity Medicine at SaddleTowne Medical clinic in Calgary, Alberta. Prior to residency , Dr Kangong worked as a research Coordinator at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Endocrinology department portion control study, a study looking at using the portion control plate in children and adolescents to help prevent and treat Obesity and this sparked her interest in Obesity Medicine.

Dr Kangong has seen the positive impact of weight management on her patients and their comorbid conditions such as Diabetes, Hypertension, osteoarthritis e.t.c and wants to extend this opportunity to others. She is a member of the Obesity Medicine Association, Obesity Canada and the Canadian Clinicians for Therapeutic Nutrition ( CCTN).

She does health consulting for corporations, is a Speaker, mentor, lifestyle, and resilience coach and loves giving back to Communities. She was in Haiti 5 years ago for a medical mission. Dr Kangong has seen the amazing improvement in the lives of people she has coached in the past and wants to share this opportunity with others.

She loves spending time with her spouse and three children and their family food services company.

She loves singing, reading, dancing, laughing and currently learning to play the piano.

Let us work together to regain your energy and vitality, break all stigmas and biases that might prevent you from being the best version of you!