Dr. Evans is a staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, an Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and a Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute.
“Dr. Mike” is known worldwide for his work in innovative health messaging to the public. His media lab fuses patients with creatives (filmmakers, designers, writers) with experts (patients, clinician, researchers). His lab and film company have pioneered “peer to peer healthcare” where they tell or capture evidence-based stories and then imbed them in the relationships of care. Traditionally this has been caregiver to patient, but Dr. Evans and his team are more interested in the social networks of the public. He is most known for his Whiteboard series on YouTube that has been viewed by over 11 million people. Topics range from stress management to acne to quality improvement to the early childhood brain. The lab is just launching the Better Life Experiment.

His radio show on CBC’s Fresh Air is listened to widely, he was a doctor at the Sochi Olympics, and started a Med School for the Public at the University of Toronto.

His work has been profiled in a wide range of publications from JAMA, to the BMJ, to Walrus, to Readers Digest, to the hit Netflix series “Orange is the New Black”. Recent awards include being chosen as the top 10 innovators in health by the Canadian Medical Association, top 45 Canadians over 45, and the Gold medal in Social media at the Web Health Awards, and the 2014 McNeil Medal from the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of outstanding communication of science and medicine to the public.

In 2014 he was given the first worldwide endowed chair in Patient Engagement (and Childhood Nutrition) at the University of Toronto.

He is asked to speak widely about innovation, patient engagement, creativity, and best health. He lives in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto with his family of five who all play hockey.