Lifestyle Medicine: Who We Are
Our Mission
We're driven by a singular mission: To transform lives through precision medicine and lifestyle-functional change using a Cardiometabolic Health approach.
We believe in addressing the root causes, rather than treating the symptoms, to help clients achieve optimal health and well-being.
Foundational to our approach is mentoring clients on their health journey as a trusted partner, with a wealth of interdisciplinary medical expertise - meeting you where you are, guiding you with lifestyle and behaviour changes to confidently navigate the often confusing wellness labyrinth toward your desired outcomes.
Extending not just your life span, but truly your health span, let us help you make the rest of your life the best of your life.
Our Values
EXCELLENCE
We strive for excellence in everything we do, from client care to continuous learning and improvement.
COMPASSION
We treat each person with compassion, understanding that each journey is unique and requires dedicated personalized support.
INNOVATION
We embrace the latest advancements in science and medical technology, accessing evidence-based research to offer the best possible care.
EMPOWERMENT
We empower our clients with the knowledge and tools necessary to take control of their health.
CLIENT-CENTERED
We actively involve each client, prioritizing their unique needs, preferences, and lifestyle with a customized approach to ensure their experience is relevant and effective.
Meet Dr. DeFrance
For 20 years, as a top Interventional Cardiologist and Lifestyle Medicine Physician, I treated advanced heart disease with surgical interventions while teaching thousands of physicians globally how to use cutting-edge technology and techniques to address cardiac disease.
There came a point when I realized I needed to refocus – to put the patient in the driver’s seat of their health: engaging them in life-changing (if not life-saving) decisions, while providing them the know-how and tools to make wiser choices to not only extend their lives, but also improve their health.
Although we have many good pharmaceutical interventions today, lifestyle modifications are often equally, if not more, effective in addressing chronic diseases – preventing illnesses from occurring long before symptoms arise.
At MedMentor, we focus on the root causes of chronic diseases with a Lifestyle-Functional Medicine approach to explore ways to prevent, stabilize, and even reverse illness.
The name MedMentor defines what we do. Using a client-centered mentoring approach, we bring our expertise in medicine and healthcare using a collaborative team-based circle of support and our community to help each person navigate more easily an often complex medical maze. Taking your healthcare data coupled with lifestyle medicine principles, we guide you on your wellness journey in a meaningful, easy to understand manner.
Our team includes physicians, nutritionists, and health coaches, all passionate about empowering clients to live vibrant lives by providing engaged, compassionate and specialized care.
Partnering with you at each stage, we give you a clear understanding of your health, set sustainable goals, and curate a customized actionable plan that connects with all touchpoints of your well-being including Nutrition, Movement, Sleep, Stress Management, Social Connections, Harmful Substances, and Emotional-Mental Health.
A very different approach to the standard paternalistic healthcare model that, in many ways, is broken.
You are in the driver’s seat of your health span and happiness.
At MedMentor we’re here to take the confusion and fear out of the equation, helping you every step of the way as your trusted partner in health.
Tony DeFrance, MD
Tony DeFrance, MD
CEO & Founder
Meet The Rest Of The Team
Jane Fenton CHC, CEC
Health Coach
Jane Fenton is a Certified Health Coach who brings a holistic approach to her clients with a focus rooted in the pillars of lifestyle medicine - nutrition, movement, restorative sleep, stress management, positive social connections, and avoidance of harmful substances.
Also a Certified Executive Coach (CEC) and Certified Life Coach with strong leadership and career coaching experience, and a BA in Psychology, Jane earned her Professional Health Coach Certificate (CHC) at York University in 2021. She believes our health is our greatest wealth - the booster that drives all facets of our life. “If we don’t have our health and wellbeing locked and loaded, the other aspects of our life will never get lift-off, vitality, and sustainability.” Passionate about empowering individuals toward lasting health transformations, Jane brings her signature whole-person approach using evidence-based research and resources to help clients navigate the journey to better heart health, metabolic resilience, and sustainable wellness. In 1993, Jane co-founded Sheena’s Place, a center in Toronto, Canada, that offers support groups and education for people affected by eating disorders and related issues in an inclusive, welcoming environment. The first center of its kind in the world, Sheena’s Place has helped more than 35,000 people to date. Partnering with her clients as part of a team-based approach at MedMentor, Jane is committed to guiding you with an actionable plan that suits your goals and lifestyle to reclaim your health, so your best years are still ahead of you.
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Anke Johnson, BCFNLP
Nutritionist
Anke Johnson brings more than 20 years of experience and extensive training to her role as our Nutrition Practitioner. She is a Board Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor (FNLP), Board Certified Life, Health + Leadership Coach, Reiki Master Practitioner, and EFT Practitioner.
Her collaborative approach, working toward the greater good for the benefit of the client, fits perfectly with our team-based wrap-around approach to help our clients focus on metabolic health. Anke’s own health challenges and healing journey led to her impressive training and career in healthcare, exploring the effects of diet, exercise, environment, and attitude on one’s overall vitality and well-being. Such inspired her to lean into her fascination of understanding ‘how things work.’ Anke became very interested in helping others optimize their health by taking a root cause resolution to discovering the ‘why’ and the ‘what’ to their illnesses and poor health. “I love the Functional Medicine lens and approach to healing because it combines all aspects of health, - including lifestyle, emotional fitness, and nutrition.” When not coaching and counseling clients to live the fullness of their lives, Anke is doing just that in her own life – riding her Morgan horse near her home in Madison, Wisconsin, hiking and biking trails, kayaking, running, cross country and downhill skiing, and much more. Anke is excited partner with clients to share her rich experience as a Nutritionist coupled with her passion for helping clients flourish.
