Bio
Dr. Kate McCann is a certified lifestyle medicine physician and creator of the social media project “Emdoc Heath”.
Dr. McCann brings a modern, affordable, and accessible model of private healthcare to Ireland: dedicated lifestyle medicine, delivered as one-on-one consultations or as group consultations. Lifestyle medicine is evidence-based prevention and management of chronic disease, which includes restorative sleep, maintaining a healthy weight, positive psychology, social connections, and smoking cessation. She also offers appointments for general medical discernment: professional assistance with medical or health decision-making. Evidence-based care, trust, and the doctor-patient relationship are core values in her practice.
Dr. McCann is a Member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine. She has an international diploma in lifestyle medicine and certification from The Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education (SCOPE). In 2018, Dr. McCann created the social media project now titled “Emdoc Health” with the goal of promoting health education and health literacy for families. Dr. McCann also organises Ireland’s only chapter of the international community health promotion programme Walk With A Doc, which meets every month.
Dr. McCann received her undergraduate degree cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 2000 and MB BCh (Hons) from University College Cork 2006. She is an Irish Medical Council registered doctor with more than 15 years clinical experience, and is a Member of Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. She is a former Research Associate and lecturer in biochemistry/molecular biology at Indiana University School of Medicine and former Fellow at the Eck Institute for Global Health at University of Notre Dame 2010-2011. From 2009 – 2012, Dr. McCann travelled in a regular series US-based medical aid missions to Léogâne, Haiti. She has published and presented research internationally over the past decade. She has a special interest in medical ethics, and has participated in international forums, hospital ethics committee, and the Indiana University School of Medicine curriculum development committee for medical ethics.
