Monique is a physician working in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. She focuses on helping clients with eating disorders and works with youth and families whose medical, psychological and social needs don’t easily fit into existing frameworks of care. As medical director of the Calgary Eating Disorder Program for more than 10 years, she has worked to deliver evidence-based care to patients and to promote research and community partnerships.

April divides her time between the Alberta Children’s Hospital, where she’s a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist, and the University of Calgary, where she’s an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Along with Dr. Monique Jericho, April has developed experiential leadership workshops that help medical professionals learn to use self-regulatory techniques like mindfulness to navigate emotionally challenging situations.