The 3rd Annual Zoomer List: Canada’s Top 45 Over 45: Dr. Mike Evans

Dr. Mike Evans, 48, Family Physician
The animation is slick yet straightforward, the message is simple – just do 30 minutes a day of exercise (low impact such as walking) – and it runs more than nine minutes, an eternity by online standards. But 23 and 1/2 Hours: What Is the Single Most Important Thing You Can Do for Your Health? has received more than four million views since its YouTube launch last December. As radio show host, TV personality, columnist and author of the children’s book, Adventures of Medical Man, Evans embraced online as just another medium to engage patients and the general public about their health and caring for it. “I think it’s time for a new paradigm of healthcare where we engage the most powerful partner – the public.”