Dr. Elaine Chin is co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Scienta Health Group. Dr. Chin is a pioneer in the clinical application of an individualized preventive healthcare model, including preventive genetics and other leading edge diagnostic techniques.

She graduated from The University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine in 1988 and completed her comprehensive surgical internship at the Toronto General Hospital.

Dr. Chin’s professional career began practicing Family Medicine in Toronto. She is on staff at University Health Network and at Trillium Health Centre and has served on the Health Centre’s Board and more recently as a Director of the Foundation Board.

Disillusioned and frustrated after years in family practice – where she found she had no time or opportunity to truly make a difference to the health of her patients – Dr. Chin turned to further education in the hope she could somehow change the healthcare system. She became convinced of the need to fundamentally change the orientation of healthcare to a focus on active prevention and health management and away from the deeply entrenched and expensive disease treatment so widely practiced.

She earned her MBA in the Executive Program at the Rotman School of Business at the University of Toronto in 1994.

Her first role after graduating was as Medical Director at Nesbitt Burns/Bank of Montreal (1994-1997), where she led reviews of Executive Health, Wellness Programs and Benefits in Canadian and US operations. After 3 years in this role and still convinced there was a better way, she initiated her own health and wellness businesses, which included an interest in the Gimbel Eye Centre, Toronto, consulting for TLC (The Laser Centre) then establishing the first “Medical Spa” in Toronto, The Beresford Clinic.

An Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, she has taught at the Rotman School of Management on integrating prevention-driven models into corporate human resources practice. She regularly delivers executive seminars and consulting on the strategic importance of executive and employee health in improving competitiveness and productivity and in protecting human capital.

Since the launch of Scienta, Dr. Chin has addressed physician and healthcare industry conferences in the United States and Europe on the clinical model for individualized preventive healthcare. She has been quoted in The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Toronto Star, Macleans and has appeared in interviews and documentaries on CNN International, CBC Newsworld, CTV and City TV.

Dr. Shelley Burns, a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, is Health Services Director for Scienta Health. A Naturopathic Doctor functions as the “general practitioner” of complementary therapies. Dr. Burns works alongside Scienta Health physicians, consulting as a team, to offer the best advice from medical, naturopathic and nutrition worlds. She also plays a key role in ongoing development of the unique range of supplements available under the Scienta Health brand and based upon Scienta clinical research.

Dr. Burns completed the four-year program at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto, where she was received the NaturoMedic Award for proficiency in Naturopathic Medicine. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and Philosophy from Wilfred Laurier University and certification in Complementary and Integrative Medicine from the Harvard Medical School. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors as Chair, and on the Government Affairs and Financial Committees.

Dr. Burns has taught the Phytotherapy Program in the areas of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Specialties in Phytotherapy, Physical Examination and Differential Diagnosis at Mohawk-McMaster University. She is a guest lecturer at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in the area of Differential Diagnosis and supervises at the Robert Schad Naturopathic Clinic. She is a columnist for the US publication - Skin Deep Magazine. Dr. Burns has been quoted in Maclean’s magazine, The Toronto Star, Fashion Magazine, Alternative Medicine Magazine, The Medical Post and has appeared in interviews on CTV.

Dr. Art Fernandez is responsible for Scienta Health’s clinic operations, medical testing and clinic IT systems. He is also an integral part of the team developing web-based clinician applications.

Dr. Fernandez joined Scienta Health in 2006 after a career in Asia as a physician specializing in medical writing, research and clinic administration. Prior to moving to Canada he lived and worked in the Philippines (where he opened and ran an aesthetics clinic), Hong Kong, mainland China and Malaysia.

Dr. Fernandez holds a B.Sc. in Zoology from the University of the Philippines and a doctorate in Medicine from the University of the East College of Medicine. He completed his post-graduate internship at Veteran's Memorial Medical Center (Quezon City, Philippines). In addition to his seven years in medical writing, research and clinic administration, he spent five years in the pharmaceutical industry in marketing and technical sales.

Dr. Virginia (Ging) Florentin has two roles – as an experienced prevention-focused clinician on Scienta Health’s team, and heading analysis of Scienta Health’s extensive and proprietary clinical data and research from both individual and corporate (employee) databases.

Exceptionally well qualified for these roles, Dr. Florentin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of the Philippines. She qualified as an M.D. at the University of the East College of Medicine, completed her post-graduate internship and went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Public Health, majoring in Epidemiology at the same institution.

To pursue her love for teaching, Dr. Florentin joined the faculty of the Department of Preventive and Community Medicine and taught for more than 13 years. She then accepted a teaching contract at AMA International University in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, where she taught courses which included Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Pharmacology.

Dr. Florentin joined Scienta Health in 2008. In her role as clinician she helps design custom health programs for clients. Her Health Analytics role includes work to develop insights into more precise forms of intervention for preventive purposes.

Louise Carter is Manager, Client Services and is dedicated to ensuring the Scienta Health experience at all times exceeds our clients’ expectations. Her passion for excellence helps provide our clients with the level of professionalism they deserve and expect.

Ms. Carter obtained her B.A. in Hotel & Tourism Management from the University College Birmingham in England and went on to follow a career in hospitality management with a leading luxury hotel group in the United Kingdom. She later moved to Asia to pursue further challenges. First, in Hong Kong she continued in the hospitality industry. She then moved to Singapore to start her own business developing and supplying corporate promotional items. Her entrepreneurial spirit took her on to Malaysia to launch an importing business venture. In 1998 Ms. Carter moved to Canada, where she continued her management career in the import industry with responsibility for all vendor and customer service.

From her experience and training in the hospitality world Ms. Carter brings skills and management expertise so much lacking in healthcare and is helping Scienta Health to set an entirely new standard in the industry.