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Robert Francis

Founder, Medcan

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Robert Francis is the physician who founded Medcan, the Toronto preventive-health clinic, in 1987. His son Shaun Francis succeeded him in 2002 and narrowed the company to its clinic. Dr. Francis, a McGill medical graduate with more than 40 years in private practice and corporate medicine, later founded ReGen Scientific, a personalized-medicine clinic in Toronto.

Robert hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Robert co-founded Medcan, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Robert Francis found Medcan?

Yes. The Globe and Mail reported on May 1, 2009 that Dr. Robert Francis founded Medcan in 1987. It said the company started with three divisions: one managing disability claims for third parties, one supplying nurses to corporate clinics, and the Toronto centre, then the smallest.

Who runs Medcan now?

His son. The same Globe and Mail article, published May 1, 2009, says Shaun Francis returned to Canada to succeed his father in 2002, sold off two divisions and grew the clinic. Medcan's team page, checked September 24, 2026, lists Shaun Francis as Chair and Chief Executive Officer.

What is his medical background?

His ReGen Scientific team page on the WELL Longevity site, last updated March 20, 2026 and checked September 24, 2026, says he graduated from McGill Medical School and St. Francis Xavier University, is on staff at St. Michael's and Mount Sinai hospitals, and lectures at the University of Toronto. It credits him with founding the Canadian Business Research Institute, a non-profit studying cardiac risk factors, and with developing Ontario's first walk-in medical centres.

What is ReGen Scientific?

A Toronto clinic focused on personalized and preventive care that he founded after Medcan. A ReGen Scientific release published April 22, 2021, on its purchase of the assets of P3 Health, calls him Chair and Co-Founder. The WELL Longevity team page, checked September 24, 2026, lists him as Founder and Chief Medical Officer.

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