Dr. Sean Wharton, MD
Not yet claimedInternal medicine doctor, Diabetes doctor, Weight loss doctor · Physician (MD)
Hamilton, Ontario · Telehealth in 0 states
Medical Director of the Wharton Medical Clinic, a community-based internal medicine weight management and diabetes clinic, and co-lead author of the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines. Holds doctorates in pharmacy and medicine from the University of Toronto and is adjunct professor at McMaster and York universities.
About Dr. Sean Wharton, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Sean Wharton is an internal medicine physician in the Hamilton–Burlington area of Ontario. He holds doctorates in both pharmacy and medicine from the University of Toronto and is listed in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario public register as Sean Nicholas Wharton, CPSO #76393, with an address at Juravinski Hospital, 699 Concession St., Hamilton (https://register.cpso.on.ca/physician-info/?cpsonum=76393).
He is the medical director of the Wharton Medical Clinic, a specialist internal medicine clinic that describes its focus as evidence-based medical management of obesity (https://whartonmedicalclinic.com/). He also treats type 2 diabetes and describes himself as a clinician and researcher in obesity medicine and type 2 diabetes (https://www.instagram.com/drseanwharton/).
Much of his public profile comes from clinical research. He is listed as an author on several large obesity drug trials published in the New England Journal of Medicine, including studies of orforglipron, tirzepatide (SURMOUNT-1) and semaglutide (STEP 1) (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2302392). He also holds teaching appointments at the University of Toronto, McMaster University and York University (https://alumni.utoronto.ca/events/u-t-where-you-are-obesity-medicine-advances-concerns-stigma).
He practises in Canada, so there is no U.S. Open Payments record of industry payments for him.
- Ontario medical licence
- Registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario as Sean Nicholas Wharton, CPSO #76393, with a listed address at Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton. register.cpso.on.ca
- Pharmacy and medicine degrees
- Completed doctorates in both pharmacy and medicine at the University of Toronto; his LinkedIn summary lists 1992 as his pharmacy graduation year. alumni.utoronto.ca
- Obesity medicine certification
- A professional society directory lists him as a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. cabps.ca
- Royal College and society memberships
- Listed as a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Canadian Obesity Network, and the Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons. ca.linkedin.com
- Leads his own clinic
- Medical director of the Wharton Medical Clinic, a community-based internal medicine clinic focused on weight management and diabetes. whartonmedicalclinic.com
- Hospital and university roles
- Described as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine, adjunct professor at McMaster and York universities, and clinical staff at Hamilton Health Sciences. alumni.utoronto.ca
- Women's College Hospital staff
- His clinic biography states he is academic staff at Women's College Hospital and clinical staff at Hamilton Health Sciences. whartonmedicalclinic.com
- Lead author on obesity drug trial
- First-listed author of the New England Journal of Medicine study "Daily Oral GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Orforglipron for Adults with Obesity." nejm.org
- Major weight-loss trial co-author
- Co-author on the SURMOUNT-1 tirzepatide obesity trial and its three-year diabetes-prevention analysis, and on the STEP 1 semaglutide trial. nejm.org
- Recent award
- His LinkedIn posts mention receiving the Excellence in Surgical Innovation Award from the Black Physicians Association of Ontario. ca.linkedin.com
Worth knowing
- His CPSO register entry displays a practice term stating that Dr. Wharton "may practise only in the areas of medicine in which Dr. Wharton is educated and experienced." No public explanation of the origin or context of this term was found; patients can view the register entry directly. register.cpso.on.ca
- Much of his published research involves industry-sponsored obesity and diabetes drug trials, such as studies of tirzepatide and semaglutide. Working on company-funded trials is common and legal, and Canadian physicians are not covered by the U.S. Open Payments database. nejm.org
- Two LinkedIn profiles exist under his name and title; it is unclear whether the second one is current or an older, unused profile. ca.linkedin.com
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Practice location
Wharton Medical Clinic Weight & Diabetes Management
414 Victoria Ave N, Suite M11
Hamilton, Ontario L8L 5G8 · Canada
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