Dr. Janet McMordie MSc, MD, CCFP (SEM), Dip. Sport Med (Performer)
Dr. Janet McMordie bridges the worlds of healthcare and performance. As a practicing physician and professional actor, her insight into burnout and compassion fatigue shapes the project’s emotional and physical truth.
She has extensive theatrical credits including Theatre by The Bay, Mariposa Arts Theatre, The Second City and Antic Theatre. Select film/tv credits include Doc (Fox), Ginny & Georgia (Netflix), and Two brothers (OutTV). Through her independent podcast Second Act Actors, recently nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award, she has facilitated over 200 in-depth interviews exploring identity, resilience, and transformation.
Dr. Janet McMordie is also a Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician with specialty training in Women’s Sexual Health. She completed medical school, family medicine residency, and sport medicine fellowship at McMaster University. She holds a diploma in Sports Medicine from the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) and is a member of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH).
Dr. McMordie is an Associate Medical Director with Odyssey Medical Inc. She also provides medical consulting and surgical/medical device hand doubling services to the film industry.
Some medical career highlights include:
Surgical Hand Double (Good Sam - CBS)
Medical Consultant (Star Trek-Strange New Worlds)
Team Canada Physician - Paralympic Games (Paris 2024)
Team Canada Physician - Para Pan Am Games (Santiago 2023)
Team Canada Chief Medical Officer - World University Winter Games (Lake Placid 2023)
Team Canada Chief Medical Officer - World Beach Games (Qatar 2019)
McMaster Men’s and Women’s Rugby Team Physician
Team Canada Physician - World University Summer Games (Taipei 2017)
Invictus Games Physician (Toronto 2017)