MSA EXECUTIVE 2023-2024
Get to Know our MSA Executive Committee
We strive for representation and balance across sites, disciplines, and gender. Members of the MSA executive are elected annually from amongst eligible active MSA membership.
DR. TOMAS VAN HELDER
MSA President (elected 2023)
Anesthesia, Hamilton General Hospital
DR. BILL RISTEVSKI
MSA Vice President (elected 2023)
Orthopedic Surgery, Hamilton General Hospital
DR. SIMERPREET SANDHANWALIA
MSA Secretary/Treasurer (elected 2023)
Assistant Clinical Professor McMaster University
Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Physician Hamilton Health Sciences
Co-Founder Frontline Connect Canada
Co-Founder South Asian Covid Task Force
DR. DEEPAK DATH
MSA Past President (elected 2021)
General Surgery & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre
DR. TARIQ AZIZ
MSA Member-at-Large
Pathology, Juravinski Hospital
Dr. Maria Cescon
WLMH MSA President
DR. ANTHONY CROCCO
MAC CHAIR
DR. PETER DARBY
MSA Member-at-Large
Anaesthesia, McMaster University Medical Centre
DR. DERECK HUNT
MSA Member-at-Large, MSA Past President
(elected 2017-2019)
Internal Medicine, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre
DR. KAMYAR KAHNAMOUI
MSA Member-at-Large
General Surgery, Hamilton General Hospital
DR. AMEYA KULKARNI
MSA Member-at-Large
Diagnostic Imaging, Juravinski Hospital
DR. RANU MALHI
MSA Member-at-Large
Pediatrics, MUMC
DR. JOHN MERNAGH
MSA Member-at-Large. MSA Previous Past President (elected 2013-2015)
Diagnostic Imaging, McMaster University Medical Centre
DR. NAVEEN PARASU (NAGARAJAN)
MSA Member-at-Large
Staff Radiologist, Juravinski Hospital & Cancer Center, Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, Norfolk General Hospital, Simcoe ON and Hamilton Tiger-Cats Team Radiologist
DR. KAREN RAYMER
MSA Member-at-Large
Anesthesia, Hamilton General Hospital
Dr Raymer have had numerous roles in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Education including having served as Residency Program Director from 2014-19 and having written “Understanding Anesthesia” , which is a guide for medical students and is the most downloaded Anesthesia textbook on Apple Books.
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WELCOME AND THANK YOU
Welcome to the new six 23-24 MSA Exec members:
Dr. Tariq Aziz, MSA Member at Large, Pathology
Dr. Maria Cescon, MSA Member at Large, WLMH MSA President
Dr. Anthony Crocco, Medical Advisory Committee Chair
Dr. Kamyar Kahnamoui, MSA Member at Large, General Surgery, HGH
Dr. Ameya Kulkarni, MSA Member at Large, Diagnostic Imaging
Dr. Ranu Malhi, Member at Large, Pediatrics, McMaster Children's Hospital
Thank you to the outgoing six 22-23 MSA Exec Committees:
Dr. Amna Ahmed, General Internal Medicine, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre
Dr. Allison Grice, MSA Member-at-Large, Family Medicine, WLMH Past MSA President (elected 2021)
Dr. Paul Miller, MSA Member at Large as the Interim Chair of the MAC
Dr. Theodore Rapanos, MSA Member-at-Large, Vascular Surgery, Hamilton General Hospital
Dr. Simerpreet Sandhanwalia, Emerg Medicine, HGH
Dr. Victoria Squissato - WLMH MSA President