MSA EXECUTIVE 2021-2022

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. DEEPAK DATH

MSA President (elected 2021)

General Surgery & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre

DR. THOMAS VAN HELDER

MSA Vice President (elected 2021)

Anesthesia, Hamilton General Hospital

DR. BILL RISTEVSKI

MSA Secretary/ Treasurer (elected 2021)

Orthopedic Surgery, Hamilton General Hospital

DR. AMNA AHMED

MSA Member-at-Large

General Internal Medicine, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre

DR. JAMES BAIN

MSA Member-at-Large

Pediatric Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, McMaster University Medical Centre

DR. SARAH BURROW

MSA Member-at-Large

Orthopedic Head of Service at HHS and Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, McMaster University Medical Centre

DR. PETER DARBY

MSA Member-at-Large

Anaesthesia, McMaster University Medical Centre

DR. ANDREAS FREITAG

MSA Member-at-Large

Respirology and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre

DR. ALLISON GRICE

MSA Member-at-Large, WLMH MSA President

Family Medicine, West Lincoln Memorial Hospital

DR. SMITA HALDER

Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) Chair

Gastroenterology, McMaster University Medical Centre

DR. DERECK HUNT

MSA Member-at-Large, MSA Previous Past President (elected 2017-2019)

Internal Medicine, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre

DR. JOHN MERNAGH

MSA Member-at-Large. MSA Previous Past President (elected 2013-2015)

Diagnostic Imaging, McMaster University Medical Centre

DR. PAUL MISSIUNA

MSA Member-at-Large

Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, McMaster Children's Hospital

DR. THEODORE RAPANOS

MSA Member-at-Large

Vascular Surgery, Hamilton General Hospital

DR. CHRIS RICCI

MSA Member-at-Large. MSA Previous Past President (elected 2015-2017)

Anaesthesia, Hamilton General Hospital

DR. SUNJAY SHARMA

MSA Member-at-Large

Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery, Hamilton General Hospital

DR. KATHERINE ZUKOTYNSKI

Website Liaison (elected 2021)

Nuclear Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre

DR. CATHERINE ROSS

MSA Past President (elected 2019-2021)

Resigned April 2022
Anatomical Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre

EWELINA GRISAFI

Administrative Assistant

Supporting the MSA and MSA President