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
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