McMaster University
Division of Neurological Surgery
Meet the Team
McMaster Neurosurgery consists of an experienced interdisciplinary team. Here are some of our dedicated faculty and staff.
Division Head, Neurosurgery - McMaster University
Director, Center for Discovery in Cancer Research
Senior Canada Research Chair in Human Cancer Stem Cell Biology
University Scholar and Chair, McMaster College of Health Inventors
Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Surgery
Sheila Singh, MD, FRCSC, PhD
Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurooncology
Head of Neurosurgery- Hamilton General Hospital
Neurotrauma ICU Medical Director
Provincial Lead, Neurosurgery - Ontario Health
Associate Medical Director - CritiCall Ontario
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery & Critical Care Medicine
Associate Member - Health Research Methodology Program
Sunjay Sharma MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Phone: 905.521.2100 x44721
Fax: 289.714.2517
Email: sharmasun@hhsc.ca
Administrative Assistant
Chelsea Richardson (richarchel@hhsc.ca)
Neurotrauma, Neurooncology, Neurocritical Care, Critical Care
Head of Neurosurgery- McMaster Children's Hospital
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Hamilton Health Sciences
Blake Yarascavitch MD, FRCSC
Administrative Assistant
Lisa Hurley (vanoorl@mcmaster.ca)
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Attending
Femi Ajani MD, FRCSC
Administrative Assistant
Lisa Hurley (vanoorl@mcmaster.ca)
Pediatric Neurosurgery, Epilepsy
Attending
Almunder Algird MD, FRCSC
Phone: 905.521.2100 x44525
Fax: 905.577.1487
Administrative Assistant
Tara Foster (tfoster@mcmaster.ca
Skull Base, Open Cerebrovascular, Neurointervention
Spine Fellowship Director
Aleksa Cenic MD, FRCSC
Phone: 905.521.2100 x26781
Fax: 905.577.8008
Administrative Assistant
Kim Morris (morriki@mcmaster.ca)
Website: https://drcenic.com/
Website: https://www.macspine.com/
Spine
Attending
Deep Guha MD, FRCSC, PhD
Phone: 905.521.2100
Website: https://www.macspine.com/
Spine
Skull Base Fellowship Director
Kesh Reddy MD, FRCSC
Phone: 905.521.0061
Fax: 905.521.9561
Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy, Minimally Invasive Spine
Neurointervention Fellowship Director
Brian Van Adel MD, FRCSC, PhD
Phone: 905.521.2100 x46373
Fax: 905.577.8036
Administrative Assistant
Lisa Hauzar (hauzarl@mcmaster.ca)
Neurointervention
CTU Director
Bill Wang MD, MSc, FRCSC
Phone: 905.521.2100 x44606
Fax: 905.577.1473
Open Cerebrovascular, Neurointervention, Epilepsy
Attending
Kislay Kishore MBBS MCh
Phone: 905.521.2100
Neurointervention, Open Cerebrovascular, Skull Base, Education
Attending
Abdelsimar (Buddy) Omar II MD
Phone: 905.521.2100
Neuro-Oncology, Skull Base
Blue Team Nurse Practitioner
Alexsi Giardino, Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 905.521.2100
Blue Team
Red Team Physician Assistant
Joan Reynolds, Physician Assistant
Phone: 905.521.2100
Red Team
Integrated Spine Nurse Practitioner
Mable Chabot, Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 905.521.2100
Red Team
Pediatric Neurosurgery Physician Assistant
Genniene DiBerardo, CCPA
Phone: 905.521.2100
Pediatric Neurosurgery Team
Neurocritical Stepdown Nurse Practitioner
Deb Sadowski, Nurse Practitioner
Phone: 905.521.2100
Neurocritical Care Team
Research Coordinator
Amanda Martyniuk, MSc
Neurosurgery Research
Research Assistant
Kowsiya Jeganathan
Phone: 905.521.2100
Neurosurgery Research
Research Coordinator
Jessy Moore
Phone: 905.521.2100
Neurosurgery Research
Program Administrator
Elyse Cornell
Phone: 905.521.2100
McMaster Neurosurgery Program