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
