Faculty | Mcmaster Neurosurgery

Meet the Team

McMaster Neurosurgery consists of an experienced interdisciplinary team. Here are some of our dedicated faculty and staff.

Sheila Singh, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

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

Administrative Assistant

Lisa Hurley (vanoorl@mcmaster.ca)

Website. http://singhlab.ca

Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurooncology

Sunjay Sharma, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

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

Blake Yarascavitch, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

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

Olufemi Ajani, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

Attending

Femi Ajani MD, FRCSC

Administrative Assistant

Lisa Hurley (vanoorl@mcmaster.ca)

Pediatric Neurosurgery, Epilepsy

Almunder Algird, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

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

Aleksa Cenic, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

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

Daipayan Guha, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

Attending

Deep Guha MD, FRCSC, PhD

Phone: 905.521.2100

Website: https://www.macspine.com/

Spine

Kesava Reddy, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

Skull Base Fellowship Director

Kesh Reddy MD, FRCSC

Phone: 905.521.0061

Fax: 905.521.9561

Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy, Minimally Invasive Spine

Brian Van Adel, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

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

Bill Wang, McMaster Neurosurgery Faculty Physician

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

Alexsi Giardino, McMaster Neurosurgery NP

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

Mable Chabot, McMaster Neurosurgery Spine NP

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

Phone: 905.521.2100 x44155

Fax: 905.575.2632

Email: martynia@mcmaster.ca

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