PGY Level: 5 

Hometown: Toronto Ontario  

Medical School: All Saints University School of Medicine  

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: Most supportive program and group of residents!!   

Favorite quote/favorite movie: “So whatever you wish that others do to you, do also to them”. – The Bible (Matthew 7:12)  

Hobbies: Cooking, hiking, sports, and spoiling my nieces/nephew 🙂 

Future Aspirations: Serving a community with an exposure to a wide range of cases with a focus of interest in breast pathology.   

PGY Level: 5 

Hometown: Saint John, New Brunswick 

Medical School: Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick 

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: The flexibility of the program and its ability to accommodate resident interests and personal lives 

Favourite movie: Dude, where’s my car? 

Hobbies: Running, strength training, golf, all things Disney and spending time with my wife and son 

Future Aspirations: I will be completing a fellowship in Dermatopathology in 2025/26 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After this, I plan to get a job back in New Brunswick where I hope to have a mixed practice of dermatopathology and general sign-out cases.  

PGY Level: 5 

Hometown: Krakow, Poland 

Medical School: McMaster  

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: The people – residents, staff, assistants and techs 🙂 

Favorite quote/favorite movie: “It’s not a tumor!” – Kindergarten Cop 

Hobbies: Spending time with son 

Future Aspirations: To share my passion for pathology with others  

PGY level: 5 

PGY Level: 4 

Hometown: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 

Medical School: King Abdulaziz University  

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: Friendly work environment. Resident wellness. Open door policy   

Favorite quote/favorite movie:  “As much as you dream, the universe expands” 

Hobbies: Soccer. Horse-back riding. Fishing. Travel   

PGY level: 4

PGY level: 4

PGY Level: 3

Hometown: Toronto

Medical School: Schulich School of Medicine (Western University)

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: The people – co-residents, staff and allied healthcare professionals

Favorite quote/favorite movie: The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Hobbies: hiking, cooking, baking, poetry

Future Aspirations: My aspiration is to live a life well-lived, one that balances professional and personal fulfillment. I’d like to cultivate meaningful relationships, contribute positively to my community, and continually grow both as a physician and as an individual.

PGY Level: 3

Hometown: Pretoria, South Africa

Medical School: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: The team spirit and my amazing peers!

Favorite quote/favorite movie: ” it must put the cream on or it gets the hose” Silence of the Lambs

Hobbies: Trail running, cycling, hanging out with my two girls!

Future Aspirations: Return to Forensic Pathology and enrich the program with specialist knowledge on treatment of Non-Accidental Injury of children!

PGY Level: 3

Hometown: Gujarat, India

Medical School: Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, India

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: Comprehensive curriculum with good hands-on experience, inspiring faculty and awesome colleagues

Favorite quote/favorite movie: You can do it!

Hobbies: zumba and painting

Future Aspirations: Be a good pathologist with focus on gastroenterology and artificial intelligence.

PGY Level: 3

Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Medical School: Dalhousie University

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: The residents

Favorite quote/favorite movie: “The pathologist’s physical exam is microscopic”

Hobbies: cooking

PGY Level: 3

Hometown: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Medical School: King Abdulaziz University

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: Being Joint program while we rotate at different sites with different flavor and acuity of cases make the program unique and divers in learning experiences

Favorite quote/favorite movie: Sir William Osler quotes(pathologist a doctor of the doctors) / Mad Max

Hobbies: Puzzles, Escape rooms, Raves, Movies, True crime, Documentary

Future Aspirations: Forensic pathologist and Academic Pathologist

PGY Level: 2

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario

Medical School: University of Toronto

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: The supportive nature of the program, from all staff and my co-residents! In close second are the lunches provided during lunch-time AHD teaching

Favorite quote: “I’m a fun guy. ” – Kawhi Leonard

Hobbies: Outside of the pathology lab, I enjoy running and training for races of all distances. You’ll find me exploring all the trails and green space Hamilton has to offer as I train for my next marathon! I also enjoy traveling, exploring different places and different cuisines.

Future Aspirations: Become a competent pathologist, using my knowledge and skills to be able to contribute to improving patient care and outcomes.

PGY Level: 2

Hometown: Oakville

Medical School: RCSI in Dublin

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: I’ve mastered the ability to pretend I’m really busy while scrolling through memes…. JUST KIDDING! It’s my co-residents, they’re the best!

Hobbies: binge watching true crime documentaries

Future Aspirations: to get through residency 😂 and to travel to all 7 continents

PGY Level: 2

Hometown: Toronto, ON

Medical School: University of Limerick School of Medicine

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: Amazing co-residents and staff!

Favourite movie: Varies depending on what I’m feeling like

Favourite quote: ‘Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.’ – C. S. Lewis

Hobbies: Spending time with my family, travelling and singing

Future Aspirations: To commit to lifelong teaching and mentorship in the field of pathology

PGY Level: 2

Hometown: Windsor, ON

Medical School: Sydney Medical School

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: Microscopes

Favorite quote: “Nooooo!” (Luke Skywalker getting his hand cut off after learning Darth Vader is his father)

Hobbies: Interpretive dance

Future Aspirations: Dermpath or Forensics

PGY level: 2

Hometown: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: Coloring ( inking specimens ) and friendly residents.

Favorite quote: “Embracing chaos might be the path to finding peace”- Rachel Hollis.

Hobbies: Cycling and eat Shawarma.

PGY level: 1

Hometown: Baghdad

Medical school: University of Debrecen

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: The program offers high levels of education and an integrated approach to prepare residents for careers in academic or clinical practice. It also provides a positive work environment and good work-life balance including participation in extracurricular activities.

Favorite quote: It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Hobbies: Cooking, coloring, gardening

Future aspirations: Pursuing a subspeciality in pathology such as dermatopathology and teaching and mentoring future pathologists.

PGY Level: 1

Hometown: Burlington, ON

Medical School: University of Toronto

Best part about the McMaster DMP program: The people! 🙂

Favorite quote/favorite movie: “She believed she could, so she did.” / Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Hobbies: Soccer (proud Western/McMaster varsity alum), craft beer, hanging out with my cat, Ghost.

Future Aspirations: Looking to explore & welcoming new opportunities that come my way.

PGY level: 1