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Our more than 500 talented and caring physicians at Niagara Health make a meaningful difference each day in the lives of our patients and their families.
Dr. Johan Viljoen appointed Chief of Staff and Executive Vice President Medical at Niagara Health. Read more.
Our physicians, from a wide range of specialties, are committed to the highest standards of care. They work together with other members of our multidisciplinary team to make a significant impact in the lives of the people we serve.
Success in physician recruitment
We continue to have great success in retaining and recruiting the best and brightest to work at our sites across Niagara. Since 2014, there have been more than 180 physician recruitments and leadership appointments at Niagara Health as we continue to attract specialists from across Canada and the world.
Read a story about one of our new recruits, Nephrologist and Niagara native Dr. Kathleen Quinn, here.
Some of our most recent physician recruits
New physician recruits - 2020
August 2020
- Dr. Joshua Halperin
Radiologist - Dr. Kartiga Thiyagarajah
Hematologist - Dr. Santino Bambara
Oral Surgeon - Dr. Neil Howatt
General Surgeon
June 2020
- Dr. George Farjou
Infectious Diseases
May 2020
- Dr. Paulo De Gouveia
Emergency Medicine - Dr. Serajedden Dawehr
General Internal Medicine - Dr. Jasmine Lamba
Cardiologist - Dr. Kirandeep Somal
Psychiatrist
February 2020
- Dr. Akshay Shetty
Medicine, Gastroenterology
January 2020
- Dr. Craig Brick
Emergency Medicine - Dr. Mohammad Refaei
Hematology/Thrombosis - Dr. Michael Connolly
Diagnostic Imaging - Dr. Lukasz Krajewski
Emergency Medicine - Dr. Maithili Shetty
Mental Health & Addiction - Dr. Ryan Fielding
General Surgery - Dr. Matthew Zulys
General Surgery
New physician recruits - 2019
January 2019
- Dr. Hiba Chehade
Emergency Medicine
March 2019
- Dr. Kathleen Quinn
Nephrologist - Dr. Alicia Mattia
Neurologist - Dr. David Dudok
Opthalmologist - Dr. Christopher McLaughlin
Opthalmologist
May 2019
- Dr. Joyce Lam
Intensivist - Dr. Adam Katchky
Orthopaedic Surgeon - Dr. Robert McCloy
Orthopaedic Surgeon - Dr. Emily Baker
OBGYN - Dr. Cameron Phillips
Oncologist - Dr. Justin Powers
Emergency Medicine
June 2019
- Dr. Winnie Chan
Cardiologist
September 2019
- Dr. Pedro Rafael Camacho Maldonado
General Internist - Dr. Gavin Mazzetti
General Internist - Dr. Fahim Ahmed
Hospitalist - Dr. Molly Dingwall
Emergency Medicine - Dr. Kevin Finner
Emergency Medicine - Dr. Heather MacDonald
OBGYN - Dr. Arif Rafiq
Anaesthesiologist - Dr. Nandini Sachdeva
Anaesthesiologist
- Dr. Stephanie Paolone
- Dr. Katarzyna (Kate) Plaza
- Dr. Andrew Brown
- Dr. Adnan Hussain
- Dr. Ankur Jain
- Dr. Nikhil Kalra
- Dr. Fadeke Awobem
