Profile

The Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS), a McMaster University Centre located at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, was established in the fall of 1999. As a state-of-the-art multi disciplinary technological education and research centre, it was designed to increase the awareness and understanding, as well as support the research and development, of the specialized techniques of minimal access surgery and surgical innovation.

Our vision is three fold, education and skills training to advance the caliber and scope of minimal access training, research and development in robotics and surgical innovations, and telehealth through the development of mission critical telehealth applications. These applications will incorporate the newly developed innovations and provide support to the surgeons and the communities in which they practice.

CMAS’s increasing scope has prompted the creation of the McMaster Institute of Surgical Invention, Innovation and Education (MISIIE). This University/Hospital Institute facilitates collaborative relationships with Faculties including Engineering and partnerships with industry.

Staff
Mehran Anvari	Director
Karen Barlow	Research Coordinator
Lucy Batt	Program Director, Nursing
Margherita Cadeddu	Associate Director
Trevor Chapman	IT Analyst
Marie Fairgrieve	Manager
Scott Gmora	Faculty, Bariatrics
Dennis Hong	Program Director, Bariatrics
Anil Kapoor	Associate Program Director, Urology
Edward Matsumoto	Program Director, Urology
Arlene Morgan	Education Coordinator
Fellows (2011-2012)
Athena Bennett	MIS
Harpreet Grover	MIS
Mohammad Tabari	MIS
Kiara Hennessey	Laparoscopic Urology
Luis Zurita	MIS (Intarnational)