Biennial Meeting Faculty Details

Darren Lucien de SA, MD, MBA, FRCSC

McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario CANADA

Dr. de SA is an Orthopaedic Surgeon from Hamilton, Ontario and an Associate Professor at McMaster University whose clinical scope includes adult and pediatric sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery, and musculoskeletal trauma. He has a special interest in complex knee reconstruction and knee joint preservation. Additionally, Dr. de SA holds several leadership and administrative roles locally, including the current President of the Hamilton Academy of Medicine, Site Chief of Adult Surgery at McMaster University Medical Centre, and Director of both the Surgical Foundations Program and Medical Foundation 1 at McMaster University. Currently, Dr. de SA serves as both an Elite Reviewer for the Journal of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Medicine, and as the Associate Editor for KSSTA - the official Journal of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy. He recently completed the 2025 ISAKOS Society Travelling Fellowship as the North American representative (and first Canadian) selected to this prestigious honour. Dr. de SA completed both his medical and orthopaedic surgery residency training at McMaster University under the mentorship of current Division Chair, Dr. Femi Ayeni, Dr. Mohit Bhandari, and others. He then pursued Fellowship training in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh under the mentorship of Dr. Volker Musahl and the late Dr. Freddie H. Fu. In this latter role, he acquired extensive experience as Assistant Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) and worked collaboratively with the medical teams for the Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) and the University of Pittsburgh collegiate athletics. He is currently the Associate Head Orthopaedic Surgeon for both the Hamilton Forge FC (Canadian Premier League) and Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Canadian Football League). Dr. de SA has contributed to a productive MacSports research program focused on outcomes research in adult/paediatric trauma and athletic injuries/non-arthritic conditions of the knee. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts (H-index 41), numerous book chapters, and has delivered several podium and poster presentations on the national and international stage. He is currently the Principal Investigator of the SQuASH Study – the first randomized control trial in pediatric ACL reconstruction outcomes comparing hamstring to all-soft-tissue quadriceps tendon autograft. This has received substantial funding from the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation, the Physician Services’ Incorporated Foundation, and most recently, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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10/22/2024
11:00 - 11:07 		General Session Session VII: Knee Issues and Meniscus
Case Presentations
Treatment of Large Trochlear Osteochondritis Dissecans in a Competitive Adolescent Soccer Player
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10/23/2024
11:30 - 11:37 		General Session Session XI: Mixture of Topics
Lecture
"Quad Speed": Examining the Evolution of the Quadriceps Autograft in the Skeletally-Immature ACL-injured Athlete (SQuASH Trial)
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