Dr. Darren de SA is an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Assistant Professor at McMaster University, whose clinical scope includes sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery, and musculoskeletal trauma. Darren has a special interest in complex knee reconstruction, functioning as the Principal Investigator of the first, global randomized controlled surgical trial in pediatric ACL reconstruction. A surgeon leader within his community, institution, and greater orthopaedic community, Darren empowers exemplary patient care through elevated clinical expertise, research, and scholarship.
Darren currently serves as the Surgical Foundations Program Director, managing the curriculum of future post-graduate surgical trainees across all disciplines; and is concurrently an Associate Editor for KSSTA – the official Journal of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy. In addition, Darren leads a productive research program focused on outcomes research in the athletic population and those suffering traumatic, non-arthritic knee conditions.
He has published over 175 peer-reviewed manuscripts (H-index 33), numerous book chapters, and has delivered several podium and poster presentations and invited guest lectures on the national and international stage. With additional roles as Associate Head Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) and Hamilton Forge FC (CPL) and having recently completed his MBA from the Goodman School of Business (Brock University), Dr. de SA is continuing toward developing an integrated sports medicine community. To this end, he was selected as the first Canadian representative for the Global Travelling Fellowship of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Medicine.
