Dr. Eugene Maida is Physiatrist and interventional pain physician with a special interest in spine and musculoskeletal medicine at McMaster University. He currently serves as an assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine with a cross appointment in the Department of Anesthesia. He completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and later completed subspecialty training in the Pain Medicine residency program under the Department of Anesthesia at McMaster University. He has also completed a sports medicine research fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, with a focus on Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Interventions, in conjunction with his diplomat in Sports & Exercise Medicine Physician through the Canadian Academy of Sports & Exercise Medicine (CASEM).
Dr. Maida is currently the Medical Director of the Michael G. DeGroote pain clinic at McMaster University, Head of Service at Hamilton Health Sciences for Pain Behaviours for the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Head Team Physician for the Hamilton Tiger Cats (CFL).
Dr. Maida is also actively involved in resident and medical school education, serving as Section Coordinator for pain medicine teaching in the department Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Pain Medicine residency program under the department of Anaesthesia. Dr. Maida is also the current Chair of the Anesthesia pain rounds, a member of the executive board of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine, Ontario Chronic Pain Network, Director of the National Pain Rounds for the Canadian Pain Society and executive of the Canadian Institute for Pain Research and Care.
