Associate Professor and Consultant Gastroenterologist
McMaster University, Department of Medicine
Hamilton, Ontario

Dr Smita Halder is an Associate Professor and Gastroenterologist at McMaster University.

Smita obtained her medical degrees from Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities. She completed GIM training and GI residency in the UK, and pursued a 4-year PhD in Epidemiology, incorporating a year at the Mayo Clinic. In 2008 she moved to Toronto for a fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital; in 2010 was appointed to the Division of Gastroenterology at McMaster.

Smita holds a Senior Administrative position  at Hamilton Health Sciences in the office of Medical Affairs. In addition, she is a Master Certified Physician Development Coach, and is heavily involved in physician leadership development across HHS and McMaster.