About Us

Dr. Wade Elliott is full time Sport & Exercise Medicine physician with clinic locations in Burlington and Grimsby, Ontario. Dr. Elliott completed a Sport Medicine Fellowship at McMaster University in 2001 and received his Diploma in Sport Medicine from the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine in 2002. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor Department Family Medicine, McMaster University. Dr. Elliott is extensively involved in medical education in Sport & Exercise Medicine, and has been the Program Director of the PGY3 Sport & Exercise Medicine resident program at McMaster University since 2006. He is also the chair of the CASEM Post Graduate Education Committee (prev Fellowship Committee) since 2008, , past chair OMA Section on Sports Medicine.

Dr. Elliott also works extensively with all levels of athletes and teams. Since 2016 he has been the Chief Medical Officer for Cycling Canada and lead physician for Canada’s National Track Cycling team. Previously, he is a former assistant physician for the Toronto Rock Lacrosse team 2001-2008, former team physician McMaster Mauraders football team 2001-2004 and former assistant team physician Hamiton Ti-Cats from 2001-2003. In addition, Dr. Elliott has served as Chief Medical Officer for the ISU Four Continents Skating competition in Hamilton 2003 as well as medical team member for the National and World Road Cycling Championships in Hamilton in 2003.

Dr Elliott’s clinical practice is focused on athletes of all ages and patient’s with an injury or illness affecting their ability to participate in exercise or sport. He also treats and manages patient’s with osteoarthritis to optimize their function, as well as post surgical exercise and rehabilitation guidance. He welcomes patients from the GTA, Halton, Hamilton and Niagara regions.

Dr. Katie Dalziel is a primary care Sport and Exercise Medicine physician practicing in both the Niagara and Halton regions. She completed her medical training at Queen’s University, followed by a residency in Family medicine and a fellowship in Sport and Exercise medicine both at McMaster University.

Her practice is focused on acute and overuse musculoskeletal injuries in patients of all ages and activity levels. In addition to clinical work, Dr. Dalziel is the lead Sport Medicine physician for the Brock University Badgers. She also provides care for several professional and amateur sports teams including the Hamilton Forge FC, Pelham Jr B Panthers and previously McMaster Marauders Rugby.

She has covered events for several of our national teams including Lacrosse Canada, Ball Hockey Canada, Wrestling Canada and Soccer Canada. She is looking forward to acting as the Chief Medical Officer at the upcoming Canada Summer Games held in Niagara in 2022.

As a former varsity soccer athlete at Queen’s University, Dr. Dalziel continues to enjoy an active lifestyle that includes hiking, soccer and volleyball.

Dr. Gupta is a practicing full-time primary care Sport and Exercise Medicine physician. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University. He previously worked in Botswana and India as Assistant Clinical Professor and Orthopedic Surgeon for several years prior to pursuing Family medicine residency and completing a fellowship training program in Sports Medicine (Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine) from McMaster University, Canada.

During his training, he has worked with professional athletes and teams, including the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). His work experience includes providing team medical coverage at national and international events such as the 2013 Toronto Women’s Half Marathon, the 2013 World Under-23 Championship in ultimate Frisbee and the Pan American Games of 2015.

He takes enormous satisfaction in working with athletes and active people of all ages, both to prevent and treat musculoskeletal injuries and to help promote an active lifestyle. In addition to providing care and guidance for sports and exercises related problems, Dr. Gupta treats elderly population with osteoarthritis and also performs various injections including cortisone, viscus supplementation, Dextrose prolotherapy and platelet-rich plasma.

Dr. Mike Larocque is a Sport and Exercise Medicine physician based out of the Durham region. He completed medical school at McMaster University and went on to complete his family medicine residency at Queen’s University. He returned to McMaster for his sports medicine fellowship, where he worked with the Marauders varsity football and rugby teams, the Hamilton Bulldogs, and a number of other high-level athletes.

Dr. Larocque now operates a community sports medicine practice in Whitby and an acute referral clinic that services the emergency departments in the Durham region. He is the lead sports medicine physician for the Durham College Lords and the Ontario Tech University Ridgebacks. He is an assistant professor with the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University and he also practices emergency medicine at Lakeridge Health.

Dr. Larocque treats injuries related to any sport or activity but has a particular interest in team sports. He also treats overuse injuries related to activity and degenerative conditions like osteoarthritis.

Currently practicing at the Southern Ontario Sport and Exercise Medicine Clinic in Burlington Ontario. Dr. Echlin is Board Certified in Family and Sport Medicine in Canada and the US. Paul is certified as a Fellow by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine. Dr. Echlin was elected to the Burlington Sports Hall of Fame in 2019 in the Builder category.

Dr. Echlin has been Junior Hockey team physician for ten years, in Canada and the United States. Paul is a first author of senior author of 16 peer reviewed concussion related publications, the past chair of the London Hockey Concussion Summit, past co-chair of the Hockey Neurotrauma and Concussion Initiative (HNCI) Stakeholders Meeting January 2009. Dr. Echlin is also research chair of the HNCI Research Committee, and current Primary Investigator of the Hockey Concussion Education Project.

In 2011 Dr. Echlin established the free publicly accessible Sport Concussion Library (http://www.sportconcussionlibrary.com/) housing thousands of peer reviewed publications and information concerning sport concussion. Dr. Echlin has recently collaborated with the Halton District School Board, on the innovative and internationally acclaimed Halton Student Concussion Education Program.