Dr. Samantha Balass is a Jewish physician practicing in Montreal, Quebec in family medicine and has a special interest in dermatology. She is married and has 2 children. She has completed her medical training at McGill University and UBC. She is the descendent of Iraqi and Iranian Jews who fled their countries due to antisemitic persecution. Having had a solid Jewish education and having grown up visiting her large family in Israel often, Dr. Balass is a passionate zionist and is currently serving in the antisemitism committee of the Association des Médecins Juifs du Québec.