Residency Match Canada · Program Research Profile
University of Calgary Orthopedic Surgery
2026 Match
What the research profiles of this year's 5 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance and notable activity, not just publication count.
Program Director: Dr. Aaron J. Bois
5
spots filled this match cycle, unchanged from 5 in 2025. Every stat below describes this full cohort (n=5).
2.2
avg. confirmed publications
1.2
avg. first or second authored
Program context
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- An excellent academic record with proficiency in orthopaedics.
- A proven interest in orthopaedic surgery.
- References that confirm both interest and proficiency.
- Experience in clinical or pre-clinical research.
- Experience in leadership and collaboration.
Where research appears
Research appears in file review, where university level projects that ideally reach publication are considered, and at interview, where research experience in orthopaedics or elsewhere is considered, ideally through project completion.
51 to 200
applicants per year
26 to 50%
interview invite rate
Inference, not the program's wording
Research has no separate published weight here. It appears in file review and at interview, inside broader assessments. With a mid range invite rate, research in the file could affect who is invited, but the page does not show that research alone decides an interview. The program does not publish exact weights, so no research share can be assigned.
Gaps: The page does not publish selection weights or an annual interview count, and the per candidate interview timing it describes is not an interview total.
Where this cohort came from
University of Ottawa
University of Calgary
Queen's University
Dalhousie University
University of Saskatchewan
All five residents in this cohort are Canadian medical graduates. Schools are shown as a set only and are not matched to the individual research profiles below, since with a cohort this small that pairing would make individuals identifiable.
Per resident breakdown
Orthopedic relevant
Other medical
One of the four papers is a first authored hip arthroplasty outcomes study in the Journal of Arthroplasty, the only orthopedic paper in this profile. The other three come from kidney disease research: a first authored laboratory study, a middle authored spatial transcriptomics paper, and a middle authored dialysis outcomes paper in the Journal of Nephrology.
Notable: no presentations, leadership roles, or other activities were found in public professional sources.
The single confirmed paper is a second authored methods paper in the Canadian Journal of Surgery, describing a software supported approach to scoping reviews in surgical quality research. It sits outside orthopedics, so it counts as other medical.
Notable: featured in an undergraduate engineering faculty profile about the path into medical school. No presentations or other activities were found in public professional sources.
All three papers are first authored: a systematic review and meta-analysis on postpartum hypertension in AJOG Global Reports, and two basic science papers on galectin-16 gene regulation in Cell Biology International and Biomolecules. None are orthopedic, and the two basic science papers come from an earlier degree phase.
Notable: competed as a varsity athlete during undergraduate studies.
No publications were found in public sources. Zero publications does not mean none exist, it only means none were found.
Notable: associate editor of a student run medical journal. Also took part in a mentored clinical research project on psychosocial factors and spine surgery outcomes, and wrote a student educational case article on an acute knee injury, neither of which counts as published research.
* One paper is dated after match day. It was most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication at the time of the match, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking against this profile.
All three papers are orthopedic retrospective clinical studies on arthroplasty complications, prosthetic joint infection, and perioperative risk, published in the Journal of Orthopaedics and twice in the Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. All three are middle authored, so none count toward the first or second author total.
Notable: co-authored a sports medicine poster abstract on injury risk in athletes. Held student leadership and advocacy roles in a harm reduction policy group, and led small group teaching and career advising sessions for first year students.
Reading this data
Research volume in this cohort is modest and mostly outside orthopedics. Of the 6 first or second authored papers across the five residents, only 1 is orthopedic, and 3 of the 5 residents have no orthopedic paper at all, including one with no public record found.
The two residents with orthopedic work show different shapes. PGY1-A has a single first authored arthroplasty paper alongside kidney research, while PGY1-E has three arthroplasty and infection studies, all middle authored and one dated after match day. Program weightings may change from year to year.
All data on this page was gathered from publicly available sources and verified to a high but not absolute degree of confidence. This profile is intended to give prospective applicants a general sense of what previously matched residents looked like, not to serve as a definitive or exhaustive record.
