Residency Match Canada · Program Research Profile
McGill Plastic Surgery
2026 Match
What the research profiles of this year's 3 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, presentations, and notable activity, not just publication count.
Program Director: Dr. Domenick (Dino) Zammit
3
spots filled this match cycle, unchanged from 3 in 2025. Every stat below describes this full cohort (n=3).
6
avg. confirmed publications
3.7
avg. first or second authored
1.7
avg. plastics relevant
Program context
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- Broad experience across the application
- Strong academic performance
- Involvement in extracurricular activities
- Research, with a strong interest in plastic surgery shown through research and performance
- CanMEDS attributes
- The ability to learn and adapt
Where research appears
File review looks at research, publications and presentations on the CV, and the interview covers research participation and the ability to describe projects.
0 to 50
applicants per year, about 35 on average
0 to 25%
interview invite rate
Inference, not the program's wording
The program does not publish exact weights, and research has no separate weight. It appears in file review and at interview, and with a low invite rate the file review is selective, so research can help at the invitation stage, but no research share can be assigned.
Gaps: The program does not state an interview count, and some of its goals and selection text was cut off in the source view, so the description may be incomplete.
Where this cohort came from
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. International medical graduates are grouped under a single IMG label.
Per resident breakdown
Plastic surgery relevant
Other medical
* Includes 2 publications dated after the match, which may have been submitted before the CaRMS deadline or in progress at application time.
Half of the eight confirmed papers are plastic surgery relevant, led by two first-authored original studies in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, which carry the most weight, plus a first-authored narrative review and a second-authored craniofacial case report, both in Cureus. The other four are case reports and a case series across general surgery, endocrine, and otolaryngology topics. Both original studies are dated after the match, most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking against this profile.
Notable: co-authored two conference abstracts on endocrine surgery topics. Had pre-residency experience in a plastic and reconstructive surgery division, with involvement in surgical education and intern mentorship.
All seven confirmed papers sit outside plastic surgery, centered on otolaryngology and head and neck oncology, with some dermatology public health and physician advocacy work. Three are first or second authored, including a first-authored multicenter chart review in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the strongest original data in the record, and a first-authored review in Current Oncology. The remaining four are middle-authored on larger team papers.
Notable: presented first-authored research at an international specialty meeting and held a leadership role in a medical student society. Also a named contributor on a surgical education conference report, which is not counted in the total above.
* Includes 1 publication dated after the match, which may have been submitted before the CaRMS deadline or in progress at application time.
Three confirmed papers, one plastic surgery relevant: a first-authored letter in Microsurgery on free flap reconstruction, which is commentary with no original data. The second first-authored paper is an observational social media study in Cancer Control, and the third is a middle-authored contribution to a large PLOS Climate article. The Cancer Control study is dated after the match, most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking against this profile.
Notable: presented a poster as a medical student and co-authored a conference abstract in oncology, neither of which is counted in the total above.
Reading this data
Plastic surgery specific research is uneven across this cohort, ranging from four relevant papers to none, yet every profile includes first or second authored work and clinical research outside plastics. For an applicant, that suggests research habit and breadth can matter alongside a plastics specific publication list.
The two plastics specific original studies in this cohort are both dated after the match, so the plastics relevant totals are best read with that in mind. 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.
