Residency Match Canada · Program Research Profile
McMaster Orthopedic Surgery
2026 Match
What the research profiles of this year's 5 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, authorship, and notable activity, not just publication count.
Program Director: Dr. Jeffrey Kay
5
spots filled this match cycle. This is the first year we are tracking this program, so no year-over-year comparison is available yet.
4.2
avg. confirmed publications
0.6
avg. adjacent specialty research
Program context
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- A strong personal letter, references and academic record
- Demonstrated interest in orthopedic surgery at interview
- Strong teamwork, sound decision making and organization
- Excellent communication with patients, colleagues and other health professionals
- Motivation and commitment to mastery across CanMEDS roles
- A commitment to lifelong learning
Where research appears
In file review, the CV lists current research projects and publications, and at interview, involvement in orthopedics through electives and research counts toward discipline interest while scholarly activities are judged on academic success and research experience.
51 to 200
applicants per year
51 to 75%
interview invite rate
About 26 to 150 Estimate only
interviews per year
Estimate calculated as 51 applicants at a 51 percent invite rate to 200 applicants at a 75 percent invite rate. It is not an interview count stated by the program.
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 in interview discipline interest and scholarly activities, so it can help at both stages.
Gaps: The CMG and IMG streams share identical selection wording but have different supporting documentation requirements.
Where this cohort came from
McMaster University
University of Toronto
IMG
4 of 5 residents are Canadian medical graduates and 1 is an International Medical Graduate. Schools are shown as a set only and are not matched to the individual profiles below.
Per resident breakdown
Ortho relevant
Adjacent specialty research
Other medical
2
adjacent specialty research
A mix of core orthopedic work and adjacent specialty work, with 3 of 5 papers first authored. One paper is a methods study that tested a new approach rather than reviewing existing literature, the only new-protocol work on this card.
Notable: community advocacy and mentorship work with underrepresented students, along with public speaking on health equity.
One item reported in the original research was found to belong to an unconnected research team and is excluded from the counts above.
0
adjacent specialty research
The most tightly focused profile in the cohort, with every confirmed paper relevant to orthopedics and 3 of 5 first authored. The work is analysis of existing literature rather than newly built protocols, but the consistency of subject matter is itself a signal.
Notable: a senior student government leadership role.
Several items reported as conference presentations could not be independently confirmed and are not listed.
0
adjacent specialty research
The lightest research record in the cohort by publication count. The sole confirmed paper sits outside orthopedics, and authorship position could not be confirmed, so it is reported as middle, position unconfirmed.
Notable: hands-on athletic training and conditioning experience before medicine, which builds familiarity with musculoskeletal training and injury outside formal publication.
A conference abstract was also reported and is not counted in the totals above.
1
adjacent specialty research
The highest volume in the cohort, but most of it sits outside orthopedics, in health research built largely before medical school. One paper is directly relevant to orthopedics and one is adjacent, and a first-authored piece bridges toward surgical education. Three confirmed papers are trial protocols or randomized trials rather than literature reviews, the most new-protocol work of anyone in this cohort.
No additional non-research activity was reported for this resident.
0
adjacent specialty research
A small record split evenly between a middle-authored paper relevant to orthopedics and a basic science paper from before medical school. The basic science paper reports a new experiment rather than a review.
No additional non-research activity was reported for this resident.
Written descriptions on this page are intentionally general to protect resident privacy. Counts and authorship figures are unchanged.
Reading this data
Publication volume and specialty focus move in different directions across this cohort. PGY1-D has the most total papers (8) but only 1 directly relevant to orthopedics, while PGY1-B has 5 of 5 directly relevant and no new-protocol work. Depth in one specialty and breadth in new methodology appear to trade off rather than stack.
Adjacent specialty work shows up in two of five profiles this cycle. New protocol or methods work, as opposed to reviews of existing literature, appears in three of five profiles and is concentrated in residents with broader research backgrounds before medicine. 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.
