What the research profiles of this year's 7 incoming residents actually look like, by radiology relevance, presentations, and notable activity, not just publication count.
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- Bright, enthusiastic, and responsible learners who care for patients and work well with others
- Self motivated applicants who embrace learning opportunities
- Strong academic achievement, excellent interpersonal skills, and work ethic
- Problem solving skills, an equitable patient centred approach, and high ethical and professional standards
- Strong knowledge of radiology and applicable specialties, and a passion for radiology
- Capacity to support research, education, and other scholarship
Where research appears
In file review, research participation and publications are reviewed but are not mandatory, and the program says research is not a requirement and not heavily weighted, while at interview research projects are reviewed, if applicable, to understand the degree of involvement.
CMG stream, quota 6
51 to 200
applicants per year, with the program noting 80 to 100 over the past decade
26 to 50%
interview invite rate
40 to 45
interview capacity per year, as stated by the program
IMG stream, quota 1
0 to 50
applicants per year, with the program noting 40 to 60 over the past decade
0 to 25%
interview invite rate
8 to 10
interview capacity per year, as stated by the program
The program's own interview capacity figures are more direct than formula estimates from the ranges above, which would be about 13 to 100 for the CMG stream and 0 to 13 for the IMG stream.
Inference, not the program's wording
The program does not publish exact weights, and research has no separate weight. It can show commitment to scholarship in file review and at interview, but no research share can be assigned.
Gaps: The program does not state a rank list size, and its CaRMS listing is named Diagnostic Radiology.
Six residents in this cohort are Canadian medical graduates and one is an international medical graduate. 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.
* Includes 1 paper published after match day.
One of five confirmed papers is radiology relevant, a first-authored cardiovascular MRI review in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America, published after match day. The other four are other medical: two AI reviews in urologic oncology as a middle author (NPJ Digital Medicine and the Canadian Urological Association Journal) and two medical education papers (Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing and Academic Medicine, the latter published before medical school). The after-match paper was 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 an educational exhibit in cardiovascular imaging and co-ran a point-of-care ultrasound workshop for high school students. A published conference abstract on bladder cancer disparities is not counted, and public records list an undergraduate research project at McMaster on exercise, mood, and cognition.
Relevant undergraduate or masters research: volunteered in a structural biology lab at a pediatric hospital research institute as an undergraduate, and appears as a global health master's student at McMaster. Neither is tied to a published paper.
No publications were found in public sources. A zero here does not mean none exist, only that none were found.
Notable: presented a radiology education exhibit on teaching imaging to medical students and held student liaison roles on national interventional radiology trainee committees. Also co-chaired a student interest group on resource stewardship.
* Includes 1 paper published after match day.
All three confirmed papers are in healthcare sustainability and planetary health, with none radiology relevant. The resident is first author on an original study in Healthcare Quarterly published after match day, second author on a review in Healthcare Management Forum, and a late-position author on a medications and environment study in Canadian Family Physician. The after-match paper was 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: active in a provincial healthcare sustainability network, taking part in volunteer events and green health research initiatives.
Three confirmed papers, all second author, two of them radiology relevant and both in neuroimaging: an original CT angiography study in giant cell arteritis (Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences) and a case report on amyloid related imaging abnormalities (Emergency Radiology). The third is a neonatal nutrition study in Nutrients, published before medical school.
Notable: no presentations, leadership roles, or education work surfaced in public sources.
Five confirmed papers, none radiology relevant, but four are first or second authored. The resident is first author on a lupus cognition analysis, a primary care access study in PLoS ONE, and a large surgical outcomes cohort, using epidemiology and biostatistics methods on large datasets, mostly completed before or alongside medical school. The other two are a second-authored mental health survey study and a middle-authored lupus systematic review.
Notable: completed a graduate degree in a population health field before medical school, supported by competitive national research funding. Published conference abstracts in rheumatology and clinical neurology are not counted.
Five of six confirmed papers are radiology relevant, the most in the cohort, spanning interventional radiology, neuroimaging, stroke thrombectomy, and breast imaging. The strongest is a first-authored original study on breast lesion localization in Archives of Breast Cancer, and most of the rest are case reports, including first-authored ones in Journal of Endovascular Therapy and International Journal of Case Reports and Images. A middle-authored thrombectomy outcomes study in Brain Sciences is the other original clinical paper, and five of the six papers appeared in 2025.
Notable: served on a national interventional radiology trainee committee focused on radiation safety.
Both confirmed papers are radiology relevant, second-authored systematic reviews and meta-analyses applying radiomics to neuroimaging, one on pituitary tumors and one on intracranial aneurysms, both in Brain and Spine. Meta-analyses synthesize existing evidence rather than add new data, so the record is small but entirely focused on one method. A published conference abstract on the resident's interventional radiology project is not counted.
Notable: designed a new technology based guidance tool for an interventional radiology procedure as a final year project, the kind of new tool work that does not show in the counts. Presented it at national and international meetings and earned a project award.
Reading this data
Radiology specific publishing is the exception in this cohort, not the rule. Only 10 of the 24 confirmed papers are radiology relevant, three of the seven residents have none, and half of those 10 belong to a single profile. Where radiology work does exist, most of it sits in neuroimaging and interventional radiology, and it splits fairly evenly between case reports, reviews, and original clinical studies.
Radiology specific engagement outside publications shows up in four of seven profiles, through educational exhibits, trainee committee roles, and a technology driven interventional radiology project. Meanwhile research in unrelated fields appears in several matched profiles, including a first-author-heavy epidemiology record and a focused healthcare sustainability record, so this cohort suggests radiology publications are not a prerequisite. 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.
