Residency Match Canada · Program Research Profile
NOSM University Urology
2026 Match
What the research profiles of this year's 2 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, authorship, and notable activity, not just publication count.
Program Director: Dr. Walid Shahrour
2
spots filled this match cycle, unchanged from 2 in 2025. Every stat below describes this full cohort (n=2).
2
avg. confirmed publications
1
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 and a strong interest in urology, including urology electives, which are considered important
- Reference letters from urologists describing motivation, aptitude, maturity, interpersonal skills, ethical behaviour, and empathy
- Strong surgical and procedural aptitude, shown through surgical rotations, electives, scholarly activities, and conference involvement
- Superior clinical communication, with compassion and empathy
- Collaborative teamwork, professionalism, resilience, and self directed learning
- Fit for a hands on, distributed rural and northern program
Where research appears
In file review, research is judged by past achievements and interest in future scholarly activity, and scholarly activities are explicitly not formally evaluated at interview.
0 to 50
applicants per year
76 to 100%
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 as past achievement and future interest, so it can help shortlisting, but no research share can be assigned.
Gaps: The page notes that, as the program's third year, these applicant and invite figures are not yet established averages, and it does not state an interview count or rank list size.
Where this cohort came from
Dalhousie University
Queen's University
Both 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
Urology relevant
Other medical
* 2 of these papers were published after match day.
Two of three confirmed papers are first authored, a urologic oncology case report in the Canadian Urological Association Journal and an orthopedic retrospective cohort study in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, with the third a pediatric urology scoping review in the Journal of Pediatric Urology. Both first-authored papers were published after match day and were 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 research at a national urology meeting, with a science undergraduate background before entering medicine.
The one confirmed paper is a middle-authored, population-based retrospective cohort study in World Journal of Urology on emergency drainage outcomes in urosepsis. A separate stand-alone conference abstract, on which this resident is second author, was released after match day and is not counted, since abstracts are not treated as publications. Abstract versions of the published study are likewise not counted.
Notable: entered medicine with prior health care training and has a stated interest in pelvic health within urology.
Reading this data
Confirmed research output in this cohort is modest in absolute terms, 4 papers across 2 residents, and the two profiles differ in shape. PGY1-A's record includes first-authored work in both urology and orthopedics, while PGY1-B's single confirmed paper is a middle-authored population-based study.
Only one of the two profiles includes first-authored urology work, and most of the first-authored output was published after match day. With two residents from a single program year, this page is best read as an illustration of profile shape rather than a benchmark for what the program expects. 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.
