Residency Match Canada · Program Research Profile
UBC Urology
2026 Match
What the research profiles of this year's 4 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance and notable activity, not just publication count.
Program Director: Dr. Thomas de los Reyes
4
spots filled this match cycle, unchanged from 4 in 2025. Every stat below describes this full cohort (n=4).
3.5
avg. confirmed publications
2.5
avg. first or second authored
Program context
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights*
File review
Interview
* Segments are equal width for display only. The program lists these components but does not state their weights.
What the program says it looks for
- A strong academic record
- Demonstrated interest and aptitude for urology and surgical procedures
- Commitment, resilience, grit and amicability
- Teachability, described as the most treasured trait, including active listening and quickly applying what is learned
- Careers that can include advocacy, entrepreneurship, governance, committee work, research and business development
Where research appears
File review treats research and publications as required to a certain extent, and the interview recognizes academic, extracurricular or personal achievement under scholarly activities.
51 to 200
applicants per year
26 to 50%
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 both file review and interview, so it can matter at both stages, but no research share can be assigned.
Gaps: The program does not state an interview count or rank list size, the CMG stream quota is not stated in the program data, and the 1 place Competitive Return of Service stream requires a Ministry of Health contract.
Where this cohort came from
Queen's University
University of British Columbia
Dalhousie University
All four 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
Adjacent specialty research
Other medical
0
adjacent specialty research
One confirmed publication, a fourth-authored hematology study in the Journal of Sickle Cell Disease on patient and caregiver hospital experiences, written with a large author team. It sits outside urology and its adjacent fields, so it counts as other medical.
Notable: student leadership centered on equity and access in medicine, including a national financial leadership role and academic mentorship for aspiring applicants, plus policy support work with an international human rights body. Worked in a professional field outside medicine before entering medical school.
No publications were found in public sources for this resident. 0 publications does not mean none exist, it only means none were found.
Relevant undergraduate or masters research: none found in public sources. Undergraduate background in biomedical studies.
Notable: competitive athletics at an elite national level, and early mentorship from practising urologists while exploring the specialty.
1
adjacent specialty research
Four confirmed publications, three of them first or second authored. Three are cardiology and cardiac surgery reviews in journals including Cardiology in Review and the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, which count as other medical, and one is a first-authored mixed-methods study on palliative care perceptions in gynecologic oncology, published in Gynecologic Oncology, which counts as adjacent. That oncology study is the only original data collection in the set, and there are no urology-specific papers yet.
Notable: first-authored a book chapter on perimenopause in a sexual psychology and behavior reference encyclopedia, reflecting psychology research. As non-medical work it is not counted above, but it adds research experience that sits alongside the clinical publications. Also recognized for medical humanities writing.
1
adjacent specialty research
Nine confirmed publications, seven of them first or second authored, including a first-authored paper in the Canadian Urological Association Journal on authorship equity in urology guidelines. A first-authored cohort study on older kidney transplant recipients in the Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease counts as adjacent specialty research. The rest is evidence synthesis and epidemiology, including a Journal of Clinical Epidemiology meta-research study, a Cochrane network meta-analysis protocol, a commentary, and two sole-authored editorials in a medical student journal. Two first-authored 2020 papers were completed prior to medical school.
Notable: presented research as posters at national meetings, including urology-focused work, and serves on the editorial board of a student-run medical journal. Graduate training in epidemiology and a research presentation award for the graduate project shape the evidence synthesis focus of the record.
Reading this data
Research profiles in this cohort range from none found in public sources to nine confirmed publications, so no single pattern defines it. Urology-specific publishing is rare across all four profiles, and most confirmed work sits in other fields, from hematology and cardiology to epidemiology and meta-research.
Where a resident has several publications, most carry first or second authorship, so volume came with leadership. 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.
