Residency Match Canada · Program Research Profile
University of Manitoba
Orthopedic Surgery
2026 Match
What the research profiles of this year's 3 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, authorship, and notable activity, not just publication count.
Program Director: Dr. Ted Tufescu
3
spots filled this match cycle, unchanged from 3 in 2025. Every stat below describes this full cohort (n=3).
4.3
avg. confirmed publications
2.7
avg. first or second authored
1
avg. orthopedic relevant
0.7
avg. adjacent specialty research
Program context
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- A fair and transparent file review of the personal letter, MSPR, CV, and references, carried out by faculty, staff, and residents.
- Interview selection that follows the outcome of that file review.
- Strong interest in orthopedic surgery.
- Abstracts only as supporting research documents.
- Research and education experience discussed at interview.
- Once in the program, ongoing clinical research and a formal presentation at the annual residents research day.
Where research appears
Research appears in the file review as part of interest in the discipline, abstracts are the only research documents requested, and research and education experience are covered at interview.
51 to 200
applicants per year
76 to 100%
interview invite rate
Inference, not the program's wording
Research has no separate published weight, so no research share can be assigned, and the program does not publish exact weights. With a high invite rate, most files that are reviewed lead to an interview, so research is unlikely to decide who is invited and, if it matters at all, is more likely to matter in final ranking.
Gaps: Part of the program's selection goals text was truncated when collected, and CaRMS notes that not every applicant who meets the minimum criteria will be offered an interview.
Where this cohort came from
All three 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 could make individuals identifiable.
Per resident breakdown
Orthopedic relevant
Adjacent specialty research
Other medical
Six confirmed papers, every one first or second authored and all classed as other medical, concentrated in HIV immunology. The record mixes original experimental and methods work in Scientific Reports and the Journal of Immunological Methods with reviews in HIV Medicine and PLoS Pathogens. None of the published work is in orthopedics.
Notable: laboratory research carried out alongside combined graduate level training, with abstracts and posters presented at national conferences over several years. The record also includes one undergraduate microbiology paper completed prior to medical school.
One additional item reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and is excluded from the counts above.
Two confirmed papers, both as a contributing author and both classed as other medical. One is an experimental evolution study in microbiology published in G3, and the other is a bibliometric analysis of stem cell therapy for cardiovascular disease published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Neither is orthopedic or adjacent to the specialty.
Notable: completed an undergraduate summer research placement in a microbiology laboratory prior to medical school.
*Three of these papers carry 2026 publication dates after the match. They were most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication at the time of the match, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking against this profile.
2
adjacent specialty research
One additional item reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and is excluded from the counts above.
Five confirmed papers, all systematic reviews or meta-analyses on surgical topics. Three are directly orthopedic, two hand surgery reviews in the Journal of Hand and Microsurgery and a spine fixation meta-analysis in Global Spine Journal, and two are adjacent plastic surgery reviews in Plastic Surgery. The record is the only one in this cohort with published orthopedic work.
Notable: held a class leadership role early in medical school.
Reading this data
Research focus varies widely across this cohort, from first or second authored laboratory immunology work to a small set of laboratory and bibliometric papers to a surgical evidence synthesis record spanning hand, spine, and plastics. Only one of the three has published orthopedic work, so a track record in the specialty itself was not a requirement for matching here this cycle.
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.
