What the research profiles of this year's 13 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty 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
- Aptitude for independent learning and organization, and knowledge of and interest in the specialty
- Academic potential, plus technical and non-technical aptitude for anesthesia
- Ability to handle stress, communication skills, teamwork and leadership potential, and professionalism
- Extracurricular participation and diversity, with strengths from lived experience valued beyond academics or research
- Strong letters of recommendation, interview performance, personal letter and CV, and references and MSPR that suggest problem solving skills and knowledge
- Stream specific: IMG applicants need anesthesia exposure, an anesthesiologist reference letter and a return of service contract, and the Montfort stream assesses fluency in French and English
Where research appears
Research and publications are scored at file review with the same standardized matrix wording as every other file component, with no research specific detail, and the interview assesses scholarly activities with behavioral or situational questions like its other components.
201 to 400
applicants per year
0 to 25%
interview invite rate
Inference, not the program's wording
Research has no separate weight and no research specific detail beyond the shared matrix. It is one scored component among many at file review and interview, so it can matter at both stages, but the program publishes no weights and no research share can be assigned.
Gaps: Figures are the same across the three streams (Ottawa CMG quota 10, Montfort Bilingual CMG quota 1, new for 2026, and Ottawa IMG quota 2), and the program does not state an interview count or rank list size.
Eleven residents in this cohort are Canadian medical graduates and two are international medical graduates. Schools are shown as a set only, with international graduates combined into one pill, and are not matched to the individual research profiles below, since with a cohort this small that pairing would make individuals identifiable.
No confirmed publications were found for this resident, so there is no bar. Zero confirmed publications does not mean none exist, it only means none were found in public sources.
Notable: Presented a scoping review poster on health literacy and shared decision-making at a research showcase during medical school.
* Includes 2 papers dated 2026, most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication.
0
adjacent specialty research
Two papers, both outside the specialty: a co-first-authored qualitative study of a student-led outreach program for isolated seniors, and a middle-authored editorial on mapping chronic pain guidelines. Chronic pain work is classed as other medical here rather than anesthesia relevant. Both are 2026 papers.
Notable: Involved in a student-led community outreach program, which the co-first-authored study evaluates. No presentations or awards were found in public sources.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
0
adjacent specialty research
One middle-authored physiology paper from undergraduate research on calcium signalling, classed as other medical and outside the specialty. It follows an honours degree in physiology and pharmacology with several terms of lab research.
Notable: Presented a first-authored poster at a medical student research day, held a national undergraduate research award and a gastroenterology association summer scholarship, and spent several years in student leadership on a large cultural production, finishing as its executive director.
* Includes 1 paper dated 2026, most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication.
0
adjacent specialty research
A broad record of nine papers, two of them second authored and the rest middle authored, with only one on specialty, a 2026 national survey of perioperative care for kidney transplant recipients. The rest cluster around healthcare quality and informatics: frameworks and indicators for measuring workplace violence, a telehealth quality improvement study, and a methods paper on using language models to screen systematic reviews, published in a leading general internal medicine journal. One basic science lab assay paper was completed prior to medical school.
Notable: Completed a master's in health informatics prior to medicine and worked as a data scientist, which accounts for the informatics tilt of the record. Also hosted a clinical skills workshop at a national student leadership conference and held a research student role at a hospital research institute. Also co-authored two urology conference abstracts, which are not counted.
* Includes 1 paper dated 2026, most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication.
0
adjacent specialty research
Three review papers, all in oncology and medical genetics, one of them first-authored (2025, on a class of breast cancer drugs). The middle-authored work covers breast cancer brain metastases (2026) and disparities in genetic testing for inherited heart disease. None are on specialty.
Notable: Completed a short research placement in a neurovascular imaging lab and led a quality improvement project on patient perspectives in a neurovascular clinic. Served on an institutional race equality forum. Also first-authored two conference abstracts, including one on that project, which are not counted.
No confirmed publications were found for this resident, so there is no bar. Zero confirmed publications does not mean none exist, it only means none were found in public sources.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
Notable: No presentations, leadership roles or awards were found in public sources.
0
adjacent specialty research
A single first-authored paper, a scoping review of artificial intelligence for diagnosing perioperative cardiac ischaemia from ECGs. It is squarely on specialty, and one of only three residents in this cohort with any anesthesia relevant work. Scoping reviews synthesize existing literature rather than generate new data.
Notable: No presentations, leadership roles or awards were found in public sources.
0
adjacent specialty research
Three middle-authored population health papers on diabetes in Ontario, built on large administrative datasets (risk prediction validation, multimorbidity and mortality). None are on specialty and none are first or second authored, but the record is coherent and tied to a single research group.
Notable: An academic excellence award during undergraduate studies. No presentations or leadership roles were found in public sources.
* Includes 1 paper dated 2026, most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication.
0
adjacent specialty research
One middle-authored 2026 retrospective cohort study in nephrology, outside the specialty. Non-medical food studies and education research from a prior degree is also published and is not counted.
Notable: Leads case development for an online anesthesia curriculum, one of the few specialty-specific education roles in the cohort. Trained and worked as a registered dietitian before medicine, and also held teaching assistant and research assistant roles and moderated a global health learning session.
0
adjacent specialty research
Four papers in tumour immunology, all from a master's research lab completed prior to medical school: one second-authored (2025) and three middle-authored, covering engineered natural killer cell therapies for solid tumours. None are on specialty. Author lists on this lab work are large, typical of team-based immunology research.
Notable: Founded a medical student association, co-founded an immunology podcast, held a provincial graduate fellowship, and worked in industry immunology research before medicine.
* Includes 2 papers dated 2026, most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication.
0
adjacent specialty research
The most specialty focused record in the cohort: two first-authored 2026 papers on cutting energy use and emissions from regional anesthesia ultrasound equipment, one an original study and one a letter. An earlier first-authored plant biology paper from undergraduate research is not medical and is not charted.
Notable: Presented at specialty society meetings, co-led a medical school anesthesiology interest group, and served as an athletic director for a student association. Undergraduate research background in plant biology.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
* Includes 2 papers dated 2026, most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication.
1
adjacent specialty research
Three first or second authored papers: a first-authored 2026 orthopaedic arthroplasty cohort study on acute kidney injury after antibiotic spacer use, a first-authored meta-epidemiological study of representation in critical care trials, which charts as adjacent specialty research and was completed prior to medical school, and a second-authored sports medicine review. A middle-authored 2026 arthroplasty study and a middle-authored health research evidence mapping paper make five in total.
Notable: Held two student association vice president roles as an undergraduate, played varsity soccer with community service awards, and co-founded a youth non-profit.
* Includes 1 paper dated 2026, most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication.
1
adjacent specialty research
Two middle-authored papers: a 2026 scoping review of gastric point-of-care ultrasound in emergency and critical care, classed as adjacent specialty research, and a 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis on adjunctive therapy for endocarditis, classed as other medical. A 2021 sport psychology conference abstract from an undergraduate honours project is described here rather than counted.
Notable: Received a student research grant for an equity-focused oncology project, completed two honours undergraduate degrees, and spent several years as an assistant coach for a university team.
Reading this data
Research output in this cohort was modest and uneven. The median resident has 2 confirmed publications (mean 2.5), 2 of 13 have none attributable from public sources, and a single resident accounts for 9 of the 33 total papers. Only 11 of those 33 papers are first or second authored, so most of the record is middle-authored team work.
Anesthesia specific research is rare: 4 of 33 papers, spread across 3 residents, with one resident holding 2 of them. Critical care crossover appears in 2 of 13 profiles. Most papers (27 of 33) sit in unrelated medical fields, often tied to a prior degree or research year. Taken together, the cohort suggests that specialty specific publications were not a prerequisite for matching to this program this cycle. Note that 10 of the 33 papers are dated 2026 and may have been submitted or in preparation at the time of application. 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.
