Residency Match Canada · Program Research Profile
University of Toronto PM&R
2026 Match
What the research profiles of this year's 4 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, authorship, and notable activity, not just publication count.
Program Director: Dr. Kimberly (Kim) Coros
4
spots filled this match cycle, unchanged from 4 in 2025. Every stat below describes this full cohort (n=4).
1.75
avg. confirmed publications
1
avg. first or second authored
0.25
avg. adjacent specialty research
Program context
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- Evidence of interest in PM&R through observerships, electives or related experience
- Solid academic standing, excellent communication, leadership and research activities
- A collegial attitude and interest in diverse populations
- Desirably, interest in medical education
- Candidates not meeting these criteria will not be considered further
- Discipline electives are highly encouraged, with no on-site requirement
Where research appears
File review looks at scholarship, research and publications on the CV, judged by involvement in research activities, the interview judges scholarly activities through discussion of scholarly achievements, and the curriculum requires at least one research project during residency.
0 to 50
applicants per year
51 to 75%
interview invite rate
Inference, not the program's wording
Research has no separate weight. It is listed as a priority criterion and appears at file review and interview, so it can help with shortlisting, but the program publishes no weights and no research share can be assigned.
Gaps: Only the Toronto CMG stream (quota 4) is listed, and the program does not state an interview count.
Where this cohort came from
University of Toronto
McMaster University
Western University
Queen's 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 profiles below.
Per resident breakdown
PM&R relevant
Adjacent specialty research (orthopedics, neurology)
Other medical
1
adjacent specialty research
One paper in each category, and two of the three are first or second authored. The directly relevant paper is a second-authored review, the closest this cohort comes to core PM&R research. The adjacent paper is middle-authored. The first-authored paper is basic science from an earlier graduate degree, counted as other medical and completed prior to medical school.
Notable: National-level student leadership in physiatry, plus equity and diversity committee work and a student leadership award. Earlier background includes a graduate research degree and clinical rehabilitation-related work.
Two additional listings on an aggregator site were excluded because they could not be verified as separate publications.
No confirmed publications, abstracts, or presentations were found in public sources for this resident, so this card shows no bar or stat grid. The profile is built on leadership and advocacy rather than research output, which is a reminder that a match is not decided by publication count alone.
Notable: Served on a national physiatry student committee, helped organize national teaching series to raise awareness of physiatry among medical students, and advocated for disability awareness and adaptive health resources. Also held a student chapter leadership role.
Zero confirmed publications does not mean none exist. It only means none were found in public sources.
Name-only matches from unrelated sources were excluded because they could not be tied to this resident.
0
adjacent specialty research
The single first-authored paper is a musculoskeletal rehabilitation study, which is directly relevant to PM&R. The other two confirmed papers are middle-authored basic physiology studies, both from undergraduate research and completed prior to medical school.
Notable: A run of conference abstracts and oral and poster presentations across undergraduate and medical training. Sustained youth mentorship leadership, alongside involvement in several medical student interest groups.
A duplicate listing for the relevant paper was counted once, and an unrelated same-name listing was excluded.
0
adjacent specialty research
One confirmed paper, a second-authored scoping review outside PM&R and its adjacent fields, counted as other medical and completed prior to medical school. The record is small, but the interests shown elsewhere on the profile point clearly toward rehabilitation medicine.
Notable: Presented undergraduate research at an international conference, held clinical research studentships during medical school, and worked in a student rehabilitation role. Received several academic scholarships and awards, and participated in rehabilitation and mental health focused student groups.
Written descriptions on this page are intentionally general to protect resident privacy. Counts and authorship figures are unchanged.
Reading this data
Research volume in this cohort was modest and uneven. Seven confirmed publications were spread across four residents, one resident had none, and only two of the seven were directly PM&R relevant. A match did not require a deep publication record, and the largest share of papers, four of seven, was other medical research, all of it completed before medical school.
What recurs instead is leadership and service. Student leadership in physiatry, advocacy, mentorship, and rehabilitation experience show up across the profiles, and adjacent specialty research appears in just one of four. 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.
