Residency Match Canada · Program Research Profile
University of Toronto
Plastic Surgery
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. Kyle Wanzel
4
spots filled this match cycle, unchanged from 4 in 2025. Every stat below describes this full cohort (n=4).
10.25
avg. confirmed publications
4
avg. first or second authored
2.25
avg. plastics relevant
1.25
avg. adjacent specialty research
Program context
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights
Interview score 20%
Not itemized by the program
What the program says it looks for
- Academic excellence, leadership, reference quality and research productivity are used to select applicants for interview
- At interview, applicants must show understanding of CanMEDS values and discuss their credentials and attributes
- A do not rank status may be invoked by consensus only
- Final rank order follows group discussion, with consensus adjustment reserved for program priority and diversity
- Examinations are not evaluated, and the MCCQE requirement was removed
Where research appears
File review has a dedicated Research/Publications component reviewed by five independent assessors, research productivity is a factor in selecting for interview, and the interview evaluates scholarly activities, with previous scholarly activity preferred.
51 to 200
applicants per year
0 to 25%
interview invite rate
Inference, not the program's wording
Research has no separate weight within the file portion, but it is one of the factors used to select for interview, and scholarly activities are evaluated separately at interview. The only numeric weight given is 20 percent for the interview score, so 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
McGill University
Queen's University
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
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
Plastics relevant
Adjacent specialty research (orthopedics)
Other medical
0
adjacent specialty research
The largest record in the cohort by volume, and almost all of it sits outside plastics. Fifteen of sixteen papers come from a single non-plastics research area, mostly as a middle author on large multi-author team projects. First or second authorship appears on three papers. The only plastics-directed paper is a co-first-authored health policy study within the specialty's scope. The count also includes non-article items from the same body of non-plastics work.
Notable: Co-designed and delivered an ongoing plastic surgery education curriculum for medical students. This education work is described here, not counted. Also presented a poster at a national specialty meeting.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
5
adjacent specialty research
The cohort's only orthopedics crossover, and a deep one: five of eleven papers sit in the adjacent specialty, including a first-authored systematic review. Six papers are first or second authored. The one plastics-directed paper is second-authored. The remaining five span several unrelated medical fields, including one first-authored paper completed prior to medical school. Five papers carry 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.
Notable: Presented research orally at a national specialty meeting and contributed to a conference abstract at an international meeting.
0
adjacent specialty research
The most plastics-concentrated record in the cohort, with half of all papers directly in the specialty. The work mixes formats: a first-authored review, a first-authored case report, and two middle-authored laboratory studies, the only lab-based plastics research in the cohort. The other four papers are outside plastics, two of them tied to a graduate degree. Four of eight papers are first or second authored. The most recent plastics paper carries a publication date after the match; it was 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.
Notable: Delivered a podium presentation at an international specialty meeting and won a student research award. Held a student research leadership role. Completed a graduate degree, which accounts for much of the non-plastics research in this profile.
0
adjacent specialty research
The smallest record in the cohort, and the one most focused on specialty education research. Two of the three plastics papers study plastic surgery training and recruitment itself, one as first author and one as second author. The third is a meta-analysis in a plastics subspecialty. The other three papers are outside plastics. Three of the six are first or second authored, and three are online ahead of print rather than in a final issue. One plastics paper carries a publication date after the match; it was 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.
Notable: Held a student editorial leadership role, and a conference abstract from an earlier project.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed and are excluded from the counts above.
Written descriptions on this page are intentionally general to protect resident privacy. Counts and authorship figures are unchanged.
Reading this data
Volume and specialty relevance moved in opposite directions in this cohort. The largest record, 16 papers, is almost entirely outside plastics, while the two smaller records are the most specialty-focused, with half of their papers directly in plastics. Across all four residents, only 9 of 41 papers are plastics relevant, and 27 of 41 sit in other medical fields.
One pattern held for every resident: each has at least one first or second authored paper directly in plastics, even where the rest of the record lies elsewhere. Orthopedics crossover appears in just one profile, but a deep one, and the cohort's backgrounds range widely across basic science, clinical research, and surgical education. 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.
