What the research profiles of this year's 3 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, presentations, and notable activity, not just publication count.
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residents in the program's inaugural cohort. The program began July 1, 2026, so there is no prior year to compare. CaRMS listed 2 positions, while the program reports 3 residents. Every stat below describes this full cohort (n=3).
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- Strong academic performance is needed to be considered for an interview.
- Interviews are chosen from the documents submitted through CaRMS.
- File review covers CV content, including research and publications.
- Past participation in research, and following projects through, is looked at.
- The interview explores interest and involvement in research.
- Program goals include learning basic research methods and taking part in research projects.
Where research appears
In CV file review and at interview, with supporting documents asking for abstracts only, and a curriculum that expects a research project each year, at least two suitable for meeting submission.
Numbers (CMG stream, program stated ranges)
0 to 50
applicants per year
0 to 25%
interview invite rate
Inference, not the program's wording
Because weights are not published, the page does not show how much research counts. Research appears inside the broader file review and interview. With an invite rate of up to 25%, file review is selective, so research in the file could matter for who is invited, but nothing here shows research alone decides an interview.
The CaRMS page shows five year average ranges for a program that is new as of July 1, 2026, its selection goals text was cut off in the source view, and the figures above cover the CMG stream only.
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.
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plastic surgery relevant
Work is concentrated in emergency medicine and pediatric care, with a strong thread on mental health care in emergency departments, alongside critical care reviews and pediatric COVID-19 studies. First or second authorship covers critical care, surgical epidemiology and pediatric mental health work. The record mixes observational studies, a systematic review and meta-analysis, narrative reviews and a population data science paper, published in journals such as CJEM, Internal and Emergency Medicine and BMJ Open. No confirmed paper is in plastic surgery or orthopedics, so the full count sits in other medical, and 0 relevant means none were found in public sources, not that none exist.
Notable: an abstract version of a first authored emergency department satisfaction study appeared in a journal supplement. Pre-medical-school research in a university kinesiology faculty produced 2 pediatric oncology exercise papers, both counted in other medical.
One correction notice was excluded from the count.
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plastic surgery relevant
The only confirmed publication is a chemistry paper from undergraduate research, published well before medical school and counted in other medical. No plastic surgery papers were found in indexed sources. Counts this low mean none were found in public sources, not that none exist.
Notable: a 2026 conference abstract, third of five authors, takes a meta-analytic approach to facial anatomy and safe injection zones. It is directly relevant to plastic surgery but is not counted, and it was published after match day.
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plastic surgery relevant
Two distinct strands. Six papers are in gynecologic oncology, covering ovarian, endometrial and rarer tumour types with preclinical models, drug screening and molecular subtype analysis, in journals such as Gynecologic Oncology, Oncogene and Modern Pathology. Three earlier papers on spine surgery outcomes and scaphoid fracture imaging came from medical school years and fall under orthopedics, with the scaphoid work close to hand surgery territory. Five items are first or second authored, including a first authored clinical study, while the larger laboratory collaborations carry middle authorship. No confirmed paper is directly in plastic surgery.
Notable: a thesis-based master's in gynecologic oncology, an undergraduate degree in kinesiology, and 2 years of earlier postgraduate training in another surgical specialty before moving to plastic surgery.
One correction notice tied to an already counted paper was excluded from the count.
Reading this data
Volume and shape vary widely across this inaugural cohort. One profile rests on 15 confirmed papers in emergency and pediatric care, another on 9 papers across gynecologic oncology and orthopedic imaging, and a third on a single early paper. No confirmed paper in any profile sits directly in plastic surgery.
One resident does have a 2026 conference abstract on facial anatomy that is directly relevant to plastic surgery but is not counted, a reminder that counts understate very recent work. Laboratory science, health services research and prior degrees all appear across the group. The program describes research as part of file review and interview without published weights, and this is a first cohort of 3 in a brand new program. Program weightings may change from year to year.
