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    Department

    • Max Rady College of Medicine | Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

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    CaRMS match

    • R-1 (Main Residency Match)

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    Accreditation

    • Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

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    Expected duration

    • 6 years

Manitoba’s sole tertiary referral centre for cardiac disease

With a catchment area of over two million people, you’ll be exposed to over 1,100 adult cardiac bypass surgeries per year in the dedicated 15-bed Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Winnipeg’s prestigious St. Boniface Hospital—one of the larger cardiac surgery centres in Canada.

Inter-university agreement with the University of Alberta 

Training for cardiac transplantation and pediatric cardiac surgery is provided at the University of Alberta in Edmonton through a Royal College approved affiliation agreement.

Program details

Complete residency details, including program curriculum, application requirements and selection criteria can be found on the Canadian Resident Matching Service website.

How to apply for residencies

  • To be considered for admission to any residency at the University of Manitoba, you must apply through the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS).

    CaRMS is a national, independent, not-for-profit, fee-for-service organization that provides a fair, objective and transparent application and matching service for medical training throughout Canada.

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Contact us

Surgery
Max Rady College of Medicine
AE101-820 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9 Canada

204-787-4587
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