Calgary - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University of CalgaryCalgary, AlbertaCMG stream
- 2 positions
- 5 years
- CMG
- Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- 0–50
- 26–50%
- Accredited
- 35556
Summary
- This is a 5-year otolaryngology–head and neck surgery residency that takes two residents per year.
- Residents rotate through ENT services at five Calgary hospitals, with three elective blocks and a two-month selective in the final three years.
- Residents must complete a research project and take home call.
Training
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Sites
8 teaching sites
- Alberta Children's Hospital
- Foothills Medical Centre
- Peter Lougheed Centre
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- Rockyview General Hospital
- Calgary South Health Campus
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre / Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
- Richmond Road Diagnostic Treatment Centre
- Private offices of Otolaryngology staff
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Early independence
- Small program
- Research
- Required · research project
- Call
- Home call · frequency “1-in-4”
- Highlights
- Optional one-week outreach rotations in the NWT and Yukon with a staff otolaryngologist.
- Junior residents are often the only resident on an ENT rotation.
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- electives (final three years · three blocks)
- selective (final three years · two month)
- head and neck pathology (final three years)
- radiology (final three years)
- radiation oncology (final three years)
Selection
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Applicants offered interviews
- 26–50%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 26 Jan 2027
- Mode
- Virtual
- Format
- MMI or rotating station
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
| PGY-3 | $80,058 / year |
| PGY-4 | $86,281 / year |
| PGY-5 | $92,698 / year |
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks/yr
- Call Stipends
- weekday in-house – $118.02weekend in-house / holiday – $178.72weekday home call – $59.01weekend home call / holiday – $89.35
- CMPA dues paid
- $1,500
- Dental plan
- 75% premium paid
- Educational leave
- 14 days paid leave
- Extended health insurance
- 75% premium paid$1000 per year Flexible Spending Account*
- Frequency of calls
- In-house call: 7/28. 2/4 weekend call.Home call: 9/28. 2/4 weekend call**A Resident scheduled on Home call but who is required to work more than four hours in hospital during the call period, of which more than one full hour is past 12:00 a.m. and before 6:00 a.m., or more than six (6) hours in hospital during the call period, shall be remunerated at the rate for In-House call.$100 per day for each scheduled weekend day of patient rounds when not on-call
- Life insurance
- 100% towards $150,000 coverage
- Life Support Course Costs (Program Approved
- 100% paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- 100% paid for 75% gross income
- Maternity Leave
- 18 weeks total (17 weeks paid to match 90% of salary when combined with EI)
- Parental Leave
- 2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits;52 weeks (inclusive of Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leaves) – unpaid leave
- Practice Stipend
- $1,500
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- .95%
- Sick leave
- Up to 3 months or to end contract paid leave, whichever occurs first
- Statutory holidays
- Paid days. Additional days off are given if resident works the day before and part of a named holiday.
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
Teaching sites
- Alberta Children's Hospital (Calgary)
- Foothills Medical Centre (Calgary)
- Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary)
- Rockyview General Hospital (Calgary)
- Calgary South Health Campus (Calgary)
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre / Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre (Calgary)
- Richmond Road Diagnostic Treatment Centre (Calgary)
- Private offices of Otolaryngology staff
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
Contacts
Grouped by the titles CaRMS lists. The program office (administrators and coordinators) usually answers questions about the program and applying; the director leads the training.
Program officeadministrators and coordinators
Program director
Dr. Derrick Randall
Program Director
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Location
Calgary, Alberta
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About the city
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Climate
- January average
- −7.6 °C
- July average
- 16.9 °C
- Snowfall
- 138.7 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 21.6 days a year
People
- Population
- 1,306,784 people
- Official languages
- English only 90.8% · French only 0.1% · English and French 6.6% · neither 2.5%
- Immigrants
- 33.3% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 3.2% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 83.2% · public transit 8.8% · walking or cycling 5.1% · other 2.9%
- Median household income
- $98,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- Calgary, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.106
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 4.9%
- Basic cost of living
- $59,153 a year
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3%
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Very good
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage