Calgary - Vascular Surgery
University of CalgaryCalgary, AlbertaCMG stream
From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version
- 1 position
- 6 years
- CMG
- Vascular Surgery
- 51–200
- 51–75%
- Accredited
- 29581
Summary
The University of Calgary Vascular Surgery Residency Program offers comprehensive training in a large volume quaternary referral service covering southern Alberta, western Saskatchewan, and eastern British Columbia. The program provides extensive clinical exposure, research opportunities, and a strong focus on teaching across five major hospital sites in Calgary.
Training
- Research
- Research is highly encouraged, with opportunities in basic science, clinical outcomes, and medical education. Potential participation in Royal College Clinical Investigator or Surgeon Scientist Programs.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across five major hospital sites in Calgary, with the primary base at Peter Lougheed Centre. The program serves a catchment population of approximately 3.2 million persons.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBD) with progressive independence, emphasizing comprehensive clinical exposure, weekly academic sessions, and continuous evaluation through EPA and ITER assessments.
- Setting types
- Academic medical center
- Trauma hospital
- Community teaching hospital
- Quaternary referral center
- Focus areas
- Vascular Surgery
- Complex Aortic Procedures
- Limb Preservation
- Vascular Risk Reduction
- Patient populations
- Vascular surgery patients
- Trauma patients
- Pediatric patients
- Complex aortic case patients
- Limb preservation patients
- Highlights
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBD)
- University of Toronto Boot Camp
- Surgical Foundations Boot Camp
- Protected academic time on Thursday afternoons
- Weekly vascular and interventional radiology rounds
- Research opportunities
- Elective rotations possible across Canada
- Strengths
- Quaternary referral center
- Large volume complex cases
- Dedicated faculty committed to teaching
- Multiple research opportunities
- Comprehensive training across diverse clinical settings
- Enhanced skills
- Advanced Aortic Fellowship Program
By year
- PGY-1
- University of Toronto Boot Camp1 week
- Surgical Foundations Boot Camp1 week
- Surgical FoundationsThroughout first year
Selection
- What the program looks at
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Reference letters
- Personal letter
- CV
- Electives
- Interview performance
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Applicants offered interviews
- 51–75%
Interviews
- Dates (2026 match)
- 22 Jan 2026
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 |
| PGY-6 | $98,414 / 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
- Peter Lougheed Centre
- Foothills Medical Centre
- Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre
- Alberta Children's Hospital
- Rockyview General Hospital
- South Health Campus
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
Unfilled positions in past years
No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.
Contacts
Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.
The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).
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