Kingston - Neurosurgery
Queen’s UniversityKingston, OntarioCMG streamNew for 2027
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 1
- Length
- 6
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Interviews
Not stated on CaRMS page
Kingston, 3 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Hospitalists, physician assistants and nurse practitioners manage ward logistics, freeing residents for operative time.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Senior residents co-manage the Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit with the Neuro-Intensivist.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- Queen's Neurosurgery is a 6-year residency accepting one resident annually, pending accreditation.
- Training is based at Kingston General Hospital, a Level-1 Trauma Centre, with Hotel Dieu Hospital as a secondary site and pediatric neurosurgery at CHEO in Ottawa.
- PGY-4 includes a mandatory 13-block research rotation, with support for Master's or PhD pathways.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Focus areas
- Small program
- Research
- Required · research project · protected time
By year
- PGY-1
- Neurosurgery5 Blocks
- Neurology3 Blocks
- General Surgery2 Blocks
- Neuroradiology2 Blocks
- Emergency Medicine1 Block
- PGY-2
- Neurosurgery7 Blocks
- Critical Care Medicine and Neurocritical Care Medicine3 Blocks
- Pediatric Neurosurgery3 Blocks
- PGY-3
- Neurosurgery9 Blocks
- Vascular Surgery2 Block
- Plastic Surgery/Peripheral Nerve2 Block
- PGY-4
- Research/Electives13 Blocks
- PGY-5
- Neurosurgery (Part of Chief Rotation)10 Blocks
- Pediatric Neurosurgery3 Blocks
Other rotations
- Neurosurgery (Part of Chief Rotation) (PGY-6 (Core of Discipline and Transition to Practice) · 10 Blocks)
- Neuropathology (PGY-6 (Core of Discipline and Transition to Practice) · 3 Blocks)
Where you train
Kingston, Ontario: 3 teaching sites.
- Kingston General Hospital
- Hotel Dieu Hospital
- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Ottawa)
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 1 of 3, Lumeo at 2.
Hospital facts
What official sources say for hospitals named above, each with its source and the date we read it. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.
- Clinical record
- Lumeo regional health information system, fully electronic record since Dec 2024
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Clinical record
- Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.
About Kingston
People
132,485residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.4%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−7.0 °CJanuary mean20.8 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
How they choose
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Format
- Virtual
- Panel
Info sessions
None listed on the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) (read 20 Oct 2026) or on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026). Programs add sessions through the fall.
4 Neurosurgery info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $73,367 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,670 / year |
| PGY-3 | $85,564 / year |
| PGY-4 | $92,701 / year |
| PGY-5 | $98,567 / year |
| PGY-6 | $104,167 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 7 nights in 28 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No new patient responsibilities after 24 hours in-hospital, except what clinical handover needs
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 24 hours in-hospital, then relieved after handover (up to 2 hours)
Past matches
No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.
What this means
- A position can go unfilled because of where the site is, because it is open to IMGs only or to another restricted stream, or because the quota changed late.
- It says nothing about the quality of the training or how heavy the workload is.
- A site’s numbers are shown when it had positions open after round 1 in at least 2 of 8 years or at least 3 in one year.
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Christopher Pasarikovski
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Neurosurgery elsewhere
Nearest to Kingston
- Bilingual
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