Vancouver - Vascular Surgery
University of British ColumbiaVancouver, British ColumbiaCMG stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 1
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 26 Jan 2027
Vancouver, 5 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
No vascular fellows since the fellowship program ended in 2016, so operative cases go to residents.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Training at St. Paul's, the only BC site offering endovascular arteriovenous fistulas.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
- UBC Vascular Surgery is a 5-year residency with rotations at five hospitals across British Columbia.
- Sites are Vancouver General, St. Paul's, Royal Columbian, Kelowna General and Royal Jubilee in Victoria, and UBC covers housing for the Kelowna and Victoria rotations.
- Off-service rotations are limited to hepatobiliary general surgery, perioperative medicine and stroke neurology during PGY-1 to PGY-2.
- The division ended its fellowship program in 2016, and research opportunities are available, including graduate degrees.
Based on what the program says about itself.
- You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
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What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Offered · research project
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- general surgery - hepatobiliary (Transition to Discipline and Foundations of Discipline phases)
- perioperative medicine (Transition to Discipline and Foundations of Discipline phases)
- stroke neurology (Transition to Discipline and Foundations of Discipline phases)
- CRASH course (Surgical Foundations · month-long block)
Where you train
Vancouver, British Columbia: 5 teaching sites.
- Vancouver General Hospital
- St. Paul's Hospital
- Royal Columbian Hospital
- Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna · rural or distributed site)
- Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria · rural or distributed site)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 2 of 5, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 3.
Hospital facts
Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.
Vancouver General Hospital
- Clinical record
- CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2022
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 13,790
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 3,855
St. Paul's Hospital
- Clinical record
- CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2019
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 8,691
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 2,240
Royal Columbian Hospital
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH: Fraser Health electronic health record (Advance), fully electronic record since Sep 2024
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 4,798
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,447
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Kelowna General Hospital
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 15,707
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 4,090
Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Clinical record
- IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2021
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 14,532
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 3,973
Fraser Health's new electronic health record is live at 4 sites (Royal Columbian Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital, Fraser Canyon Hospital, Mission Memorial Hospital). Its other sites are still on its current clinical information system.
About Vancouver
People
662,248residents, 2021 Census
Housing
3.7%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
5.3 °CJanuary mean19.0 °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
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 26 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- MMI or rotating station
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.
3 Vascular Surgery info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $71,390 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,571 / year |
| PGY-3 | $86,655 / year |
| PGY-4 | $93,230 / year |
| PGY-5 | $100,215 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- Relieved within 2 hours of the call ending, or by 10:00 if earlier, when a resident on a 24-hour or longer shift could not get 6 uninterrupted hours of rest
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks
- CMPA dues paid
- Yes. Mandatory
- Dental plan
- 100% Premiums Paid
- Educational leave
- Yes
- Extended health insurance
- 100% Premiums Paid
- Life insurance
- 100% Premium Paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- Yes 100% Premiums Paid
- Maternity leave
- 17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
- Meal allowance
- No
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- 1.5%
- Provincial health insurance
- 100% Premiums Paid
- Sick leave
- Yes
- Statutory holidays
- 2 x pay plus extra day with pay
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.
Year by year
2027 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 1 | 5 years | 1 date, 26 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 1 | 6 years | 2 dates, 27 Jan 2025 – 27 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of British Columbia Vascular Surgery Residency Program offers comprehensive training across five hospitals in British Columbia, providing residents with extensive exposure to complex vascular surgical procedures and a robust academic curriculum.
- The program emphasizes clinical and academic excellence, with a focus on developing well-rounded vascular surgeons who can serve British Columbia and Canada.
- Research
- Numerous opportunities for conducting research in clinical outcomes, basic science, and surgical education, including funded graduate programs like the Clinical Investigator Program.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across five hospitals in British Columbia: Vancouver General Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, Kelowna General Hospital, and Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, providing diverse urban and community hospital experiences.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with an emphasis on demonstrating and documenting achievement of core clinical and operative competencies, with less focus on time-based advancement and more on individual learner progress.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CV content
- Clinical evaluations
- Electives performance
- Extra-curricular activities
- Leadership skills
- Medical Student Performance Record
- Personal letter
- Reference documents
- Research publications
- Academic transcripts
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Jonathan Misskey
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Senior Program Administrative Assistant
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Vascular Surgery elsewhere
Nearest to Vancouver
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