Montreal - Plastic Surgery
Université de MontréalMontreal, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 2
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 201–400
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 2 Feb 2027
Montreal, 5 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Four-year longitudinal rotation at the provincial replantation service (CEVARMU).
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Inter-university agreement: Sherbrooke residents do surgical foundations there, then 3 years of plastic surgery at UdeM.
From “Additional information” on the CaRMS page
- The Université de Montréal plastic surgery residency is a 5-year, predominantly French-language program.
- Training takes place at four main university hospitals in Montreal, with about thirty faculty members.
- Rotations include 2 months on a burn unit, 4 months in pediatrics and 3 months in aesthetic clinics, and a 2-month research rotation is offered.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Offered · research project · protected time
- Training language
- French
By year
- PGY-1
- stage de chirurgie plastique4 périodes
- PGY-2
- stage de recherche2 mois
Other rotations
- unité de Grands-brûlés (2 mois)
- milieu pédiatrique (4 mois)
- cliniques d’esthétique (3 mois)
- chirurgie de la main/poignet
- chirurgie du sein
- chirurgie craniofaciale
- stage transversal (4 ans · service de Réimplantation Provincial CEVARMU)
- stage de plastie générale (4 mois · milieu communautaire)
- Stages à option (2 mois)
Where you train
Montreal, Quebec: 5 teaching sites.
- CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (Montréal)
- CHU Sainte-Justine (Montréal)
- CIUSSS du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (Montréal)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) (Montréal)
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Montréal)
Record systems at the listed sites: DCi-ChartMaxx at 1 of 5, TELUS at 1; no published record for 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.
CHU Sainte-Justine
- Clinical record
- DCi-ChartMaxx (dossier clinique informatisé), fully electronic record since May 2014
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 27,172 · 2026–2027: 27,007
- Licensed beds
- physical health 333 · psychiatry 19 · neonatology 66
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM)
- Clinical record
- OACIS (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 30,754 · 2026–2027: 32,697
- Licensed beds
- physical health 732 · psychiatry 38 · neonatology 10
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 26,902 · 2026–2027: 29,102
- Licensed beds
- physical health 507 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 26
About Montréal
People
1,762,949residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.9%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−9.2 °CJanuary mean21.7 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
How they choose
- Application file components
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- CV
- Reference documents
- MSPRs
- Examinations
- Personal letters
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Electives
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 2 Feb 2027
- 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 Plastic Surgery info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $58,728 / year |
| PGY-2 | $64,809 / year |
| PGY-3 | $70,890 / year |
| PGY-4 | $76,969 / year |
| PGY-5 | $83,050 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 6 calls in an establishment per 28 days
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- 8 hours of mandatory rest after a work period
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 16 hours in an establishment in any 24-hour period
Benefits
- Adoption leave
- 29 to 38 weeks55 to 75 % of salary
- Annual vacation
- 20 days/year
- Assistant Resident Coordinator
- $425/month
- Call Premium
- $607/28 days
- Conference leave
- 7 days pd/year
- Dental Plan
- Yes, available for a fee
- Exam leave
- Day (s) of the exam
- Extended Health Insurance
- Yes
- Leave for death in family
- From 1 to 5 days depending on the family member
- Leave of absence without pay (exceptional measure)
- 12 months maximum
- Life insurance
- Yes
- Long-Term disability insurance
- Yes
- Maternity leaveProvincial Program (RQAP*) and FMRQ **
- 21 weeks95 % of salary
- Meals
- Reduced feeFree during on-call duty
- Pager
- Provided by the establishment
- Parental leave (time sharing between parents)
- 19 to 29 weeks55 to 75 % of salary
- Parking
- ½ of doctors’ feeFree during on-call duty
- Paternity leaveProvincial Program (RQAP) and FMRQ
- 1 week, 100% of salary3 to 5 weeks, 100% of salary(two options)
- Professional Liability Insurance****(CPMA not applicable)
- Yes (free)
- Quebec Health Insurance Program / RAMQ***
- Yes
- Resident Coordinator
- $583/month
- Resuscitation courses and examination leave
- Day of the course and of the exam, course paid
- Sick leave
- 9.6 days pd / yearAnd reimbursement of days not taken
- Statutory and floating holidays
- 13/year
- Study leave
- 10 days pd/year
- Superior Financial Programs
- Yes
- Teaching Premium
- $240/28 days
- Wedding leave
- 7 days paid + 7 days without 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 2 | 5 years | 1 date, 2 Feb 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 2 | 6 years | 1 date as the CaRMS page writes it |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Université de Montréal Plastic Surgery Program is a comprehensive, clinically-focused training program recognized for its extensive surgical exposure and structured teaching.
- The program offers a wide range of surgical experiences across four major university hospitals, with approximately 30 professors specializing in various plastic surgery subspecialties.
- Research
- Two-month research stage offered during residency, with option to join clinician-researcher program for additional master's or doctoral degree.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across four main university hospitals in Montreal: CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, CHU Sainte-Justine, CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, and Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM).
- Teaching approach
- The program emphasizes structured, comprehensive training using Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME), focusing on developing competent surgeons with strong judgment, self-critique, teamwork, and communication skills.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic record evaluation
- Clinical rotation evaluations
- Reference letters
- Interview performance
- Research/publications assessment
- Leadership experiences
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Élie BoghossianDirecteur de programme
- Program office
Adjointe à l'enseignement universitaire
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Videos and podcasts
From the program
Public podcast episodes and videos where the program presents itself. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.
From residents
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Plastic Surgery elsewhere
Nearest to Montreal
- Bilingual
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