Winnipeg - Cardiac Surgery
University of ManitobaWinnipeg, ManitobaCMG stream
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
1 date, 17 Jan 2027
Winnipeg, 2 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Transplant and pediatric cardiac surgery training at University of Alberta via an inter-university affiliation agreement.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Dedicated Thoracic Aortic Diseases Clinic.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- The University of Manitoba offers a 6-year cardiac surgery residency, with all surgery performed at St. Boniface Hospital.
- Eight faculty surgeons perform about 1100 adult cardiac operations per year and run a 15-bed Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
- Cardiac transplantation and pediatric cardiac surgery training takes place at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
- Research is encouraged and done mainly during an academic enrichment year, and residents can choose to pursue an MSc or PhD.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Offered · research project · protected time
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Where you train
Winnipeg, Manitoba: 2 teaching sites.
- St. Boniface Hospital
- University of Alberta (Edmonton)
Record systems at the listed sites: Altera at 1 of 2; no published record for 1.
Moving to a new system: St. Boniface Hospital (scheduled 31 Mar 2027 across the province).
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.
St. Boniface Hospital
- Clinical record
- Altera Digital Health (EPR), moving to a new system in every hospital by 31 Mar 2027; this hospital’s own date is not published by the province yet
Manitoba's electronic patient record is going into every hospital by the end of March 2027, a hospital at a time (6 of 57 complete as of June 2026). Order entry is not included at this stage.
Hospital size and activity: Manitoba doesn't publish this as open data.
About Winnipeg
People
749,607residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.8%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−16.3 °CJanuary mean19.5 °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)
- 17 Jan 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.
2 Cardiac Surgery info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $72,171 / year |
| PGY-2 | $77,416 / year |
| PGY-3 | $83,372 / year |
| PGY-4 | $89,329 / year |
| PGY-5 | $95,285 / year |
| PGY-6 | $101,119 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 7 calls per 4-week block, in-house and home call combined
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No duty hours before 06:00 the next calendar day, after in-hospital call
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 26 consecutive hours (24, plus 2 for handover)
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 | 6 years | 1 date, 17 Jan 2027 |
|
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 1 | 6 years | 1 date, 24 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Manitoba offers a 6-year Cardiac Surgery residency program that provides comprehensive training in adult cardiac surgery.
- The program focuses on developing skilled cardiac surgeons through a multi-disciplinary team approach, with training primarily conducted at St. Boniface Hospital.
- Research
- Residents are strongly encouraged to develop research interests, with options to obtain MSc or PhD, and financial support for conference attendance.
- Training setting
- Training primarily takes place at St. Boniface General Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a dedicated 15-bed Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit and an integrated Cardiac Sciences Program.
- Teaching approach
- Utilizes Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with progressive learning, emphasizing multi-disciplinary team approach, self-directed learning, and continuous performance evaluation.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic standing
- Research potential
- Technical skills
- Elective performance
- Reference letters
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Ricky Muller Moran
Faculty profile of Dr. Ricky Muller Moran(opens in a new tab)
He received his residency training in cardiac surgery at the University of Manitoba and completed an Advanced Adult Cardiac Surgery Fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois with a focus on transcatheter aortic valve replacement and aortic surgery.
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Cardiac Surgery elsewhere
Nearest to Winnipeg
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