London - Plastic Surgery

Western UniversityLondon, OntarioCMG stream

Approx. quota: 2 positions
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 51–200
Offered interviews: 26–50%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Interviews

1 date, 22 Jan 2027virtual

London, 6 teaching sites

Program website CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Optional MSc in Surgery during PGY2, supported by 5 dedicated research blocks.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Twice-weekly hand surgery rounds at the interdisciplinary Roth | McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

Western University's Plastic Surgery program is a 5-year residency centred at London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London.
PGY1 covers surgical and medical rotations in 4-week blocks, and PGY2-5 are dedicated to plastic surgery.
Second-year residents rotate in burns at Sunnybrook in Toronto and in community plastics in Windsor, and each resident must complete a research project every year.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

What training looks like

Setting: Academic / tertiary hospital
Regional community
Rural exposure: Not stated on CaRMS page
Research: Required · research project · protected time

By year

PGY-1: General Surgery2 blocks
Orthopedic SurgeryHULC2 blocks
Electives2 blocks
CCTC2 blocks
Trauma1 block
Internal Medicine1 block
Emergency Medicine1 block
ENT1 block
Orientation/Boot Camp/PlasticsOrientation/boot camp 2 weeks; on Plastics service approx. 2 weeks

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

Burns rotation (2nd Year · Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto)
Community Plastics rotation (2nd Year · Windsor)
Research Blocks (2nd Year · one-two)
elective (4th Year · 6-week)

✓ = the CaRMS page states it; – = not stated. From the program description and its rotation list.

Where you train

London, Ontario: 6 teaching sites.

University Hospital
Victoria Hospital
Children's Hospital of Western Ontario
St. Joseph's Health Care London
Roth | McFarlane Hand & Upper Limb Centre
Sunnybrook Hospital (Toronto)

Record systems at the listed sites: Oracle Health (Cerner) at 5 of 6; no published record for 1.

Moving to a new system: Sunnybrook Hospital (scheduled 2027).

Hospital facts

5 sites · clinical record systems where an official source states them

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: OneChart (Cerner electronic patient record), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026. At University Hospital, Victoria Hospital, Children's Hospital of Western Ontario.

St. Joseph's Health Care London

Clinical record: Cerner (OneChart), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Sunnybrook Hospital

Clinical record: Oracle Health, moving to a new system, scheduled 2027 As of 31 Oct 2026

Verify with the official source: each source button opens the publisher’s own page.

Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.

About London

People
422,324residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of London
Housing
3.8%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, London, Ontario (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
−5.4 °CJanuary mean21.0 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, London, 10.3 km away
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about London (its page: housing, getting around, weather, things to do, and every program that names it)

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them. City figures are public statistics for the place named by the location; they describe the place, not the program.

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.

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 22 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.

4 Plastic Surgery info sessions at other programs All info sessions

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). Contract expired, may change. One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
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

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (as the program states it): In-house and home call · frequency “1 in 3 out-of-house call, 1 in 4 in-house 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)

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Past matches

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

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.

Source: CaRMS’s lists of positions open after round 1 and after round 2, as read in October 2026 (latest: 2026 round 1 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab), 2026 round 2 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab)).

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews	What changed
CMG stream	2	5 years	1 date, 22 Jan 2027Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	2	6 years	2 dates, 9–23 Jan 2026

The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description

The Western University Plastic Surgery Residency Program offers comprehensive training in plastic and reconstructive surgery across multiple hospital sites in London, Ontario.
Established in 1959, the program has a rich history of producing skilled plastic surgeons who practice across North America.
The program emphasizes clinical excellence, research opportunities, and comprehensive surgical training across various subspecialty areas.

Research: Residents complete annual research projects, with dedicated research blocks and an optional Master of Science in Surgery program. The program offers access to fully staffed BioEngineering, Clinical Outcomes, and Cell Biology laboratories.
Training setting: Training occurs across multiple teaching hospitals in London, Ontario, including London Health Sciences Centre (University Hospital, Victoria Hospital, Children's Hospital) and St. Joseph's Health Care London.
Teaching approach: The program follows Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) standards, providing graded responsibilities with progressive independence, and emphasizing incremental teaching and surgical case exposure over five years.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: CV review
Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
Personal letter
Reference letters
Interview performance
Research/scholarly activities

Positions, length and interviews as each match’s CaRMS pages stated them; what changed from our comparison of the two matches and our readings of the 2027 pages.

Contacts and links

Program directors: Dr. John Stein
john.stein@lhsc.on.ca
Dr. Stahs PripotnevAssistant Program Director
stahs.pripotnev@sjhc.london.on.ca
Program office: Program Assistant
Write to the officekschroe2@uwo.ca

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.

Program websiteWebsiteCANPREPPCANPREPPincludes a resident experience section, describes academic half-dayFrom the programGraduate Education - MSc in Surgery Learn More About the Plastic Surgery Residency Program at Western This program on CaRMS

Plastic Surgery elsewhere

Nearest to London

Hamilton - Plastic SurgeryMcMaster University
Hamilton · 116 km
CMG, IMG
Toronto - Plastic SurgeryUniversity of Toronto
Toronto · 168 km
4 positions · CMG
Ottawa - Plastic SurgeryUniversity of Ottawa
Ottawa · 518 km
2 positions · CMG, IMG

In these collections:

Programs that say how often residents take call

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 31 Aug 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35766 · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

The Applications per year and Offered interviews figures are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS: past cycles, not your odds.

Independent. Not affiliated with CaRMS or the program. Programs edit their descriptions during the match; confirm on carms.ca (opens in a new tab) before you apply. Data last updated on CdnMD 24 Oct 2026.

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