Residency in the Division of General Surgery
Residency Program
Program Director, Residency Training
Dr. Savtaj Brar
Welcome to the University of Toronto’s General Surgery Residency Training Program. The residency training program in General Surgery at the University of Toronto is the largest and perhaps most diverse of its kind in Canada. Our vision is to ensure excellence in clinical and academic training of our Residents. We know that we are preparing tomorrow’s leaders in General Surgery.
Our training Program is home to approximately 100 faculty members, over 6 Fully Affiliated Academic Health Centres, and 5 Affiliated Community Hospitals. In addition, the Program provides rural training opportunities through the Rural Ontario Medicine Training Program. We offer outstanding opportunities to engage in research activities; via longitudinal research electives or through the Clinical Investigator Program. Our faculty members are highly invested in Residency Training and many are opinion leaders in their own subspecialty area of General Surgery.
Under the leadership of Drs. Rutka, (University Department Chair), Levine (Department of Surgery, Post Graduate Director), Swallow (University Division Chair) and Brar (General Surgery, Program Director), the Program provides a rich environment for learning and enquiry. The University of Toronto teaching hospitals provide surgical care for a large urban population as well as patients from a vast catchment area and referral network. This arrangement provides outstanding learning opportunities and a breadth of clinical volume that is unsurpassed almost anywhere in North America. We warmly invite you to be part of our Program.
Please contact Ms. Madeline Ng (gensurg.residency@utoronto.ca) or Dr. Sav Brar (savtaj.brar@sinaihealthsystem.ca) to learn more.
Fully Affiliated Academic Health Centres:
• Mount Sinai Hospital
• University Health Network - Toronto General
• University Health Network - Toronto Western
• St Michael's Hospital
• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• The Hospital for Sick Children
Affiliated Community Hospitals:
• North York General Hospital
• Humber River Regional Hospital
• Trillium Health Centre
• St Joseph's Health Care Centre
• Toronto East General Hospital
Wellness Resources
Program Support
Program Director: Dr. Sav Brar
Wellness Lead: Dr. Tulin Cil
Director of Postgraduate Medical Wellness Office: Dr. Julie Maggi
Director of Learner Experience, Faculty of Medicine: Dr. Reena Pattani
Support Services
Postgraduate Medical Education Wellness Office
The Office of Resident Wellness was created to help support the well-being of the University of Toronto’s Post Graduate Medical Education trainees and to offer assistance to those encountering difficulties during training. All currently registered residents and fellows have access to support services such as confidential counseling/psychotherapy and wellness coaching.
Open Monday to Friday. For office hours, appointments and further information, contact:
Tel.: 416 946-3074 | Email: pgwellness@utoronto.ca
PARO Helpline (24/7): 1-866-HELP-DOC (1.866.435.7362)
Ontario Medical Association Physician Health Program (PHP)
Open Monday-Friday, 8:45am-5pm. Contact for services and inquiries:
Tel.: 1.800.851.6606 | Email: php@oma.org
Wellness Support Line (24/7 crisis support): 1.800.851.6606
Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Wellness Hub
Wellness Resources for Faculty (and Residents)
Psychological First Aid for Frontline Health Care Providers During COVID-19
CaRMS
Postgraduate Medical Education – Applicants
R-1 Main Residency Match
AFMC Student Portal - Application service for visiting electives for all Canadian faculties of medicine.
Services are offered for Canadian and International undergraduate medical students.
Program Description – 2020
2020-2021 Toronto - Letter of Reference (66.86 KB)
Relevant Experience CMG (19.29 KB)
Relevant Experience IMG (19.56 KB)
Goals and Objectives
University of Toronto, Department of General Surgery, Residency Training Program Program-wide Goals and Objectives:
Fully Affiliated Academic Health centres:
MSH Aqua Team Junior.pdf
MSH Aqua Team Junior.pdf (87.73 KB) MSH Aqua Team Senior.pdf
MSH Aqua Team Senior.pdf (90.51 KB) MSH Blue Team Junior.pdf
MSH Blue Team Junior.pdf (87.62 KB) MSH Blue Team Senior.pdf
MSH Blue Team Senior.pdf (89.29 KB) General Surgery Research Elective - Goals and Objectives.pdf (82.9 KB)
SMH Junior Residents .pdf
SMH Junior Residents .pdf (169.38 KB) SMH Senior Residents .pdf
SMH Senior Residents .pdf (167.33 KB) Affiliated Community Hospitals:
Off Service Rotations:
Information and Policies
Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN)
CPSO
Residents and Public Health Emergency Preparedness Guidelines
CPSO Supervision Guidelines (see file attached (16)
Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME)
Resident Registration and Administrative Information
Recording On-Call Stipends
Recording On-Call Stipends (224.92 KB)
Principles: PGME Redeployment for COVID-19
Redeployment of Postgraduate Learners Across University of Toronto Affiliated Sites
Immunization and Communicable Disease Policy (87.81 KB)
Intimidation and Harassment Guidelines (154.44 KB)
Leaves of Absence and Training Waivers Policy 2015 (109.53 KB)
General Surgery Residency Training Program
U of T Safety Abroad
Resident Safety Policy
Resident Safety Policy (319.15 KB) See also CPSO and PGME health and safety guidelines
Dispute Resolution Policy (79.6 KB)
- Policy (102.25 KB)
Principles of Resident and Fellow Interactions (120.96 KB)
Visiting Residents Policy
Visiting Residents Policy (400.45 KB) Call Pool Resident Agreement (85.69 KB)
Resident Duty Hours Policy (170.93 KB)
Religious Observances Policy (79.58 KB)
Residency Training Vacation Policy (41.3 KB)
Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery Residency Training Program Orientation Guides:
- Orientation Guide 2016-17.pdf (691.1 KB)
- Annual Orientation Guide 2015-2016.pdf (694.36 KB)
- revised orientation guide 2014-15.pdf (927.32 KB)
Accolades, Honours and Special Events
2015-2016
2015 Postgraduate Research Awards:
- Ashton Connor - Edward Christie Stevens Fellowships in Medicine, & the Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
- David Gomez Jaramillo - Wiliam S. Fenwick Research Fellowship and the Chisholm Memorial Fellowship
- Daniel Kagedan - Joseph M. West Family Memorial Fund
- Stephanie Mason - Award Recipient of the 2015 Queen Elizabeth II/Wellesley Surgeon Scholarship in Science and Technology.
- James Byrne - Presented his paper "Timing of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study' at the 2015 Canadian Committee on Trauma - Trauma Association of Canada Resident/Fellow Paper Competition. It was unanimously chosen the best presentation/work of Region XII.
2014-2015
- Dylan Pannell - CAGS Resident Award for Teaching Excellence
- Daniel Abramowitz - Dr. Leo Mahoney Resident Teaching Award
- Jonathan Josse - Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy video was created by Jonathan as part of his PGY2 Mentorship project http://pie.med.utoronto.ca/LapChole/index.htm
- Elliot Wakeam abstract titled “Barriers and Strategies for Effective Patient Rescue: A qualitative Study of Outliers” accepted for presentation in the 2014 surgical Forum program, it has been selected for an Excellence in Research Award for the category of Quality – Safety and Costs. (July 14, 2014)
- Congratulations to Chethan Sathya who is currently a Fellow in Global Journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs. We would like to share a few stories Chethan has written for CBC news and the Toronto Star:
Docs offside on physician-assisted suicide
Why surgeon's skills need testing during training
Ontario bill would extend child welfare services to older youth
2013-2014
Congratulations to our 2013 award winners for the "Stevens Norvell
Award":
Daniel Kagedan and Josh Ng - in recognition of achieving the second-highest mark nationally on the 2013 Resident in Training CAGS Examination for first-year residents.
Matt Strickland - in recognition of achieving the second-highest mark nationally on the 2013 Resident in Training CAGS Examination for second-year residents. And a special shout out to Matt for winning the national laparascopic suturing competition this year at CAGS.
Special Events:
-Minister of Health is Resident for a Day at St. Joe's Toronto
-The Premier Visits St. Michael's Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Oct. 2012
-The Premier Visits the Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Sept. 2012
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Social Events
Welcome Reception for PGY1 Residents: Annual Garden Parties:
Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMs) Receptions:
CaRMS Reception 2016.pdf
CaRMS Reception 2016.pdf (676.2 KB) CaRMS Reception - 2015.pdf
CaRMS Reception - 2015.pdf (829.38 KB) CaRMS Reception - 2011.pdf
CaRMS Reception - 2011.pdf (278.35 KB)
Winter Parties
Winter Party 2016.pdf
Winter Party 2016.pdf (153.27 KB)
PGY1 Breakfast with the Division Chair/Program Director:
Gallie Day:
Annual Assembly:
Administrative Structure
General Surgery - Residency Program Committee (GS-RPC)
Terms of Reference (TOR)
Terms of Reference (TOR) (454.59 KB)
Membership:
Faculty
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Dr. Savtaj Brar |
Chair; Program Director; Mount Sinai Hospital |
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Dr. Shiva Jayaraman |
Associate Program Director, Curriculum; Unity Health Toronto - St. Joseph’s Health Centre |
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Dr. Preeti Dhar |
Assistant Program Director, University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital |
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Dr. Peter Stotland |
Assistant Program Director, North York General Hospital |
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Dr. Danielle Bischof |
Resident Site Coordinator, Mount Sinai Hospital |
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Dr. Marcus Burnstein |
Resident Site Coordinator, Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael’s Hospital |
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Dr. Tulin Cil |
Wellness Lead; Resident Site Coordinator, University Health Network - Princess Margaret Hospital |
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Dr. Jamie Cyriac |
Resident Site Coordinator, Toronto East Health Network/Michael Garron |
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Dr. Sayf Gazala |
Toronto East Health Network/Michael Garron |
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Dr. Laz Klein |
Resident Site Coordinator, Humber River Hospital |
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Dr. Nicole Look Hong |
Resident Site Coordinator, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
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Dr. Ashlie Nadler |
Resident Site Coordinator, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre |
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Dr. Todd Penner |
Resident Site Coordinator, University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital |
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Dr. Ted Ross |
Resident Site Coordinator, Women's College Hospital |
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Dr. Melanie Tsang |
Resident Site Coordinator, Unity Health Toronto - St. Joseph’s Health Centre |
Residents:
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Dr. Sachin Doshi |
PGY1 |
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Dr. Kimberley Lam |
PGY1 |
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Dr. Johanna Pinto Lee |
PGY1 |
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Dr. Riordan Azam |
PGY2 |
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Dr. Luckshi Rajendran |
PGY2 |
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Dr. Jordyn Vernon |
PGY2 |
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Dr. May-Anh Nguyen |
PGY3 |
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Dr. Marcus Oosenbrug |
PGY3 |
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Dr. Graham Skelhorne-Gross |
PGY3 |
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Dr. Sergio Acuna |
PGY4 |
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Dr. Dhruvin Hirpara |
PGY4 |
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Dr. Megan Melland-Smith |
PGY4 |
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Dr. Brittany Greene |
PGY5 |
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Dr. Marika Sevigny |
PGY5 |
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Dr. Evangelia Theodosopoulos |
PGY5 |
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Dr. Zubair Bayat |
Surgeon Scientist Training Program |
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Dr. Alexander Gregor |
Surgeon Scientist Training Program |
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Dr. Matt Guttman |
Surgeon Scientist Training Program |
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Dr. Wanda Marini |
Selections Committee Co-Chair |
Non-Voting Members
Administrative Support
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Madeline Ng |
Program Coordinator |
ex officio
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Dr. Carol Swallow |
Chair, Division of General Surgery (ex officio) |
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Dr. Ron Levine |
Director, Postgraduate Education (ex officio) |
General Surgery Competency Committee (Subheading 1, Bold)
Terms of Reference (TOR)
Terms of Reference (TOR) (170.17 KB)
Membership:
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Dr. Preeti Dhar, Chair; Assistant Program Director |
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Dr. Savtaj Brar, Program Director |
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Dr. Shiva Jayaraman, Associate Program Director |
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Dr. Peter Stotland, Assistant Program Director |
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Dr. Brian Pinchuk, Faculty, North York General Hospital |
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Dr. Georges Azzie, Hospital for Sick Children |
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Dr. Nicole Look Hong |
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Dr. Melanie Tsang |
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Dr. Marcus Burnstein |
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Dr. Jamie Cyriac |
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Dr. Tulin Cil |
Post Graduate Education Committee in General Surgery / Residency Program Committee, University of Toronto Terms of Reference Document:
Research Grants of General Surgery Faculty:
General Surgery Faculty Publications:
Structure and Organization of the Program
Clinical Faculty by Site
Clinical Faculty by Site (734.83 KB) Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead, Division of General Surgery: Dr. Erin Kennedy
Resources
Resident Handbook:
Discharge Instructions Form:
Helpful Hints:
Clinical Faculty by Site and Subspecialty:
Postgraduate Medical Education Office
Compendium of Surgeon Scientists and Surgeon Scientist Program (SSP) Residents in the Division of General Surgery:
Compendium_2016_2017.pdf
Compendium_2016_2017.pdf (244.57 KB) Compendium 2014-15.pdf
Compendium 2014-15.pdf (597.2 KB) Compendium 2012-13.pdf
Compendium 2012-13.pdf (532.86 KB) Library of Clinics:
OR Dictation Templates:
Lap Chole Dictation.pdf
Lap Chole Dictation.pdf (115.08 KB) Appy Dictation.pdf
Appy Dictation.pdf (115.08 KB)
Clinical/Academic and Scholarly Content of the Program
Formal Academic Curriculum - Mandatory
3D Anatomy Course.pdf
3D Anatomy Course.pdf (38.4 KB) PGY2 Curriculum 2016.pdf
PGY2 Curriculum 2016.pdf (163.81 KB) PGY 3-5 Residents Curriculum Schedules:
Other Educational Activities - Invited:
2015 CTU Listing.pdf
2015 CTU Listing.pdf (32.41 KB) Evaluation of Resident Performance
Technical Skills and Responsibilities of Junior Trainees:
PGCorED Performance:
In-Training Evaluation Reports (ITERs)
Fully Affiliated Academic Health Centres/Core Rotations:
MSH Junior Residents.pdf
MSH Junior Residents.pdf (689.61 KB) MSH Senior Residents.pdf
MSH Senior Residents.pdf (735.22 KB) SMH Senior Residents.pdf
SMH Senior Residents.pdf (561.42 KB) SHSC Junior Resident.pdf
SHSC Junior Resident.pdf (199.61 KB) SHSC Senior Resident.pdf
SHSC Senior Resident.pdf (197.05 KB) GI Endoscopy Rotation.pdf
GI Endoscopy Rotation.pdf (434.83 KB) SJHC General Surgery ITER
SJHC General Surgery ITER (610.55 KB) Emergency.pdf
Emergency.pdf (22.09 KB)
Guidelines for Promotion (June 2013)
PGY1 - PGY2.pdf
PGY1 - PGY2.pdf (159.74 KB) PGY2 - PGY3.pdf
PGY2 - PGY3.pdf (204.86 KB) PGY3 - PGY4
PGY3 - PGY4 (138.5 KB) PGY4 - PGY5.pdf
PGY4 - PGY5.pdf (202.08 KB)