The MSc in Surgery will enable a select number of advanced trainees to prepare for careers as surgeons and researchers at Academic Health Science Centres. This program will be attractive to mid-stream and graduating residents, as well as clinical fellows wishing to pursue full-time, formal research training in a robust clinical academic environment. The structured experience will develop students’ research skills and potential. Led by clinical and basic science faculty with significant research expertise, students will participate in innovative projects in world-class research laboratories that seek to advance surgical care, education and patient outcomes.

The MSc in Surgery will help prepare trainees for careers in academic surgery and will bridge the relationship between the CIHR pillars of basic and clinical science. Surgeons who complete the program will be able to compete favourably in an ever increasingly competitive job market and funding environment, and will have the necessary skills to succeed in their chosen academic surgical career.