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2025-26 OAGS Resident Research Grant Competition
NOW OPEN!!
Application Deadline EXTENDED: February 17, 2026
Submit application as soon as possible. New members will be invoiced before reviews begin.
Together with our exclusive financial services partners MD Financial Management | Scotiabank | Canadian Medical Association, we would like to invite ALL General Surgery Residents currently
enrolled in an Ontario program to participate in this year's 2025-26 OAGS Resident Research Grant Competition!!.
Award: $5,000
Winner Announcement: Feb/Mar, 2026
Sponsor: MD Financial Management | Scotiabank | Canadian Medical Association
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OAGS Resident Research Grant Winner
Together with our exclusive financial services partner MD Financial Management | Scotiabank Healthcare+, we would like to thank all those who applied to our recent competition.
Congratulations🎉 to this year's 2024-25 5th Annual OAGS Resident Research Grant Winner:
Dr. Fay Alresaini,
MD, General Surgery PGY4, McMaster University
Award: $5,000
Sponsor: MD Financial Management | Scotiabank
Title of Project: "Artificial Intelligence to Predict Malignancy in Indeterminate Thyroid Cytology"
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Jesse D. Pasternak, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS;
Section Head - Endocrine Surgery; Division of General Surgery, Sprott Department of Surgery – University Health Network, Dept. of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship Program, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto More Details
Congrats & Welcome to R1s! Good luck R5s!
Congratulations and welcome to the new R1s who matched to General Surgery!!👏👏🏽
Royal College Exams
May 1st marks the date for General Surgery applied exams. Best of luck to the R5s!! 👏👏🏽