Head: Luis Oppenheimer
General Office: GC401, General Centre, HSC, 820 Sherbrook Street
Telephone: 204 787 7277
Fax: 204 787 4837
Email: mbrychka@hsc.mb.ca
Website: under construction
Research Director: Helmut Unruh
Administrator: Mary Brychka
Academic Staff
Program Information
The program is designed to grant surgical residents a year free of clinical duties to work on a research project of their own design under the mentorship of a senior investigator. The purpose of the program is to encourage the development of surgical clinician scientists, who will become the academic leaders of surgery in the future. Many recent MSc recipients have gone on to careers in academic surgery or are still undertaking fellowship training with plans to assume an academic career in surgery.
Fields of Research
The research interests of the department reflect the diversity of the clinical specialties contained therein. These specialties comprise the following: general surgery; cardiac surgery; thoracic surgery; neurosurgery; orthopedics; urology; plastic surgery; vascular surgery.
Research Facilities
Research occurs within facilities provided by the advisor. Such individuals are University of Manitoba faculty, and generally have research facilities located at the Health Sciences Centre / University of Manitoba Bannatyne Campus or the St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre.
M.Sc. in Surgery
Admission
In addition to the admission requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies found in the Graduate Studies Regulations Section of this Calendar, this program is open to holders of an M.D. degree who are currently enrolled in a postgraduate residency program in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba or holders of a D.M.D degree who are currently enrolled in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Manitoba. Candidates incorporate this program as part of their residency training, qualifying for both.
Program Requirements
In addition to the minimum course requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies found in the Graduate Studies Regulations Section of this Calendar, students must complete:
- Twelve months' work of research, under the supervision of the director of research, Department of Surgery;
- Submission of a major thesis on the research project;
- Demonstration to an examining committee of satisfactory theses and an adequate knowledge of the subject involved.
Two fields of study must be chosen for the M.Sc. degree: one as a major and the other as an ancillary study. Major studies must be taken in any surgical problem, while the ancillary study should be selected from some related field (e.g., pathology, physiology, biochemistry).
Second language reading requirement: none
Expected time to graduate: one year
Ph.D.
Surgery does not offer a Ph.D. program
