Postgraduate
(L-R) Rick Malthaner, Ra'ed Alghamdi, Mehdi Qiabi, Ge Shi, Bojana Misheva
2026-2027 Thoracic Surgery Residents
PGY7: Pooja Patel
PGY7: Ra'ed AlGhamdi
PGY7: Ge Shi
PGY6: Khalid Alshehri
PGY6: Ebun Ajadi
Thoracic Surgery Residency
The Thoracic Surgery Residency Training Program has become recognized as one of the premiere programs in Canada and is inundated with applications from extremely high caliber individuals each year. Our focus currently is on the acceptance of one high caliber applicant each year into the two-year training program at a PGY-6 level. Entry is after a General Surgery residency, and applications are made through CaRMS. The program complies with the requirements of the Royal College of Canada (including CanMEDS). NOTE: as of July 2025, our program follows the Royal College CBD framework.
Note for Non-Canadian Applicants
Application to the Thoracic Surgery Residency Program is currently through CaRMS. For further information, graduates who are internationally sponsored wishing to train in Thoracic Surgery at Western University should first contact thoracic.education@lhsc.on.ca.
Contact
Postgraduate Medical Education Office,
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry,
Western University,
Rm M103 MSB,
London, ON N6A 5C1
Tel: (519) 661-2019
Email: postgraduate.medicine@schulich.uwo.ca
Program Administrator
Nancy Costello
London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital
800 Commissioners Rd E, London ON Canada N6A 5W9
Email: thoracic.education@lhsc.on.ca
Program Director
Mehdi Qiabi, MD MSc FRCSC
Victoria Hospital
800 Commissioners Rd. E.
N6A 5W9
Tel: 519.667.6572
Fax: 1.866.4.THORAX
Email: mehdi.qiabi@lhsc.on.ca
