Postgraduate

2024-2025 Thoracic Surgery Residents

PGY6: Pooja Patel
PGY6: Bojana Misheva
PGY6: Ra'ed AlGhamdi

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 Ms. Deb Lewis.  

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
Deb Lewis, CCRC, BSc
Room E2-003
London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital
800 Commissioners Rd E, London ON Canada N6A 5W9
Phone: 519.685.8500 ext. 75685
Fax: 519.685.8202 or 1.866.4.THORAX 
Email: deb.lewis@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