Most recruiters promise you a hire. We promise the truth about your search — and the work to close it.
We’re one of Canada’s longest-established physician recruitment firms, with one of the deepest physician networks in the country. We apply that network to a select number of retained searches — making us the firm organizations return to when the search matters.
We believe physician recruitment is a market problem before it’s a recruiting problem.
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The strongest physicians aren't applying. We reach them anyway.
Your search isn't shared.
We don’t shop candidates — that’s the contingency model, one résumé pitched to whoever signs first. The physicians we surface are weighing your opportunity, not competing against another client’s.
We reach the ones who aren't looking.
The strongest physicians rarely answer job ads. Retained search lets us approach passive candidates directly and put a single, serious opportunity in front of them — yours.
We don't overextend.
We selectively accept searches where we can make the greatest impact, and intentionally limit how many we run at once — so every client receives dedicated attention.
- Offer clarity — we shape your role into a story a physician actually responds to.
- Search strategy — a campaign built for your specialty and market, never a template.
- Coordinated broadcast — your offer goes out across our network and 25+ boards at once.
- Screening — only candidates whose experience, licensing pathway, and long-term fit align reach your interview stage.
- Real-time reporting — shared, live visibility into every candidate, stage, and next step through Sync, our client workspace. No status emails. The workspace is the record.
"No ethical recruiter can guarantee a hire. What we do guarantee is disciplined execution, honest communication, transparency, and unwavering commitment throughout every retained search."
The MDSearch commitment
Founder-led. Selective by design.
Our directors have built high-growth businesses across healthcare, property management, and international recruitment. We approach every engagement through operator economics — because we’ve built service businesses ourselves.
One team on every search. Everyone at MDSearch knows every active search — every search is worked by at least two of us, and by all of us when the search calls for it. The areas below are where each person leads, not where their involvement ends.
Founded in 2006 by Brett Slade, who has recruited physicians since 1999. MDSearch has completed more than 500 practitioner placements across Canada.
Brett Slade.
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Brett built MDSearch into one of Canada’s first retained physician search firms. He has led searches across 20+ specialties for employers ranging from independent clinics to national networks, and still works hands-on in every corner of the practice. His focus: a credible path to placement on every search.
Kaizen Andojar.
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Kaizen leads the recruitment function at MDSearch and runs the process behind every search — from launch through offer. She personally leads the firm’s national and marquee searches, and she’s the reason every retained search is supported by at least two team members. Employers and candidates alike know her as the steady hand keeping searches moving.
Julie Twolan.
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Julie works across recruitment and the firm’s strategic projects, and represents MDSearch at industry events and conferences. Fluent in English and French, she supports searches nationally. Twelve years in, she’s contributed to placements in nearly every specialty MDSearch serves.
Aabir Zahi.
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Aabir manages searches from first outreach to signed offer, with particular depth in the searches others find hardest — regional, rural and remote communities across Canada. Working in both English and French, she leads the firm’s Quebec and bilingual-market searches and is known for direct, transparent communication that candidates consistently mention in their feedback.
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Tell us about your search.
A short questionnaire tells us exactly what your search needs. We'll review it and respond honestly — whether we can take the search, and how we'd structure it.
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