About MDSearch // Retained physician recruitment // Canada

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.

Years recruiting
physicians
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Canadian physician
network
10000 +
Reach across
Canada
1 National
Healthcare
specialties
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Why retained wins

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.

The search, start to finish
  1. Offer clarity — we shape your role into a story a physician actually responds to.
  2. Search strategy — a campaign built for your specialty and market, never a template.
  3. Coordinated broadcast — your offer goes out across our network and 25+ boards at once.
  4. Screening — only candidates whose experience, licensing pathway, and long-term fit align reach your interview stage.
  5. 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

The team

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.

Brett Slade.

Founder & Managing Director · 26 yrs recruiting

Julie Twolan.

Senior Recruiter · 12 yrs

Kaizen Andojar.

Senior Recruiter · 10 yrs

Aabir Zahi.

Senior Recruiter · 4 yrs