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Salary and Benefits

These rates and benefits apply to all fellowship programs.

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For the fiscal year 2024-2025, fellows will make respectively on an annual basis-

PGY -4 $76,251
PGY -5 $79,433
PGY -6 $84,196

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Vacation

Fellows get 20 days of paid vacation per academic year, including choice of 4 of the following observed holidays:

  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas
  • New Year’s
  • ML King’s Birthday
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth

Sick leave

Fellows get 24 calendar days of paid sick leave per academic year.

Health, dental and disability insurance

This is available to residents and their dependents for a nominal fee. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment. Dependent coverage is reimbursed up to the amount set by the GME operating committee.

Life insurance

One year’s stipend provided at no charge. Additional life insurance can be purchased in multiples of this stipend for a nominal fee.

Malpractice insurance

All full-time fellows are covered at 100% for any and all malpractice claims.

Educational allowance

$3000 per academic year.

Education Funds can be used for the purchase of textbooks, journal subscriptions, conference fees and related travel, and yearly dues for professional medical societies. For further questions about how these funds can be used, please contact the Program Coordinator.

Medical information resources

All residents are given free at-home access to all on-line library services including UpToDate, MD Consult, Harrison’s On-Line, Medline, PubMed and Ovid Full-Text Journals.

Paid moonlighting

All permanently licensed fellows are eligible for moonlighting with approval of the Program Director.

Additional benefits

Parking is provided at a discounted rate at both UIH and JBVA and can be activated/cancelled at any time. UIH provides free dry cleaning for lab coats.