Benefits

Salary (effective 2020-2021 academic year)

  • PGY-1 $54,140.56 Department Stipend $250.00 + 1 core textbook
  • PGY-2 $55,632.13 Department Stipend $250.00 + 1 core textbook
  • PGY-3 $57,421.82 Department Stipend $1500.00
  • PGY-4 $59,435.30 Department Stipend $1500.00

Leave

  • PGY-1 – PGY-4: Three weeks of vacation per year
  • PGY-1 – PGY-4: Two weeks of sick leave per year
  • Administrative leave available for appropriate courses or seminars

Insurance

  • Group Health and Dental Insurance (shared cost)
  • Dependent coverage at group rates is available at house staff physician’s own expense
  • Group Term Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
  • Short-term/long-term disability
  • Worker’s Compensation Program
  • Professional Medical Liability Coverage

Professional Memberships as follows

Available reimbursement from stipend funds

  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R The Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation)
  • Association of Academic Physiatrists (American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Attendance at courses

Available reimbursement from stipend funds – PGY-3 and PGY-4

Examples:

  • Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting
  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly
  • American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) SCI Summit Annual Scientific Meeting

Textbooks – purchased

  • PGY-1:  Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Randall L. Braddom, Editor
  • PGY-2:  Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Review, 3rd Edition | Sara J. Cuccurullo, M.D., Editor

Miscellaneous Benefits

  • Free parking at Medical Center facilities
  • In-house, on-call meals
  • Rehab in Review – online resources and exams
  • BCLS/ACLS recertification