Benefits

Resident salaries are shared between our affiliate hospitals. Salaries may vary slightly by institution.
Vacation: One Month Vacation annually (taken in 2 week blocks)

Insurance Benefits

  • Professional Liability Insurance

  • Dental Benefit

  • Health Insurance plus Major Medical (choice of several available plans)

  • Optical Benefit

  • Outpatient Psychiatric Benefit

  • Disability Insurance

  • Term Life Insurance

  • Childbirth Education Benefit

  • Supplemental Obstetrical Benefits

  • Social Work Assistance Benefit

  • Maternity/Disability Leave

  • Legal Services Benefit

  • Social Work Assistance Benefit

  • Smoking Cessation Benefit

  • Prescription Drug Benefit

Additional Services

  • A textbook stipend is provided to all interns

  • Residents are given a membership to the Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA) and the American College of Emergency Medicine (ACEP).

  • Conference attendance expense reimbursement benefit for senior residents

  • Additional conference reimbursements when presenting at regional/national meetings/conferences

  • BLS/PALS/ACLS/ATLS courses and material provided

  • Student and Employee Health Service

  • Scrubs

  • On-campus banking facility

  • Off-campus housing locating assistance

  • On-campus Student Center athletic facilities (including gym, pool, sauna, weight room) and theater ticket service available at a modest annual fee

  • Full access on site and online (from home) to the SUNY Downstate Medical Library.

  • Subscription to the Annals of Emergency Medicine Journal