GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Resident Benefits & Compensation

Surgery residency involves a great deal of physically, mentally, and spiritually taxing work performed over extended hours, and this work is paid at a rate that is much lower than the market rate for a worker with a doctoral degree. Furthermore, surgery residents typically have a large burden of student loan debt. Of course, after residency, surgeons have a higher income than most physicians or other people with equivalent degrees and work experience. In the final estimation surgery is a labor of love: if you do not love your professional work and your patients then no amount of money will be worth what it takes to be a surgeon.

SJGH offers surgery residents a livable income, excellent health insurance and other benefits, and financial support for educational opportunities and resources. Our residency is also unionized, which we are deeply proud of.

Benefits

• CME funds, see "Salaries"
• SCORE and TrueLearn subscriptions
• Remote access
• All residents receive a Surface Pro tablet at the start of residency for use inpatient care and teaching activities
• Health Insurance - your choice of plans, Select, Premier, or a health plan with Kaiser or Sutter.
• Dental Insurance - through Delta Dental or Pacific Union Dental.
• Vision Insurance - through VSP
• Optional American Fidelity Dependent Day Care and FSA accounts
• Life Insurance
• State Disability Insurance
• Sick Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and California Family Rights Act (CFRA)
• Pregnancy & Paternity Leave
• Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance (including tail coverage)
• Call Rooms
• Meal Card
• Two white lab coats

Vacation and CME Time

• PGY-1: 3 weeks
• PGY-2: 3 weeks (plus up to 5 days of CME time approved on a case-by-case basis)
• PGY-3: 3 weeks (plus up to 5 days of CME time)

Resident Well-Being

• Residency retreats
• Dedicated time each month as a class (for example, PGY-1 class only) to talk to the chiefs during closed door meetings
• Employee Assistance Program (confidential counseling, psychological and other support services)
• Longitudinal mentorship and guidance provided by our attending physicians in private meetings throughout the year
• Gym located on campus

Salaries

• Intern / PGY-1: $62,923 per year
• PGY-2: $71,098 per year
• PGY-3: $80,321 per year
• PGY-4: $88,547
• PGY-5: $96,672 per year
• Chief: $104,029
• CME Funds, per year: PGY-1: $800; PGY-2 - PGY-4: $1000, PGY-5 $1500