Salary & Benefits
Professional
Stipends for anesthesiology residents/fellows are determined by the Office of Graduate Medical Education and are as follows for the 2009-2010 academic year:
PGY-1, $48,271
PGY-2, $50,519
PGY-3, $53,122
PGY-4, $56,143
PGY 5, $59,046
PGY 6, $61,514
PGY-2 residents starting in 2010 will receive the following anesthesiology textbooks: Clinical Anesthesia, Barash, Stock, et al. (2009), Chestnut's Obstetric Anesthesia, Chestnut, Wong, et. al. (2009), Anesthesiologist's Manual of Surgical Procedures, Jaffe (2009), and Basics of Anesthesia, Stoelting & Miller (2007)
PGY-3 residents receive a $400 educational expense account.
All fellows except CT Fellows receive a $500 educational expense account.
PGY-4 residents receive a $1290 educational expense account to pay for their ABA written examination application fees.
The department pays for airfare, lodging, meals, and the registration fee for residents and fellows attending the Midwestern Anesthesiology Resident Conference (MARC).
The department pays airfare, lodging, meals, and the registration fee when residents or fellows present their abstract at a national meeting/conference.
The department pays the registration fee for residents and fellows to attend the Illinois Society of Anesthesiology/Midwest Anesthesia Conference annual meeting.
The department pays for airfare, lodging, meals and the registration fee for fellows who attend one of the following meetings: ASA, SCCM, ASRA, SAMBA, SNACC, SCA or SOAP.
Free BLS & ACLS (re)certification
Membership to the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)
Membership to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Subscription to Anesthesia and Analgesia
Subscription to Anesthesiology
Vacation & CME Time
3 weeks paid vacation
1 week of pay when attending a CME course
2 weeks paid sick time
additional paid days for Step 3 exam or interviews
Health & Family
Homes Place Health Club ($312/year for housestaff)
Discounted, On-Campus Child Care Center
Medical plan: BlueCross BlueShield PPO plan
Dental: BlueCross BlueShield HMO Plan or BlueCross BlueShield PPO Plan
Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment plan
Long-term disability plan
Health care spending account
Dependent care spending account
Technological
New Innovations- Internet resident and faculty evaluation system
Secured Access to patient medical information from home/outside hospital
New personal computers with flat screen monitors and Internet connection in resident library located on same floor as operating rooms
Computers in every operating room
Free University e-mail account
PowerChart—orders and results retrieval system
PACS—Picture Archive and Communication Systems
Alphanumeric Paging System
Simulation Training Center for resident education
Additional Benefits
$14.00 meal stipend per overnight call
$87.50 monthly discounted parking at Northwestern parking garage/lots
Lunch provided at Introductory Lectures (six weeks) and breakfast served during all resident conferences
Housestaff Lounge w/ flat screen tv, microwave, and refrigerator
Discounted passes to movie theatres and Six Flags
Tickets to Cubs games
Full-service bank located in hospital building
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Benefits
https://fsmweb.northwestern.edu/gme_services/benefits_view/Benefits_Menu.cfmGME policies & procedures, including evaluation, discipline, due process,and termination
http://gme.northwestern.edu/housestaff_manual/2008-09.pdfContract
http://gme.northwestern.edu/updates_doc/Training.pdf