Salaries for residents and fellows at Presbyterian Hospital are revised annually and are competitive with similar northeast programs. Salaries for the year 2006-2007 are:

Presbyterian Hospital provides house staff and their enrolled eligible dependents with hospital and medical insurance benefits, vision and dental plans, with a variety of managed-care options. Long-term disability and professional liability insurance is provided at no charge to the house staff. Basic Life Insurance of $100,000 is also provided at no cost to the house staff employee. Dependent spending accounts and financial planning is also available. Detailed information on all benefits is available through the House Staff Office at (212) 305-6081 or on-line at http://infonet.nyp.org/gme/.

The Department pays for resident memberships in the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists (NYSSA), and the International Anesthesia Research society (IARS) during the resident’s three years of training. These memberships include subscriptions to the monthly journals Anesthesiology and Anesthesia & Analgesia. At the beginning of their CA-1 years, the residents receive a copy of the following: Stoelting’s Basics of Anesthesia, Miller’s Anesthesia (2 vols.), Barash’s Clinical Anesthesia, West’s Respiratory Physiology — The Essentials. Stoelting’s Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease, Stoelting’s Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice, Evers Anesthetic Pharmacology. In addition, the residents will receive the yearly ASA Refresher Course Book. The Department enrolls each resident and fellow in Carelog to provide the house officers an on-line method of keeping tract of the cases they have done.

Residents in the CA-1 year will receive a $300 book allowance and will go to a designated meeting. In each of the CA-2 and CA-3 years, residents may choose to go to a designated meeting (paid for by the Department).

Vacation Time
Residents and fellows are given 20 workdays paid vacation yearly.

New York State License Application
The hospital resident compensation package reimburses residents for application for a New York State license or limited permits and renewals. It is expected that all residents at PGY3 and above obtain a NYS license.

Library Resources
There is a departmental library that is available to the residents 24 hours/7 days a week. Many anesthesia subspecialty areas maintain libraries with books and journals specific to their areas of specialization. In addition, the Columbia University’s Health Sciences Library (Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library) is part of the hospital complex. Personal computers with on-line bibliography services and MEDLINE searches are available in a designated Computer Library. Computers are upgraded with the latest Anesthesia literature available on CD-ROM. Photocopying services are available to residents free of charge. There are computers in the Department’s lounges and libraries with on-line capabilities and with the latest Anesthesia literature available on CD-ROM.

Virginia Apgar Scholars
Physicians interested in applying to our residency program may opt to apply for one of the Virginia Apgar Clinical or Research Scholar positions that are available each year. As a scholar, the resident would commit him/herself at the beginning of their residency to an additional two years of training either in a clinical area or in the research laboratory. An award is given during each clinical year (CA1, CA2 and CA3) to the residents chosen to be the Apgar Scholars of $15,000 per annum. Please see the Virginia Apgar page for more information.