Residents
Salaries for residents training at New York Presbyterian Hospital are revised periodically and are competitive with similar northeast programs.

Salaries for the year 2009-2010 are:

Resident Level Salary
1
$49,727
2
$52,322
3
$55,380
4 $57,088

*Salaries effective July 1, 2009

New York Presbyterian Hospital provides house staff (residents and fellows) and their enrolled eligible dependents with hospital and medical insurance benefits, vision and dental plans. 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 are also available. Detailed information on all benefits is available through the NYPH Graduate Medical Education Office at (212)305-6081 or on-line at here.

Vacation Time
Residents are provided with 20 days of paid vacation yearly.

Departmental Benefits
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:

  • A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children
    Charles J. Cote
  • Respiratory Physiology
    John B. West
  • Anesthetic Pharmacology - Physiologic Principles and Clinical Practice
    Alex S. Evers
  • Miller's Anesthesia
    Ronald D. Miller
  • Clinical Anesthesia
    Paul G. G. Barash
  • Handbook of Clinical Anesthesia
    Paul G. G. Barash
  • Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease and Handbook for Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease Package
    Robert K. Stoelting
  • Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice
    Robert K. Stoelting
  • Handbook of Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice
    Robert K. Stoelting
  • Mayo Clinic Analgesic Pathway: Peripheral Nerve Blockade for Major Orthopedic Surgery and Procedural Training Manual and DVD
    Robert L. Lennon

In addition, the residents will receive the yearly ASA Refresher Course Book. The Department enrolls each resident in Carelog to provide the house officers a web-based method of keeping track of the cases they have done.

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

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. Personal computers with on-line bibliography services and MEDLINE searches are available in the Department's lounges and libraries with on-line capabilities and with the latest Anesthesia literature available on CD-ROM. Personal computers are upgraded with the latest Anesthesia literature available on CD-ROM. Photocopying services are available to residents free of charge. In addition, the Columbia University's Health Sciences Library (Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library) is part of the hospital complex.

Virginia Apgar Scholars
Physicians interested in applying to our residency program may elect 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, CA3 and fellows) to the residents chosen to be the Apgar Scholars of $15,000 per annum. Please see the Virginia Apgar page for more information.