Residency Salaries, Benefits, and Extras

Current Salary Scale

Benefits

• Four weeks paid vacation per year
  1. Includes 7 days of educational leave
  2. Taken in 1 week blocks every 3 months - includes holidays and weekends
  3. Requests are to be submitted 3 months in advance
  4. Intern's vacations are scheduled by the department (2 weeks every 6 months approximately)
• Health Plan Benefits (incl. coverage for eligible dependents) carrier UniCare
  www.unicare-service.com or www.unicare.com
• Dental Benefits (incl. coverage for eligible dependents) carrier - Delta Dental
  www.deltadentalca.org
• Vision Benefits (incl. coverage for eligible dependents) carrier - Vision Service Plan
  www.vsp.com
• Prescription Benefits (incl. coverage for eligible dependents) carrier - UniCare/
  Wellpoint/ProServ 1-800-700-2541
• Long Term Disability (employee only)
• Life Insurance (employee only)- carrier The Standard Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (employee only)
• Professional Liability (DOES NOT COVER MOONLIGHTING)
• Parental Leave: Maternity (two weeks paid leave) and Paternity (1 week paid leave). However, the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and the ACGME require that Orthopaedic Surgery residents complete 60 months of training. If vacation is NOT used the parents might find it necessary to extend their residency in order to complete this requirement.
• Meal Cards are provided when on-call at UCI Medical Center (weekday 2 cards weekends 3 cards)
• A lab coat cleaning service is provided FREE of CHARGE
• 2 lab coats are purchased for you at the beginning of your internship year
• A pager is furnished FREE of CHARGE (However, you are responsible for lost/misplaced/stolen pagers)
• FREE literature search and photocopy privileges
• Eligible for Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union membership (OCTFCU)
• Residents receive priority for child care services at the University of California, Irvine main campus
• Residents are eligible to purchase homes at University Hills located at the Irvine main campus
• Scheduled social events include but are not limited to Holiday party and Annual Graduation Bones Ball
  and two day Research Forum
• On site training for ACLS, BLS and CPR at UCIMC and most affiliate locations
• FREE shuttle service between UCI Medical Center and UC Irvine Main Campus
  

Back to the Residency Program

Dr. Neil Jones joins the Department of the UC Irvine Center for Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery.

Dr. Stuart Green has been featured in the June 2008 Orthopedics Today magazine about his book "Dear Doctor Franklin; Emails to a Founding Father about Science, Medicine and Technology".

Dr. Steven Ross is President of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) in 2007-2008.

Dr. Ranjan Gupta selected as the Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellow by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand for 2008.

Dr. Nitin Bhatia selected for the AOA-Japanese Orthopaedic Association Exchange Traveling Fellowship for 2008.

Dr. Ranjan Gupta chosen by Orange County Medical Association as a "Physicians of Excellence" and listed in the January, 2008 Orange Coast Magazine.

Dr. Martin Tynan is completing an Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship and will be returning to UCIMC April, 2008