Program Benefits

On top of the benefits provided to all SUNY Upstate residents from SUNY, Anesthesiology Residents also receive:

Vacation and Meeting Day Allowances

20 paid vacation/sick days per year
- As per the American Board of Anesthesiology, residents may take a total of 60 vacation/sick days through their clinical residency (which does not include their preliminary year).
5 paid meeting days per year

Journal Subscriptions

Anesthesia & Analgesia
Anesthesiology

Total Wellbeing Program

A Resident Assistance Program via Syracuse Behavioral Health, which includes counseling services, legal and financial consultations, and a virtual concierge that provides assistance in maintaining a healthy work/life balance

Continuing Medical Education Support

The Anesthesia Resident Continuing Medical Education Support throughout residency training is approximately $6,000/resident and includes:

Education/Book Allowance (distributed each year of residency):
- CA1 - $300
- CA2 - $600
- CA3 - $1000
All CA-1 residents are provided with the following textbooks/e-books in addition to their education/book allowance:
- Clinical Anesthesia (Barash)
Rotation specific lending library
TrueLearn

Current Salaries

Starting July 1, 2021

PGY1 — $56,263.00
CA-1 — $60,498.00
CA-2 — $63,310.00
CA-3 — $65,905.00

Your Money Goes Further

To give you an idea of how reasonable the cost of living is in Syracuse, we calculated how much money you would need to make to afford the same quality of life in 12 cities with academic medical centers, compared to what you need to make in Syracuse, NY.

$55,000 in Syracuse
$70,091 in Baltimore
$67,063 in Burlington, VT
$80,777 in Boston
$60,874 in Chicago
$82,527 in Los Angeles
$65,217 in Minneapolis
$73,407 in New Haven
$105,957 in New York City
$80,211 in San Diego
$94,073 in San Francisco
$68,759 in Seattle
$92,389 in Washington, D.C.

Calculations provided by salary.com

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