By standing together as a union, Boston Medical Center housestaff have won:
✓ higher wages
✓ improved benefits
✓ better working conditions
Contract Highlights & Organizing
Benefits
Your negotiated benefits include: Employee Assistance Program, disability, education.
Wages
$2250 living stipend in year 1, $4250 in year 2, and $4500 in year 3
$1,200 educational stipend and $750 in meal allowance through AY23-24
Extra On-Call Pay: $200-$750/ shift
DEI Funding
$88k in annual diversity, equity and inclusion funds, with resident input into spending
Patient Care Fund
The CIR House Staff Patient Care Fund (PCF) Committee at BMC has secured $35,000 per year through the CIR/BMC contract as a stream of funding dedicated to addressing patient care. The fund accepts grant applications for materials, resources and/or services to improve patient care at BMC as well as for house-staff led initiatives to address key social determinants of health issues facing our patients.
Contract Review
Review of your post-residency employment contract by a participating lawyer at the discounted rate of $400.
Discounted Post-Residency Contract Review form – view eligible states
Immigration Legal Benefit
FREE consultation on an immigration matter with a cooperating immigration attorney.
Due Process
If you find yourself in a disciplinary process or facing a contract violation, you have the right to union representation.
Regional Vice Presidents
Dipavo Banerjee
Psychiatry, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Alex Cerjanic
Neurology, Mass General Brigham
Justin Halloran
Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance
Brett Lewis
Family Medicine/Psychiatry, Boston Medical Center
Chris Schenck
Internal Medicine, Mass General Brigham
Delegates
Anisah Hashmi, Psychiatry
Harjot Kang, Anesthesiology
Jennifer Tucker, Family Medicine/Psychiatry
Juan Rubianes, Psychiatry
Lucia Ryll, ENT
Michael Yang, Internal Medicine
Nicole Comella, OB/GYN
Shilpa Ghatnekar, Dermatology
Sylvianne Shurman, Emergency Medicine
Natalia Forbath, Family Medicine
CIR Updates
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