The incredible benefits you have are a result of your colleagues working together to ensure that resident physicians can provide the highest quality care possible and improve their working conditions.
Join CIR now. We’re stronger together.
Member Discounts:

Member Benefits, including Post-Residency Contract Review & Immigration Legal Benefit.
+ Discounts
- Electronics
- Food & Dining
- Home & Auto
- AT&T
- Costco and more
+ Travel
- Car Rental
- Hotels
- Airfare
- Resorts
- Tours & Cruises
+ Finance
- Financial Wellness
- Debt Navigator
- Rewards Cards
- Personal Loan
- Home Financing
+ Insurance
- Auto & Home
- Group Term Life
- Life Insurance Plan
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Legal Services
Your Contract:
- $750 education fund
- Reimbursement for STEP III and CA medical license
- Four weeks of paid parental leave
Questions about your contract?
Contact: Rica Highers
rhighers@cirseiu.org

+ Mental Health Resources
- CA Mental Health Suicide Prevention Resources
- California Mental Health Hotline: 866-903-3787
- CA Peer-Run Warm Line: 855-845-7415

I believe that physicians in general do not do a good job talking about finances or salary transparency. I believe that financial literacy can lead to improved physician wellness and less burnout. Therefore, I am happy that our team was able to push for a more livable wage and other benefits in this new contract.
Aram Namavar, SDHSA Executive Board Member




Executive Board Members:
- Sean Li, Plastic Surgery, Co-President
- Seth Fischer, Anesthesiology, Co-President
- Christy Zachek, OB/GYN, Chief Financial Officer
- Michael Castello, Child Neurology, Secretary
- Ben Amendolara, Psychiatry, Board Member
- Matt Siow, Orthopedic Surgery, Board Member
- Natalie Fettinger, Psychiatry, Board Member
- Harshika Satyarthi, Neurology, Board Member
- Jason Llaneras, Plastic Surgery, Board Member
- Aram Namavar, Internal Medicine, Board Member
Regional Vice Presidents:
- Stephen Goldberg, Anesthesiology, UC Irvine Medical Center
- Dayna Isaacs, Internal Medicine, UCLA Medical Center
- Matthew Siow, Orthopedic Surgery, UC San Diego Health
Delegates:
- Annie Ondracek, Internal Medicine
- Christy Zachek, OB/GYN
- Dana Most, Neurosciences
- Dean Riley, Surgery
- Jason Llaneras, Plastic Surgery
- Karina Covarrubias, Surgery
- Kelly Robinson, Pediatrics
- Kenya Lyons, Family Medicine
- Reyhan Ertekin, Pathology
- Scarlett Chen, Pediatrics