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.
Union Difference:
Since forming a union in 2019, CIR members at UCLA have won higher wages, better benefits and more through collective bargaining.
- 56% increase in salary at UCLA over six years.
- $30,000 fertility benefits package with no coinsurance or deductible.
- 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
- $50,000 per year for a resident wellness fund.
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:
- 4 weeks of paid vacation
- Meal allowance of $3,000 per year
- Housing allowance of $12,000 per year
- Educational allowance of $1,200
- Reimbursement for licensure and exam fees
- 30K for family planning, IVF, adoption surrogacy, postpartum care + more
Questions about your contract?
Contact: George Morse or Violet Ranson
gmmorse@cirseiu.org or vranson@cirseiu.org
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:
- Mallory Blackwood, Neurology
- Jamila Taylor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Aniksha Balamurugan, Pediatrics
- Haia Chakoukani, Family Medicine
- Natalie Morgan, Internal Medicine
- Jessica Leung, Anesthesiology
- Amanda Labora, General Surgery
- Rachel Acree, Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Dayna Isaacs, Internal Medicine
- Alvin Singh, Neurology
- Kat Champ, Radiology
- Asha Ayub, Urology
- Aboubacar Kaba, Urology
- Reza Hessabi, Emergency Medicine
- Kelly Garrity, Pediatric Nephrology
- Alex Gould, Obstetrics & Gynecology (alternate)
- Mark Yost, General Surgery (alternate)
+ Mental Health Resources
- CA Mental Health Suicide Prevention Resources
- California Mental Health Hotline: 866-903-3787
- CA Peer-Run Warm Line: 855-845-7415