Benefits & Salary

2024-2025 Resident and Fellow Salary Rates - Nashville Campus

*In addition to the base salary, those residents participating in the individual disability and group life insurance programs provided through GME currently receive an additional $660 per year for disability and life insurance benefits as shown above in Column 3. Residents not participating do not receive this stipend.

For more resident salary information, please see GME Policy #210.

Stipend & Meals

The educational stipend for categorical residents is $3,000. A variety of educational materials are covered, per the Reimbursement Guidelines for UTGME Support Dollars.

PGY 1 - $1,500
PGY 2 - $1,000
PGY 3 - $500

Meals - Meals are provided to housestaff at no cost, on and off call.

Vacation

Residents are allowed paid annual leave of three weeks per twelve-month period.  Paid leave may be taken in 1-week increments during subspecialty blocks. Additionally, there is a truncated schedule at the end of December in an effort to give residents time with their families around the holidays.

Insurance

Please see the GME policy on Insurance for more information.

• Life - no cost. Covered by the University of Tennessee.
• Disability - no cost. Covered by the University of Tennessee.
• Malpractice - no cost. Covered under the provisions of Tennessee's Claims Commission Act.
• Health/Dental - through Cigna Healthcare. Cost is shared by the University of Tennessee.

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Both maternity and paternity leave are available and can be arranged to accommodate one's individual schedule. Parental leave is available for the parent(s) for the birth or adoption of a child. Each resident will be eligible to have six weeks (42 calendar days) of paid parental leave one time during each ACGME training program. This paid leave is in addition to the above annual and sick leave.

GME Policies and Procedures

Additional resources are available for disability, leave, malpractice insurance, etc. You can find details here.