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Benefits

Residents posing at the ACS convention
Residents visiting the American College of Surgeons convention in 2019.

Meal Stipends are provided to our residents and are based on their number of call shifts. These can be used at the UAMS cafeteria, Doc Java, Lobby Cafe, and The Gathering Place in the Rockefeller Cancer Institute. 

ACS Conference is a week-long, all expenses paid conference that will be provided to all PGY-2 residents.

Additional Conference(s): all expenses paid will be given to residents who will be presenting their research via a poster or presentation.

TrueLearn Question Bank is one of the most widely-used subscription question banks in general surgery residencies, and ours is provided free to our residents. 

UAMS Health Care is provided free to our residents at no additional charge. See the UAMS GME website for more details.

Free Covered Parking is provided for our residents at all of our facilities.

Resident Salary is competitive and ranges from $53,615 for PGY-1 to $60,216 for PGY-5. Complete GME benefits can be found in the Resident Handbook.

*some benefits are subject to available budget and UAMS policies

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