Benefits & Stipends

For a comprehensive description of resident benefits and policies, please refer to the UMN GME website.

For more information regarding base stipend rate, please visit here. 

• PGY2 residents start at the Step 2 level (advanced program match). 

• PGY 1 residents who will complete their transitional year at Hennepin Health start at the Step 1 level (categorical program match).

All leave requests must be submitted via the program coordinator and are subject to approval by the staff physician and the program director.  

Vacation Leave

The University runs on a fiscal calendar of July 1 to June 30th.  On an annual basis, each resident receives 15 vacation days.  No vacation days can be carried over to the next year.  The minimum length of a vacation is one day.  

Sick Leave

You are entitled to up to 11 days of paid sick leave per year for absences due to illness. This includes 5 days provided by the department and up to 48 hours of accrued Minnesota Earned Sick and Safe Time annually (with a maximum of 80 hours if any balance carries over from the previous year).

Any sick leave in excess of the 11-day limit within the academic year will be charged against your vacation time.

Professional Leave

A total of 15 days is allowed for attendance at national meetings over four years of training.  Priority for going to ASTRO is given to residents with oral presentations/posters.  Residents may attend ASTRO meeting without presentation once during the PGY4 or PGY5 year of training at their own expense.

Time away for job interviews will be charged as meeting days or vacation days as long as they do not exceed the limit.  

ABR Certification & Other Education Allowance

The department will reimburse the residents for education expenses incurred up to $3,000 during the course of their residency. Examples are:

•    ABR certification
•    Books
•    Journal subscriptions

National Meetings

Oral and poster presentations at national meetings will be reimbursed for meeting registration fees, transportation and food/lodging for up to $1,500.00 per meeting.

The same presentation topic can only be presented at ONE meeting throughout your residency. Once a paper is presented, a manuscript must be completed and submitted for publication before another presentation will be paid for by the department.  

The department may supplement and support residents at any meeting from which they receive a Travel Award. Residents must submit an award letter and the abstract and/or manuscript to the Program Director and Department Chairman for approval.

University of Minnesota Medical Center

The department has a limited number of contract parking cards. These cards are temporarily made available at no cost to the residents for their rotations at the University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) during their 4 years. Residents not currently rotating at UMMC may be asked to return the parking card to the Program Coordinator, who will then temporarily assign that card to a visiting resident currently rotating at UMMC.  

Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Parking is free at the VA Medical Center and a permit can be obtained by the resident from the VAMC Radiation Oncology Clinic. 

Fairview Lakes in Wyoming & Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center

Parking is free.