To learn more regarding the following items, please click below. Additional details can be found on the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) website linked below.
Memorandum of Understanding
Negotiated Salaries for Resident Physicians
Appointment Offer
Physician Condition of Appointment
Resident-Fellow Recruitment, Eligibility, Selection, Appointment
Visa Information for Postgraduate Training Applicants
USC/LA General Medical Center COVID Vaccination Notification to Applicants
Benefits
USC/Los Angeles General Medical Center
Salary Scale (Updated as of November 2025)
Medical and Dental benefits for the USC/Los Angeles General Medical Center residents are part of the Choices benefits plan. The Choices benefits plan may be updated each calendar year. Please click below and select “Choices” to learn more.
USC/Los Angeles General Medical Center is part of the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR). CIR provides trainees with additional benefits such as supplemental insurance, housing stipends, research support and educational reimbursements. Please click below to learn more:
Program Benefits
Funding for conferences
ACP membership
Free notary services exclusive to IM trainees
MKSAPs
and more!
For additional questions, please see the list below for contact information of other USC/Los Angeles General Medical Center departments.
USC/Los Angeles General Medical Center Payroll: (323) 914-8383 or (323) 914-8382
W-2
Payroll Issues
USC/Los Angeles General Medical Center Benefits: (323) 914-5003
Insurance
Benefits
Pension
COBRA
USC/Los Angeles General Medical Center Professional Risk Management:
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Office of Risk Management
(323) 409-6657
LA-General-MedMalhistory@dhs.lacounty.gov
Malpractice Claims History
Verification of Physician's Medical Claim History