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The Administrative Summer Resident will be paid at the minimum rate of the Administrative Officer grade 103. He/she will be paid $2,437.50 twice monthly for the duration of the program.

The Administrative Summer Residency Program is part of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Although Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital are affiliated, they are two separate organizations.

The Summer Residency rotations will take place within Clinical Outpatient Departments or Basic Science Departments and Institutes within the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

The Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center Campus, at 630 West 168th Street New York, NY 10032.

The Department Administrator determines their finalist and the candidate then identifies if there is a mutual interest. There must be matching interests on both sides, for the department and the residency candidate.

Department participation varies from year to year and is done on a volunteer basis. 

The standard schedule for the Administrative Summer Resident is 35 hours a week, Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.