Program Coordinators: Certificates

Certificate Requests

The Office of Graduate Medical Education subsidizes certificates for all ACGME-accredited programs.

Please e-mail all requests to the Benefits Coordinator . For accurate tracking of your certificate requests, please use the Certificate Request Form - [27 kb]. Certificate requests must contain the following information:

• Physician name and degree (as you would like it to appear on the certificate)
• Type of program (i.e., Internship, Residency, Chief Residency, Fellowship)
• Department (e.g., Internal Medicine, Surgery, etc.)
• Start and End dates (month, day, and year)
  • Most Internships officially begin June 23th and end on June 30th
  • Most Residencies and Fellowships officially begin on July 1st and end on June 30th
• Signature lines (e.g., Dean, Program Chair, Interim Program Chair, Program Director)
• Any special requests (e.g., "Please send original certificate to: [address].

Graduation Ceremonies

For certificates required for the end of the academic year, please turn in your certificate request by March 26th, so that we may obtain all of the appropriate signatures prior to any graduation ceremonies or before the resident is unable to pick up their certificate from your department.

Please note, our office will only accept the Certificate Request Form - [27 kb] via email as other formats severely limit our ability to track the certificate creation process.

Late Certificate Requests

Any certificate requests sent after March 26th will be assessed a $25.00 fee per request form. This fee will be assessed regardless of the number of certificates requested on your form. This fee also applies to additional/multiple requests.

Certificate Duplicates and Corrections

All certificates that were sent with errors and require correction will be assessed a $25.00 processing fee per certificate. Duplicate requests will also be assessed a $25.00 per certificate processing fee.

Contacts:

Benefits Coordinator 
(619) 543-7820 

Forms:

Certificate Request Form - [23 kb]

Deadline:

March 26th