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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at California Pacific Medical Center

Last verified July 27, 2026 · Checked against the program's official website

Verified facts

Checked against official sources on July 27, 2026.

Program
Psychiatry Residency Program
Sponsoring institution
Sutter Health / California Pacific Medical Center
Location
San Francisco, California
Program type
General (adult) psychiatry
Training length
Four years (PGY-1 to PGY-4)
Accreditation
ACGME-accredited. See the ACGME ADS finder for the program's current accreditation status and identifier.

Reported by the program

The program describes the following on its official website, reviewed on July 27, 2026.

Program director
Janos Zahajszky, MD, an outpatient psychiatrist who serves as residency training director. Mike Nguyen, MD, is the associate program director, and Jeannie Gardi is the program coordinator.
Setting
The program is the California Pacific Medical Center psychiatry residency, sponsored by Sutter Health, based in San Francisco, training residents within a large not-for-profit community hospital system that also serves as an academic teaching site.

shrinkiatry context

California Pacific Medical Center runs a community-based, Sutter-sponsored psychiatry residency in San Francisco, giving residents a private not-for-profit-system training base distinct from the city's university and county programs. It's in San Francisco.

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Sources

  1. Sutter Health, California Pacific Medical Center Psychiatry Residency Program, Program Director Message. https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/program-director-message
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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