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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at Eisenhower Health

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
Eisenhower Health
Location
Rancho Mirage, 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
Rustin Dakota Carter, MD, EdD, who also serves as medical director and chair of psychiatry.
Setting
The program is sponsored by Eisenhower Health, a not-for-profit hospital in Rancho Mirage, and trains residents to serve the Coachella Valley of Riverside County, a region with significant behavioral-health needs and workforce shortages.
How to apply
Applications run through ERAS, and the program takes part in the NRMP Main Residency Match under its own National Resident Matching Program code. Eisenhower Health lists psychiatry among the ACGME-accredited residencies run through its graduate medical education office, so applicants should confirm current requirements, rotations, and interview timing on the official program page before they apply.

shrinkiatry context

Eisenhower Health runs a community-hospital psychiatry residency built to grow the behavioral-health workforce in the desert Coachella Valley, giving residents a community-based training base in a fast-growing, seasonally shifting region. It's in Rancho Mirage, and the program pairs a not-for-profit community hospital with a large seasonal population that swings through the desert resort corridor. That gives residents exposure to community psychiatry in a region where access to care has long trailed demand.

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Sources

  1. Eisenhower Health Graduate Medical Education, Psychiatry Residency. https://gme.eisenhowerhealth.org/residency-programs/psychiatry-residency/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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