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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at Family Health Centers of San Diego

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
Family Health Centers of San Diego
Location
San Diego, 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
Karim Ghobrial-Sedky, M.D., per the program's official faculty page. Dr. Ghobrial-Sedky is board-certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, sleep medicine, and addiction medicine.
Setting
Family Health Centers of San Diego is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in San Diego County and its largest outpatient mental-health provider, so the residency trains residents in community psychiatry with a strong focus on underserved and uninsured populations. Residents also train with partners including Scripps Mercy Hospital, Sharp Mesa Vista, and Naval Medical Center San Diego.
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, so applicants should confirm current requirements, rotations, and interview timing on the official program page before they apply.

shrinkiatry context

Family Health Centers of San Diego runs a community-psychiatry residency rooted in one of the nation's largest community-clinic networks, founded in Barrio Logan in 1970. It emphasizes integrated behavioral health, substance-use treatment, and care for low-income and uninsured patients across more than twenty primary-care sites with embedded mental-health services. That gives residents deep exposure to public-sector and safety-net psychiatry in a large, diverse border region.

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Sources

  1. Family Health Centers of San Diego, Psychiatry Residency Program, Faculty & Staff. https://www.fhcsd.org/education/gme/residency-programs/psychiatry/faculty-and-staff/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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