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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at Healthy Rural California

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
Healthy Rural California, Inc.
Location
Chico, 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
Rachel Mitchell, M.D., per the program director's welcome on the official site, supported by associate program directors Donovan Wong, M.D., Romy Kullar, D.O., and Duane McWaine, M.D.
Setting
Healthy Rural California, Inc. sponsors the program in Chico, and it's a community psychiatry residency built to train clinicians for the underserved, rural region of Northern California. Residents rotate through Enloe Health and Butte County Behavioral Health, with an academic partnership with the Kaweah Health psychiatry program.
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

Healthy Rural California runs a community psychiatry residency in Chico focused on training clinicians for the rural, underserved communities of Northern California. It emphasizes trauma-informed care, mental-health equity, and interprofessional practice, with protected time for research, quality improvement, and advocacy. The program pairs a nonprofit sponsor with regional clinical partners to build a mental-health workforce in a part of the state that has long trailed demand for psychiatric care.

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Sources

  1. Healthy Rural California, Psychiatry Residency Program (program director's welcome). https://healthyruralca.org/residency-programs/psychiatry-residency-program/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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