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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at Kaiser Permanente San Jose

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
Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Location
San Jose, 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
Zhongshu Yang, MD, PhD, per the program's official faculty page. Christine T. Cung is the program coordinator.
Setting
The program is based at the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center in the South Bay, training residents within Kaiser Permanente's integrated Northern California healthcare system with an emphasis on team-based, evidence-based, and coordinated care.

shrinkiatry context

Kaiser San Jose is an integrated-system psychiatry residency in Silicon Valley's South Bay, training residents inside Kaiser Permanente's managed-care model with a diverse patient panel and a coordinated-care emphasis. It's in San Jose.

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Sources

  1. Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Psychiatry Residency (San Jose). https://residency-ncal.kaiserpermanente.org/residency/psychiatry/psychiatry-san-jose/
  2. Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Psychiatry Residency (San Jose), Faculty. https://residency-ncal.kaiserpermanente.org/residency/psychiatry/psychiatry-san-jose/faculty/
  3. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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