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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at St. Francis Medical Center (Prime West Consortium)

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
Prime West Consortium / St. Francis Medical Center
Location
Lynwood, 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
Anil Sharma, MD, who signs the program director's welcome on the official site. The program is a member of the Prime West Consortium.
Setting
St. Francis Medical Center is a community teaching hospital in Lynwood that has served the area since 1945, and the program is affiliated with the California University of Science and Medicine. It's a new residency at a hospital that had not previously run graduate medical education programs, with a large inpatient psychiatric unit and a continuity clinic on East Imperial Highway.
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

The Prime West Consortium program at St. Francis Medical Center runs a new community-teaching-hospital psychiatry residency in Lynwood, in Los Angeles County, affiliated with the California University of Science and Medicine. It leans on one of Southern California's large inpatient psychiatric units and a continuity clinic to give residents broad inpatient and outpatient exposure. The program emphasizes serving an underserved, diverse community and recruiting residents from the region it serves.

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Sources

  1. St. Francis Medical Center, Prime West Consortium Psychiatry Residency Program. https://stfrancismedicalcenter.com/psychiatry/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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