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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at Riverside University Health System

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
Riverside University Health System
Location
Riverside, 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
Jean Griffith, MD, MS, is the residency training director.
Setting
The program is sponsored by Riverside University Health System, the public health system of Riverside County, which pairs a county medical center with a large behavioral-health division, giving residents a safety-net and community-psychiatry base for the Inland Empire.
Clinical footprint
As a county-run system, Riverside University Health System operates inpatient psychiatric services, emergency and crisis care, and an extensive network of outpatient and community behavioral-health clinics across Riverside County, so residents care for a diverse, largely underserved population across the full continuum of public psychiatric care. Applications are through ERAS and the NRMP Match.

shrinkiatry context

Riverside University Health System runs a county-sponsored psychiatry residency that is separate from the UC Riverside School of Medicine program, anchored in Riverside County's public medical-center and behavioral-health system. Its heavy public-sector and community-psychiatry exposure prepares residents to serve high-need populations. It's in Riverside, in the Inland Empire east of Los Angeles.

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Sources

  1. Riverside University Health System, Psychiatry Residency. https://www.ruhealth.org/medical-center/medical-training/psychiatry-residency/about-us
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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