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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at San Mateo County Behavioral Health

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 Training Program
Sponsoring institution
San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Location
San Mateo, 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
Brendan Scherer, MD, per the program's official leadership page.
Setting
The program is sponsored by San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, the county public behavioral-health system on the San Francisco Peninsula, giving residents a strong public- and community-psychiatry base serving a diverse county population.

shrinkiatry context

San Mateo County runs a distinctive public-sector psychiatry residency housed inside a county behavioral-health system rather than a hospital, so its training centers on community and public psychiatry for an underserved Bay Area population. It's in San Mateo.

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Sources

  1. San Mateo County Health, Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Program Leadership. https://www.smchealth.org/bhrs/psychres/lead
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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