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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at UC Irvine

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
University of California, Irvine
Location
Orange, 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
John Luo, MD, professor and residency program director in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior.
Setting
The program is based at the UC Irvine Medical Center campus in Orange and reports training resources including multiple inpatient units, a partial hospitalization program, specialized outpatient clinics, and a sleep center, within a UC academic medical center in Orange County.

shrinkiatry context

UC Irvine's program is a University of California academic psychiatry residency serving Orange County, with a broad inpatient and outpatient base and a strong informatics and clinical orientation. It's in Orange, in Southern California.

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Sources

  1. UC Irvine Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Residency Program. https://www.psychiatry.uci.edu/residency/index.asp
  2. UC Irvine School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Residency Program. https://medschool.uci.edu/research/clinical-departments/psychiatry-human-behavior/education-training/residency-program/contact-us
  3. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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