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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at UC Riverside School of Medicine

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
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine
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
Peter Ureste, MD, MACM, who trained in general psychiatry at USC and completed a geriatric psychiatry fellowship at UCSF before joining UC Riverside in 2024 to lead the program.
Setting
The program is part of the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, a newer medical school with a mission focused on community health and the underserved Inland Empire region.

shrinkiatry context

UC Riverside's program is a university psychiatry residency at one of the nation's newer public medical schools, built around a community-health mission for the fast-growing, underserved Inland Empire. It's in Riverside, and is distinct from the separate Riverside University Health System county program.

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Sources

  1. UC Riverside School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Residency Program Leadership. https://sompsych.ucr.edu/residency-program-leadership
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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