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Program profile · California

Psychiatry residency at USC and LA General Medical Center

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
USC / Los Angeles General Medical Center
Location
Los Angeles, 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
Darin D. Signorelli, MD. The associate program directors are Jeremy Mao, MD, and Emily Ottiniano, DO, with Mariam Fam, MD, as assistant program director.
History and sites
The program reports that it dates to 1943 and that residents rotate through four primary sites: Los Angeles General Medical Center, which it calls the flagship hospital of the nation's second-largest public healthcare system; Keck Medicine of USC and USC Student Mental Health; the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health's Northeast Mental Health Clinic.
Curriculum
The program describes early child-psychiatry exposure in the first year, a PGY-1 quality improvement and research block, a longitudinal continuity clinic starting in the second year, an integrated-care clinic and USC student-health clinic in the third year, and advanced psychotherapy electives in the fourth year, with residents employed by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.

shrinkiatry context

The USC/LA General program is a large, long-established academic and safety-net psychiatry residency rooted in the country's second-largest public health system, with heavy exposure to underserved, acutely ill, and complex patients across county, university, and VA sites. It's in Los Angeles.

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Sources

  1. Keck School of Medicine of USC, USC/LA General Medical Center Psychiatry Residency Program. https://keck.usc.edu/psychiatry/residency-programs-landing/usc-lagmc-residency-program/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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