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Program profile · Florida

Psychiatry residency at BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital

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
BayCare Health System (St. Joseph's Hospital)
Location
Tampa, Florida
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
Laura Rodriguez Roman, MD
Setting
St. Joseph's Hospital is a 615-bed hospital in Tampa. Its Behavioral Health Center is a 60-bed psychiatric facility for adults and children ages 4 and older, and the program describes it as the only freestanding Baker Act receiving private psychiatric hospital in Hillsborough County.
Health system
Part of BayCare, which the program describes as the largest academic health system in West Central Florida, with BayCare Behavioral Health serving nearly 70,000 patients a year across five receiving facilities.
Structure
Thirteen four-week blocks per year, with a weekly continuity clinic starting in the PGY-2 year.

shrinkiatry context

The BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital psychiatry residency trains within a large West Central Florida health system, pairing a general hospital with a dedicated behavioral health center. Residents move through inpatient, consultation, emergency, addiction, child, geriatric, and community rotations before a full outpatient PGY-3 year and an elective-heavy PGY-4. It's in Tampa, in Hillsborough County.

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Sources

  1. BayCare, Psychiatry Residency at St. Joseph's Hospital. https://baycare.org/residency/psychiatry/st-josephs-hospital
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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