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Program profile · Florida

Psychiatry residency at NSU-KPCOM (Bay Pines VA Healthcare System)

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
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (Bay Pines VA Healthcare System)
Location
St. Petersburg, 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
Ahmed Maher, MD. The associate program directors are Seth Ahrendt, MD, and Thomas Jacob, MD.
Partnership
The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, so training centers on veterans' mental health care.
Focus
The program frames its mission around west central Florida, which it describes as one of the state's more critically underserved regions for psychiatry.
Evaluation
Resident progress is tracked with the ACGME Psychiatry Milestones across inpatient and outpatient settings.

shrinkiatry context

The NSU-KPCOM psychiatry residency at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System trains residents primarily in a Veterans Affairs setting, pairing supervised clinical practice with structured didactics from neuroscience and psychopharmacology through psychotherapy. It's one of several Nova Southeastern University osteopathic psychiatry programs in Florida, this one on the Gulf Coast. The program ties its purpose explicitly to Florida's psychiatrist shortage. It's in St. Petersburg.

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Sources

  1. Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, Psychiatry Residency at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System. https://osteopathic.nova.edu/kpcom-gme/residency/psychiatry-bay-pines/index.html
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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