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Program profile · Florida

Psychiatry residency at SMA Healthcare

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
SMA Healthcare
Location
Daytona Beach, 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
Tarek Aly, MD
Program size and timeline
Ten positions per year. The first class started in July 2024, after the program received ACGME accreditation in January 2024.
Setting
A community behavioral health system covering six counties in central Florida, with a stated mission of addressing the region's psychiatrist shortage.
Training sites
SMA crisis, outpatient, and primary care programs across its six-county area, with neurology and family medicine rotations at HCA Florida Ocala Hospital.

shrinkiatry context

The SMA Healthcare psychiatry residency is a new program based in a community behavioral health system on Florida's central east coast, created explicitly to grow the region's supply of psychiatrists. Residents begin in crisis services and rotate through outpatient and primary care across a six-county footprint, with neurology and family medicine handled through a partnership with a nearby hospital. It's in Daytona Beach.

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Sources

  1. SMA Healthcare, SMA Healthcare Announces Psychiatric Residency Program. https://smahealthcare.org/sma-healthcare-announces-psychiatric-residency-program/
  2. National Resident Matching Program, program directory (SMA Healthcare, Florida). https://programdirectory.nrmp.org/sma-healthcare-fl-2484400c0/
  3. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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