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Program profile · Georgia

Psychiatry residency at the Medical College of Georgia

Last verified July 27, 2026 · Checked against the program's official website

Verified facts

Checked against official sources on July 27, 2026.

Program
General Psychiatry Residency Program
Sponsoring institution
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Location
Augusta, Georgia
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
Richard Camino, MD. David Williams, MD, is the associate program director and Carol Gibson, MHA, is the residency coordinator.
Training sites
The program reports that residents receive most of their inpatient and forensic experience at East Central Regional Hospital, the state hospital in Augusta, plus consultation-liaison and emergency psychiatry at Wellstar MCG Health, addiction experience at Hope House and the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, and outpatient care at the department's Stoney Building.
Curriculum
The program describes full-day protected didactic time and psychotherapy training across all four years in cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, acceptance and commitment, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic, and family therapy, along with active neurostimulation practice including electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

shrinkiatry context

The Medical College of Georgia program is a mid-sized academic psychiatry residency at one of the country's oldest and largest medical schools, with an unusually strong state-hospital, forensic, and neurostimulation base. It's in Augusta, on the Georgia and South Carolina border.

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Sources

  1. Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, General Psychiatry Residency, Message from the Training Directors. https://www.augusta.edu/mcg/psychiatry/general/message-from-the-training-directors.php
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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