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Program profile · Georgia

Psychiatry residency at Piedmont Macon 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
Piedmont Macon Medical Center / Mercer University School of Medicine
Location
Macon, 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
Leslie Tomek, MD, who reports that she started as associate program director in 2016 and became program director in 2017, and trained at the University of Rochester. Emory Dunn is the program administrator.
Setting
The program describes itself as a relatively new residency at Piedmont Macon Medical Center, previously known as Coliseum Medical Centers, focused on delivering psychiatric care to the population of middle Georgia, and it notes that the majority of its graduates have remained in Macon.
Distinctive features
The program highlights unusual offerings including outpatient neurology and inpatient forensic psychiatry, and a newly developed clinic focused on the care of people experiencing homelessness.

shrinkiatry context

Piedmont Macon's program is a community-based psychiatry residency, affiliated with the Mercer University School of Medicine, that trains psychiatrists for middle Georgia with a strong local retention record and a community-service bent. It's in Macon.

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Sources

  1. Piedmont Healthcare, Macon Graduate Medical Education, Psychiatry Residency Program. https://www.piedmont.org/for-medical-professionals/graduate-medical-education/macon-graduate-medical-education/psychiatry-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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