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Program profile · Indiana

Psychiatry residency at IU School of Medicine in Merrillville

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
Indiana University School of Medicine (Merrillville)
Location
Merrillville, Indiana
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
Kobie I. Douglas, MD, adjunct clinical assistant professor of psychiatry.
Status and setting
The program reports that it was accredited in September 2020 and trains residents through Regional Care Group, which it calls Indiana's largest and most comprehensive network of community-based health care and social services, providing care for low-income, underinsured, and uninsured families in Northwest Indiana.
Clinical sites
The program lists a 16-bed inpatient psychiatric unit, outpatient services, four Federally Qualified Health Centers, and two residential addictions units, and highlights the chance to follow patients across their care in a community mental-health setting with integrated models of care.

shrinkiatry context

This IU regional program in Merrillville is a community-psychiatry-focused residency built to widen access in underserved Northwest Indiana, with heavy exposure to community mental-health, FQHC, and addiction settings under the IU academic umbrella. It's in Merrillville, near Gary and the Chicago metro edge.

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Sources

  1. Indiana University School of Medicine, Psychiatry Residency in Merrillville. https://medicine.iu.edu/psychiatry/education/residency/merrillville
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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