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Program profile · Michigan

Psychiatry residency at Wayne State University (DMC/WSU)

Last verified July 25, 2026 · Checked against the program's official website

Verified facts

Checked against official sources on July 25, 2026.

Program
General (Adult) Psychiatry Residency, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
Sponsoring institution
Wayne State University School of Medicine (Detroit Medical Center)
Location
Detroit, Michigan
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 25, 2026.

Program director
Richard Balon, MD
Program coordinator
Michelle Trevithick
Rotation structure
PGY-1 includes six months of inpatient psychiatry with blocks of internal medicine and neurology; PGY-2 rotates through child and adolescent, consultation-liaison, addiction, geriatric, emergency, forensic, and community psychiatry; PGY-3 is a year of outpatient psychiatry; PGY-4 includes senior inpatient, consultation-liaison, emergency, and six months of electives.
Tracks
A research track and active collaboration with the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute.

shrinkiatry context

The program is based at the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University School of Medicine. Its department page states the program was fully ACGME-accredited as of February 2025, and it notes it does not sponsor H1 visas. It sits in Detroit's Tolan Park Medical Building.

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Sources

  1. Wayne State University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, General (Adult) Psychiatry Residency. https://psychiatry.med.wayne.edu/edu-training
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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