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Program profile · Michigan

Psychiatry residency at Western Michigan University (WMed)

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

Verified facts

Checked against official sources on July 25, 2026.

Program
Psychiatry Residency Program
Sponsoring institution
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed)
Location
Kalamazoo, 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
Madhavi Nagalla, MD
Department chair
Eric D. Achtyes, MD, MS, DFAPA
Class size
Six to seven residents per year
Training sites
Two tertiary hospitals, the VA, Integrated Services of Kalamazoo, and WMed's own outpatient clinic. Faculty staff 50 inpatient beds (adult, geriatric, and adolescent) with about 10,000 inpatient visits a year, a 10-bed adolescent partial program, an eight-bed psychiatric emergency department, and ECT at Beacon Kalamazoo, plus consultation services at Beacon Kalamazoo and Bronson Methodist Hospital.
Psychotherapy training
Supportive, interpersonal, and cognitive behavioral therapy.

shrinkiatry context

WMed, with the Van Andel Institute and Western Michigan University, joined the National Network of Depression Centers in 2024. The program is the primary psychiatric service center for southwest Michigan, a region of roughly a million people, and Kalamazoo sits about midway between Chicago and Detroit.

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Sources

  1. WMed, Department of Psychiatry. https://wmed.edu/department-psychiatry
  2. WMed, Psychiatry Residency Program. https://wmed.edu/psychresidency
  3. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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