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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at Albany Medical College

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
Albany Medical College
Location
Albany, New York
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
Jeffrey Winseman, MD, who also directs Student Psychological Services.
Training sites
Albany Medical Center, the region's academic medical center, together with the Capital District Psychiatric Center and the Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center.
Emphasis
Extensive psychotherapy training and supervision as the foundation of practice, with faculty expertise spanning psychodynamic, cognitive, and dialectical behavior therapy, addiction, and consultation-liaison psychiatry.
Department
The department has taught and practiced psychiatry in the Capital Region since 1902 and is part of the Neurosciences Institute at Albany Medical Center.

shrinkiatry context

The Albany Medical College psychiatry residency is the academic program for New York's Capital Region, pairing the region's only academic medical center with a state psychiatric center and a VA hospital. That mix gives residents inpatient, emergency, consultation, forensic, and outpatient experience across public and academic settings, with a stated emphasis on the doctor-patient relationship and psychotherapy. It's in Albany.

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Sources

  1. Albany Medical College, Psychiatry Residency (Welcome and program pages). https://www.amc.edu/education/residencies-fellowships/psychiatry-residency/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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