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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at Mohawk Valley Health System

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
Mohawk Valley Health System
Location
Utica, 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
Tayo Obatusin, MD, FAPA.
Status and setting
The program describes itself as a new psychiatry residency based out of Faxton St. Luke's Hospital, part of the Mohawk Valley Health System in Utica, Central New York. It references the 2023 opening of the system's Wynn Hospital.
Community partners
The program reports being part of a network of behavioral-health services across Oneida, Herkimer, Madison, and Onondaga Counties, with training-site and resource support from organizations including Helio Health and The Neighborhood Center.

shrinkiatry context

Mohawk Valley's program is a newer, community-focused psychiatry residency built to train general psychiatrists for rural and urban practice in Central New York, tied to a health system that recently consolidated into a new hospital. As a young program much of its track record is still forming. It's in Utica, in the Mohawk Valley region.

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Sources

  1. Mohawk Valley Health System, Psychiatry Residency. https://www.mvhealthsystem.org/education/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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