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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at Mount Sinai / NYC Health + Hospitals Elmhurst

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
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst)
Location
Elmhurst, 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
Hein H. Latt, MD. The associate program directors are John Mackenzie, MD, and Ian Hsu, MD.
Setting
The program is based at NYC Health + Hospitals / Elmhurst in Queens, in one of the most culturally diverse districts in the world (roughly 170 cultures), so cultural psychiatry is embedded throughout training. Residents also rotate at The Mount Sinai Hospital and NYC Health + Hospitals / Queens.
Clinical volume
The department runs about 100 inpatient beds with roughly 1,500 admissions a year, more than 7,000 psychiatric emergency visits, and over 45,000 outpatient visits, with global health elective options.

shrinkiatry context

The Mount Sinai Elmhurst psychiatry residency trains in one of the most diverse communities on earth, giving residents deep experience in cultural psychiatry across a high-volume public hospital while carrying academic appointments at the Icahn School of Medicine. Residents move through inpatient, emergency, and outpatient services with protected time for didactics, supervision, and wellness. It's in Elmhurst, in Queens.

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Sources

  1. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, General Psychiatry Residency at NYC Health + Hospitals / Elmhurst. https://icahn.mssm.edu/education/residencies-fellowships/list/elmhurst-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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