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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at Mount Sinai / NYC Health + Hospitals Queens

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/Queens)
Location
Jamaica, 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
Sohal Shipu, MD, FAPA, the Deputy Chief of Psychiatry and Director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program. The chief of service is John Navas, MD.
Status and setting
A newer ACGME-accredited program at Queens Hospital Center, run as the Mount Sinai psychiatry service within NYC Health + Hospitals / Queens, with academic appointments at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

shrinkiatry context

The Mount Sinai / NYC Health + Hospitals Queens psychiatry residency is a recently established program at Queens Hospital Center, built as a Mount Sinai service inside the city's public health system to train psychiatrists for one of the most diverse boroughs in the country. As an early-stage program, its structure is still developing, with leadership drawn from experienced Queens psychiatry educators. It's in Jamaica, in Queens.

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Sources

  1. NYC Health + Hospitals, Queens Psychiatry Residency Program (Program Leadership). https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/queenspsych/program-leadership/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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