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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at Nassau University Medical Center

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
Nassau University Medical Center (NuHealth)
Location
East Meadow, 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
Simarpreet Kaur, MD, MHA. The department chair is Constantine Ioannou, MD.
Program size and volume
Ten categorical PGY-1 positions a year. The department runs about 183 inpatient psychiatric beds with more than 3,550 admissions annually.
Training
First-year training is all at Nassau University Medical Center, the PGY-3 year is a full year of outpatient care, and the geriatric psychiatry rotation (including ECT) is done off-site at Zucker Hillside Hospital.
Affiliations
The department is affiliated with the SUNY Stony Brook Department of Psychiatry and the Northwell Health system.

shrinkiatry context

The Nassau University Medical Center psychiatry residency is the training program of Long Island's public safety-net hospital, giving residents high-volume inpatient and emergency experience with a diverse patient population. The program has expanded its units and services in recent years, and it moves residents from a hospital-based early curriculum into a full outpatient year and an elective-rich final year. It's in East Meadow, on Long Island.

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Sources

  1. Nassau University Medical Center (NuHealth), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Residency. https://www.numc.edu/education/graduate-medical-education/residency-fellowship-programs/psychiatry-behavioral-sciences/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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