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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at NY Medical College / Metropolitan Hospital

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
New York Medical College at Metropolitan Hospital Center
Location
New York, 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
Ashraf El-Shafei, MD, the Chief of Service and interim program director.
Setting
Metropolitan Hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side, affiliated with New York Medical College since 1875, which the program calls the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the country.
Program size
26 total resident positions, so about six to seven residents start each year.
Services
All training is at a single site, including three adult inpatient units, a separate psychiatric emergency room, adult and child and adolescent outpatient clinics, a methadone/buprenorphine clinic, consultation-liaison, an ACT community outreach program, and an on-site courtroom for forensic experience.

shrinkiatry context

The New York Medical College psychiatry residency at Metropolitan Hospital trains in a public hospital with an unusually long academic pedigree, giving residents a full continuum of care, all on one Upper East Side campus, for a culturally and socioeconomically diverse community. Residents work as integral members of multidisciplinary teams under close attending supervision and help shape the program itself. It's in New York City.

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Sources

  1. New York Medical College, Psychiatry Residency at Metropolitan. https://www.nymc.edu/som/education/gme/nymc-residency-programs/psychiatry-residency-at-metropolitan/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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