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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at Richmond 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
Richmond University Medical Center
Location
Staten Island, 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.

Setting
A community teaching hospital on Staten Island that, per the program, offers one of the largest arrays of emergency, inpatient, and ambulatory mental health and substance-abuse programs in New York State.
History
The psychiatry residency has been continuously accredited since 1970.
Training environment
Residents train alongside programs in internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, radiology, and podiatry, within a patient-centered, community-hospital learning environment.

shrinkiatry context

The Richmond University Medical Center psychiatry residency is one of Staten Island's community teaching programs, giving residents broad exposure across emergency, inpatient, and ambulatory behavioral health and substance-use services. As a long-accredited program in a community hospital, it emphasizes hands-on clinical involvement with patients and families and preparation for board certification and independent practice. It's on Staten Island.

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Sources

  1. Richmond University Medical Center, Graduate Medical Education, Psychiatry Residency. https://rumcsi.org/careers/graduate-medical-education/residency-programs/psychiatry/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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