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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at St. John's Episcopal 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
St. John's Episcopal Hospital (Episcopal Health Services)
Location
Far Rockaway, 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
Piotr Slowik, MD. The department chairman is Jessy Colah, MD.
Program size and setting
A four-year program with 16 residents total, at a safety-net hospital serving a diverse, underserved community in Far Rockaway, surrounded by many nursing and adult homes within a few miles.
Training sites
PGY-1 splits the medical emergency department and internal medicine with two inpatient psychiatric units. PGY-2 adds neurology at SUNY Downstate, chemical dependency at Mercy Medical Center, and child inpatient psychiatry at Nassau University Medical Center, plus consultation-liaison and emergency psychiatry. PGY-3 is a full year of outpatient community mental health, and PGY-4 adds electives like palliative medicine and ECT plus a wellness and recovery rotation.
Note
The program states it has no overnight call.

shrinkiatry context

The St. John's Episcopal psychiatry residency trains in a busy safety-net hospital on the Rockaway peninsula, giving residents broad exposure to adult, pediatric, and geriatric psychopathology, including a heavy nursing-home and adult-home population nearby. The program emphasizes work-life balance and a tight-knit environment, moving residents from inpatient and emergency work to a full outpatient year and an elective-rich final year. It's in Far Rockaway, in Queens.

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Sources

  1. Episcopal Health Services, Psychiatry Residency (St. John's Episcopal Hospital). https://ehs.org/medical-education/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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