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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at SUNY Upstate Medical University

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
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Location
Syracuse, 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
Justin Meyer, MD. The associate program director is Kevin O'Connor, MD, and there's an assistant program director, Sutanaya Pal, MD.
Training sites
University Hospital, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Community General Hospital, and the VA Syracuse Medical Center, plus rural sites across Central New York.
Distinctive features
A strong psychodynamic psychotherapy tradition (the department is the birthplace of Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy), a rural and community psychiatry track, and a child psychiatry track.

shrinkiatry context

The SUNY Upstate psychiatry residency frames its identity around training that gives equal weight to psychotherapy and neuroscience, with an award-winning psychodynamic psychotherapy program and a rural and community track that places residents at hospitals across Central New York. Residents train at the university hospital, a state psychiatric center, a community hospital, and the VA, and can tailor the PGY-4 year into psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, or inpatient tracks. It's in Syracuse.

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Sources

  1. SUNY Upstate Medical University, Psychiatry Residency. https://www.upstate.edu/psychiatry/education/residency/index.php
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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