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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at United Health Services (UHS)

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
United Health Services Hospitals
Location
Binghamton, 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
Purushothaman Muthukanagaraj, MD, who's also chairman and director of psychiatry. The associate program directors are Viral Goradia, MD, and Sobia Mirza, MD.
Program status
A new hospital-based program that received ACGME accreditation in May 2023, with its inaugural intern class starting July 2023.
Curriculum
A flexible structure that lets residents focus on inpatient, interventional, outpatient, or consultation-liaison psychiatry, with rotations including a state psychiatric hospital and training in electroconvulsive therapy.
Visas
The program accepts J-1 visas.

shrinkiatry context

The United Health Services psychiatry residency is a young hospital-based program in New York's Southern Tier, built around a socioeconomically and culturally diverse patient population and a strong emphasis on caring for underserved communities. Residents move from an inpatient-heavy intern year through emergency, consultation, child, and geriatric rotations to a full outpatient PGY-3 and an elective-rich final year. It's in Binghamton.

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Sources

  1. United Health Services Hospitals, Psychiatry Residency. https://www.nyuhs.org/why-choose-us/academic-affairs/psychiatry-residency
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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