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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at Westchester Medical Center (NYMC)

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
Westchester Medical Center / New York Medical College
Location
Valhalla, 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
Stephanie Cristofano-Casella, MD. The associate program director is Brandon Jacobi, DO, and the department chair is Stephen Ferrando, MD.
Training sites
Most inpatient rotations are at Westchester Medical Center, with planned expansion to MidHudson Regional Hospital. Residents rotate across five inpatient units.
Clinical breadth
Dedicated experiences in geriatric psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, consultation-liaison, substance use, and interventional psychiatry, including ECT and ketamine-based treatments.
Visas
The program accepts J-1 visas sponsored through the ECFMG/Intealth.

shrinkiatry context

The Westchester Medical Center psychiatry residency is the academic program of a Level 1 regional referral center that shares its Valhalla campus with New York Medical College. Residents train across five inpatient units and a broad set of subspecialty rotations, moving from a medicine-and-inpatient early curriculum into a full outpatient PGY-3 and an elective-heavy PGY-4 with junior-attending roles. It's in Valhalla, in Westchester County north of New York City.

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Sources

  1. Westchester Medical Center Health Network, Psychiatry Residency Program. https://www.wmchealth.org/graduate-medical-education/psychiatry-residency-program
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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