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Program profile · Texas

Psychiatry residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock

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
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Location
Lubbock, Texas
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.

Residency training director
Jawad Kiani, MD. Alexia Gonzales is the residency program administrator.
Program design
The program describes itself as a four-year, mid-sized residency with a close-knit environment and a curriculum that builds progressively in complexity each year. It lists faculty subspecialty expertise in child and adolescent, forensic, consultation-liaison, and geriatric psychiatry, along with psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and neuromodulation.
Training sites and tracks
The program reports training at University Medical Center, Sunrise Canyon Hospital, the Health Sciences Center, Covenant Medical Center, and Covenant Children's Hospital, and it offers a child and adolescent psychiatry track that accepts two residents per year with guaranteed fellowship acceptance. Applications are through ERAS.

shrinkiatry context

Texas Tech's Lubbock program is a mid-sized academic psychiatry residency serving a large West Texas catchment area from a regional medical hub, so residents cover a wide geography and a broad range of presentations with strong research support. It's in Lubbock, in the Texas Panhandle region.

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Sources

  1. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Psychiatry Residency Program. https://www.ttuhsc.edu/medicine/psychiatry/residency-program/default.aspx
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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