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Program profile · Texas

Psychiatry residency at Texas Tech Permian Basin

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 (Permian Basin)
Location
Odessa, 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.

Program director
Bobby Jain, MD, per the program's official contact page. Kim Chandler is listed as coordinator.
Curriculum
The program says it integrates biological, psychological, and social factors across didactic and clinical teaching, with case conferences, journal clubs, standardized clinical-skills examinations, and a half-day of didactics every other week. It reports cutting-edge treatment training including intravenous ketamine and intranasal esketamine for resistant depression, buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, and electroconvulsive therapy.
Setting
The program describes the Midland-Odessa Permian Basin as a predominantly underserved area of West Texas and notes that many graduates open their own practices in the region or join TTUHSC faculty.

shrinkiatry context

Texas Tech's Permian Basin program is a community-oriented psychiatry residency in West Texas built to grow the mental-health workforce in an underserved oil-country region, with an emphasis on interventional treatments and local retention. It's in the Midland-Odessa area, listed under Odessa.

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Sources

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

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