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Program profile · Texas

Psychiatry residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Last verified July 27, 2026 · Checked against the program's official website

Verified facts

Checked against official sources on July 27, 2026.

Program
General Psychiatry Residency Program
Sponsoring institution
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Location
Dallas, 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
Adam Brenner, MD. The program also lists associate program directors and classes of current residents on its official site.
Training sites
The program reports training across UT Southwestern and its affiliates, including Parkland Health, which it calls one of the nation's premier public county hospitals; the William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital; the Dallas VA Medical Center, which it describes as one of the VA's academic flagship centers; Children's Health Dallas; and Metrocare community services with Assertive Community Treatment teams. It lists a forensic experience at the Dallas County Jail.
Community focus
The program highlights training that reflects a diverse Dallas population, noting that over two-thirds of Dallas residents identify as an ethnic minority and that the metro area is the fourth largest in the country.

shrinkiatry context

UT Southwestern's program is a large, research-intensive academic psychiatry residency in Dallas that pairs a major university hospital with a high-volume public county system and a flagship VA, so residents see a wide clinical and socioeconomic range. It's in Dallas, in North Texas.

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Sources

  1. UT Southwestern Medical Center, General Psychiatry Residency Program. https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/psychiatry/education/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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