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Program profile · Virginia

Psychiatry residency at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus

Last verified July 28, 2026 · Checked against the program's official website

Verified facts

Checked against official sources on July 28, 2026.

Program
Psychiatry Residency Program
Sponsoring institution
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Location
Falls Church, Virginia
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 28, 2026.

Program director
Rachel Bronsther, MD, chair and residency program director, per the program's official faculty page. The associate program director at the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute is Navid Rashid, MD.
Setting
The program is run at the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, and it is known as the Inova Fairfax Hospital / Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute Psychiatry Residency. Residents train across acute inpatient, mood, medical-psychiatry, and consultation-liaison services plus the state mental health institute.
How to apply
Applications run through ERAS, and the program takes part in the NRMP Main Residency Match under its own National Resident Matching Program code, so applicants should confirm current requirements, rotations, and interview timing on the official program page before they apply.

shrinkiatry context

Inova Fairfax runs a psychiatry residency in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, combining a large private teaching hospital with the state-run Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute. Residents rotate across acute, mood, and medical-psychiatry inpatient units and consultation-liaison services, serving a dense and diverse metropolitan population. It's the main psychiatry training program in the Inova system, one of the largest health systems in the Washington region.

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Sources

  1. Inova, Graduate Medical Education, Psychiatry Residency Program, Faculty. https://www.inova.org/education/gme/psychiatry-residency-program/faculty
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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