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Program profile · Virginia

Psychiatry residency at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

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
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Location
Portsmouth, Virginia
Program type
General (adult) psychiatry (military)
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
Commander (CDR) Heather Shibley, MD, per the program's official Navy page. Dr. Shibley is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Setting
This is a United States Navy military psychiatry residency at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, near the largest naval station in the world. Training spans inpatient, consultation-liaison, intensive outpatient, residential substance-use rehabilitation, and outpatient care, with TMS and ECT, plus operational psychiatry work alongside carriers, fleet surgical teams, submarines, and special warfare communities.
How to apply
As a military program, it selects residents through the military graduate medical education process rather than the civilian NRMP Match, so applicants should confirm current requirements and eligibility on the official Navy program page before they apply.

shrinkiatry context

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth runs a United States Navy psychiatry residency that trains military physicians as both clinicians and naval officers. Residents work in close collaboration with commands across the Eastern Seaboard and the Atlantic, and the program keeps relationships with civilian hospitals so trainees also see more severe mental illness than a military setting alone provides. It reports a strong first-time board pass rate and emphasizes operational leadership alongside a full scope of psychiatric training.

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Sources

  1. Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Graduate Medical Education, Psychiatry Residency Training Program. https://portsmouth.tricare.mil/About-Us/Education/Graduate-Medical-Education/Residencies-Internships/Psychiatry
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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