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Program profile · Virginia

Psychiatry residency at the University of Virginia

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

Verified facts

Checked against official sources on July 28, 2026.

Program
General Psychiatry Residency Program
Sponsoring institution
University of Virginia Medical Center
Location
Charlottesville, 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
Anne Louise Stewart, MD, per the program's official leadership page. Dr. Stewart is a consultation-liaison psychiatrist who was previously the associate program director. The associate program director is Hema Kher, MD, MPH.
Setting
The program is run by the University of Virginia School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and trains residents at UVA Health in Charlottesville, an academic medical center. The department also runs fellowships in addiction, child and adolescent, consultation-liaison, forensic, and geriatric psychiatry.
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, tracks, and interview timing on the official program page before they apply.

shrinkiatry context

The University of Virginia runs an academic adult psychiatry residency in Charlottesville, based in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at UVA Health. Residents train across inpatient, consultation-liaison, and outpatient settings, in a department that carries research programs and a full set of psychiatry fellowships. It's a university program in central Virginia with strong scholarly and subspecialty depth, and faculty who teach and see patients alongside residents and fellows.

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Sources

  1. University of Virginia, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, General Psychiatry Residency, Program Leadership. https://med.virginia.edu/psychiatry/residency/general-psychiatry/program-leadership/
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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