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Program profile · Wisconsin

Psychiatry residency at the University of Wisconsin

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
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Location
Madison, Wisconsin
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
Michael Peterson, MD, PhD, vice chair of education and residency training director, per the program's official leadership page. The associate residency training directors are Laurel Bessey, MD, and Katrina Hickle-Koclanes, MD, and the department chair is Ned Kalin, MD.
Setting and size
The program is run by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Psychiatry and is based at the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute and Clinics in Madison. It's approved for a complement of up to forty residents and accepts nine PGY-1 residents a year, training across University Hospital, the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, and Meriter Hospital, plus forensic work at Mendota Mental Health Institute.
Tracks and how to apply
Residents can join a Clinical Educator Track or a Rural Public Health Track, and the department offers fellowships in addiction, child and adolescent, geriatric psychiatry, and sleep medicine. Applications run through ERAS and the NRMP Main Residency Match, so applicants should confirm current details on the official program page.

shrinkiatry context

The University of Wisconsin runs a large academic psychiatry residency in Madison, based in a department known for research on emotion, stress, sleep, and consciousness through the HealthEmotions Research Institute. Residents train across university, VA, and community settings, integrate psychotherapy and psychopharmacology in a longitudinal clinic, and can pursue rural or clinical-educator tracks. It's one of the Upper Midwest's established university programs, pairing deep neuroscience research with broad clinical training.

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Sources

  1. University of Wisconsin, Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Residency (leadership and welcome). https://www.psychiatry.wisc.edu/education-training/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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