Excellence in Psychiatry
The Psychiatry Residency Program at Catholic Health’s St. Catherine of Siena Hospital (Smithtown, NY) provides a comprehensive and immersive experience in all aspects of psychiatry. You will acquire a comprehensive and robust skill set to diagnose and treat a wide range of psychiatric disorders, with a lifelong foundation for excellence in any practice setting.
Our ACGME-accredited program will expose you to a diverse and rich clinical experience, serving patients from various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, across all age groups and clinical domains. St. Catherine of Siena Hospital is a community hospital that offers the resources, volume, acuity, and faculty of a top-tier academic institution. You will have the opportunity to learn from board-certified experts in Addiction Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Consultation & Liaison Psychiatry, and Geriatric Psychiatry. You will also have the flexibility to tailor your training to your specific interests, such as Inpatient Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Outpatient Psychiatry, and Consult-Liaison Psychiatry, and more.
Highlights of the program include:
- A large and diverse inpatient psychiatry unit where you will encounter a wide range of psychiatric conditions and learn from experienced faculty and staff.
- Hands-on exposure to elceECT, where you will gain valuable skills in administering this effective treatment modality for various psychiatric disorders.
- A one-year continuous outpatient psychiatry training at Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic, where you will provide therapy, medication management, and other services to patients with various levels of need and complexity.
- Opportunity to learn about PHP and TMS, two innovative and evidence-based interventions for psychiatric conditions.
Our program is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in every aspect of our work. We have a DEI committee that involves faculty and residents from different specialties, who work together to address structural racism, injustice and inequalities in our system and in our society. We strive to provide culturally competent and compassionate care to our patients, who come from diverse, underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds in medicine.