The best psychiatric training experience, right here in Brooklyn!

The Psychiatry Residency Program at Maimonides offers a comprehensive and collaborative training experience in the heart of Brooklyn! Our trainees are at the forefront of providing compassionate, evidence-based care in a medical center known for its unparalleled diversity, strong emphasis on academic excellence, and robust clinical opportunities. Our graduates get all the exposure they need to succeed in any setting.

The best psychiatric training experience, right here in Brooklyn!

I’m proud to be part of an organization that actively combats racism, supports underserved and marginalized communities, and searches for ways to improve care for patients. Maimonides celebrates diversity, and it’s an amazing place to work and learn.

I chose this program to work with the diverse community, and returned after fellowship for the very same reason! I also wanted the opportunity to work and learn from the faculty and staff that I admired during my training!

Fourth year is exciting, where no two days are alike. PGY4s return to acute services to supervise residents and students, as well as see patients in the clinic. Chief responsibilities allow me to ensure a positive experience for my colleagues.

What I love most about Maimo is the sense of teamwork and how everyone is there to help each other, no matter what our role or what our department is. We have one common goal, and that’s to help others. I’m grateful to be training in such a warm and caring environment

Maimonides has been an amazing source of support both professionally and interpersonally; everyone has been incredibly friendly and easy to talk to.

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Annual Mental Health Encounters

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Ethnic Backgrounds and Languages Spoken

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Inpatient Psychiatry Beds

ACGME Accredited Residency Positions

Our Residents

Our residents have gone on to the nation’s leading institutions

Addiction Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
Mount Sinai Beth Israel, NY
University of Washington, WA
Yale School of Medicine, CT

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, RI
Harvard Cambridge Health Alliance, MA
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
Maine Medical Center, ME
Nassau University Medical Center, NY
New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NY
Northwell Health Zucker Hillside Hospital, NY
University of California at San Francisco, CA
University of Texas Medical School, TX
University of Vermont, VT
University of Washington, WA
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, TN

Consultation-Liaison Fellowship
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Mount Sinai Beth Israel, NY

Forensic Psychiatry

Albert Einstein School of Medicine, NY

Brown University, NY

New York University, NY

Rutgers University, NJ

University of Cincinnati, OH

Geriatric Psychiatry

Columbia University, NY

New York University, NY

University of Toronto, ON

Neuropsychiatry Fellowship

Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT

Public Psychiatry

Columbia University/ New York State Psychiatric Institute

Yale School of Medicine

Residency Overview

The Psychiatry Residency Program offers an outstanding training experience under the program’s leadership team. With sub-specialty trained faculty, residents get exposure to all disciplines of psychiatry while getting comprehensive experience in clinical work, research, and academia. We continuously aim to expand our offerings and support each resident with electives and opportunities that align with their individual interests.

Our residents are the true success of our program! Each trainee comes from a diverse background but collectively contributes to the collegial, diverse and close-knit community in a department that takes pride in the long-standing tradition of providing top quality care to patients of all backgrounds.

Patient care
Medical knowledge
Practice-based learning and improvement
Interpersonal and communication skills
Professionalism
Systems-based practice

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“Our focus is to provide close supervisory and mentorship opportunities for each trainee to help facilitate their personal and professional growth.”

– Dr. Anetta Raysin, Vice Chair of Education

Program's Leadership

Abraham Taub, DO

Chair of Psychiatry [email protected]

Anetta Raysin, DO

Program Director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Vice Chair of Education [email protected]

Apiyo Osanya

Residency Coordinator [email protected]

Sophia Mikityanskiy, DO

Director of Medical Student Education Associate Program Director of Psychiatry Residency Training [email protected]

Curriculum Overview

Maimonides is truly an environment where learning is valued, and we take pride in providing residents the tools needed to become the psychiatric leaders of the future!

The Clinical Curriculum for PGY1s is split between 6 months of Medicine (Neurology, Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics) and 6 months of Psychiatry (Inpatient and Emergency Psychiatry).

PGY2s split their time between Inpatient, Child and Emergency Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison, and a flexible “float” month. Individual supervision and mentorship is provided on all rotations.

PGY3 is dedicated to outpatient psychiatry with split focus between medication management and various modalities of psychotherapy with opportunities for individual residents to pursue specialty tracks of their choice. Individual and group supervisions are provided for various patient populations and sub-specialties within psychiatry.

PGY4s have 4 months of elective time to utilize for internal rotations in addition to serving the role of Junior-Attendings on various clinical services.

For the academic curriculum, each class has 4 hours of protected time per week, in addition to Grand Rounds, Journal Club series, case conferences and other interest talks. All residents have protected time to work on scholarly activities (QI/ research).

We incorporate our state-of-the-art Simulation Center to help our residents build confidence and competence by learning and debriefing in a controlled environment.

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Resident Stories

“My psychiatry residency has been an incredible journey, full of support and learning opportunities. The diversity of patients and conditions I’ve encountered has been invaluable. The program’s emphasis on diverse training has been key to my comprehensive approach to patient care. The flexibility, support, and learning opportunities have been crucial in my development as a psychiatry resident giving me the skills and confidence to excel in the field.”

– Dr. Eslam Elhossieny

Resident Stories

– Dr. Eslam Elhossieny

Maimonides is an incredibly unique program to train. I am proud to be a part of a community that cultivates delivering culturally competent care to one of the most diverse patient populations in NYC. The best aspect of training here, are the people. The environment is genuinely supportive and I cherish the camaraderie between our co-residents.

Third year of residency is great! I appreciate the flexibility of scheduling patients and having protected time for supervisions, didactics, research, administrative tasks, and teaching. I am also someone that takes the work-life balance seriously, which fortunately the program supports. I think staff is approachable, kind, and all are similarly grateful to work in one of the world’s most diverse neighborhoods. I found lifelong friends here.

Residency was a transformative experience for me. I received guidance from mentors in the program who were truly invested in my progress. Their encouragement helped me take on multiple challenging and rewarding leadership roles including getting involved with the APA Assembly and Board and becoming Chief Resident. The training office leadership nominated me for several honors and awards, and thoroughly supported me through my residency journey.

I ranked Maimonides as my #1 choice after learning from various sources that the department maintained a great work environment for all employees, and then after meeting the residents and faculty during my interview day. I immediately felt how invested everyone was in resident education and patient care. I stayed on as an attending as ALL proved to be true. Everyone in the department is truly supportive and encouraging.

A month away from completing my intern year of residency, I’m confident in saying the training at Maimonides is unparalleled to any other program. The diversity of pathology, the education, and most importantly my family of co-residents are just a few of the reasons I would rank maimo all over again. The warmth, passion and dedication to our patients, to each other, and to what we do everyday is truly palpable.

How To Apply

We welcome your application to the MMC Psychiatry Residency Training Program (ACGME ID# 4003521143.) All applications should be transmitted through the ERAS matching system at www.aamc.org/eras this Fall. Complete details and timelines for individual programs are available on the ERAS website.

We review the dean’s letter, transcript, USMLE/COMLEX scores, research and extracurricular experiences and require a minimum of three letters of recommendation. In all, we review the application in its entirety. Both J1 visas and a limited number of H1 visas are accepted. A passing step 3 result is required by match day for the possibility of an H1 visa.

Maimonides Medical Center complies with the federal and city laws prohibiting discrimination including race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, handicap, marital status or sexual orientation.

For more information, visit our website at www.maimonidesmed.org or visit the FRIEDA website. You can also reach out to our Residency Coordinator Apiyo Osanya at 718-283-8484 or email her at [email protected] for further inquiries.

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4802 4802 10th Ave
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