The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Adult Psychiatry Residency Program is Mississippi’s only psychiatry residency program embedded within an academic medical center. We have been continuously accredited since 1957 and have had the privilege to train hundreds of excellent psychiatrists who are well prepared to work in whatever setting they choose, many of whom elect to stay and care for the people of our state.
As the state’s flagship psychiatry residency program, we take great pride in our mission to produce well-rounded physicians who are compassionate, competent, and versed in the diagnosis and treatment of every DSM-5-TR diagnosis. In addition to being the only academic medical center, UMMC is also Mississippi’s only Level I trauma center and hosts the only children’s hospital, Level 4 neonatal intensive care unit, organ transplant program, and OB/GYN emergency department in the state, which means that our trainees are exposed to a high level of medical and psychiatric complexity and are held to a high standard of care. Working in these environments with our medically and culturally diverse patient population gives our residents invaluable experience which is difficult to reproduce in other settings. As a result, by graduation, our residents leave with an excellent knowledge and experience base and can be confident in their ability to manage even the most complex patient cases.
Highlights of our program include
On-campus rotations in child, adolescent, and adult inpatient psychiatry; adult and child consult-liaison
Theo Browne, DO
psychiatry; and emergency psychiatry
Off-campus rotations in inpatient addiction psychiatry, inpatient geriatric psychiatry, inpatient forensic psychiatry, and community psychiatry
Robust outpatient clinical experiences including general adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, women’s mental health, sleep medicine, and more
Training in electroconvulsive therapy and opportunities to rotate on our ECT service
Dedicated, protected didactic time each week
Extensive training and practice in psychotherapy beginning in PGY-1
Many opportunities and support for scholarship and publication during training
We are continuously seeking enthusiastic, hardworking, and curious residents who are dedicated to evidence-based care, patient advocacy, and improving outcomes for those with mental illness. If you are interested in learning more about our program, please contact our Program Coordinator.
