Director
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Medical Director, Acute Services Division, CMHC; Chief of Behavioral Health, Continuum of Care Inc., --
Many individuals contribute to the success of our residency program. From the Department Chair, program directors and staff, site training directors, and faculty to our current residents and extensive network of alumni.
Dear Applicant,
As a graduate of Yale Medical School and the Yale Psychiatry Residency, I believe the education mission of the department is critical to our goal of producing future leaders in psychiatry. Our training programs have already produced generations of leaders including two medical school deans, more than a dozen chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, and leading figures in research, clinical psychiatry, and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. We provide outstanding resources to residents to pursue their academic interests. For example we rank second in the nation in research funding from the National Institutes of Health, are leaders in research supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and have multiple clinical and research training grants which provide funding for the education mission.
We have devoted a great deal of effort to make our large and diverse Department collegial, collaborative, and accessible. Yale Psychiatry has many “homes” including Yale-New Haven Hospital (a private non-profit hospital), the Connecticut Mental Health Center (a component of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services), the VA Connecticut Healthcare System (a VA Medical Center), the Yale Department of Undergraduate Health (Yale Health Services), and the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center (a component of the Institute of Living of Hartford Hospital). Yet our research and education programs link all of these institutions and we function as a single entity.
Yale and New Haven are wonderful homes for our Department. Yale is one of the world’s great universities and we work closely with faculty throughout the University to take full advantage of this special educational environment. New Haven is also a jewel, with a moderate cost of living, great theater and wonderful restaurants.
As Chair of the Yale Department of Psychiatry, I invite you to learn more about our education mission. If you decide to interview at Yale, I’ll look forward to talking with you in person about the opportunities in our department.
Sincerely,
John Krystal, MD
The department is committed to providing a home for all residents no matter their ability, age, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, and sexual orientation. We celebrate the diversity of residents in our program and believe your learning will be enhanced by exposure to different perspectives. Our commitment to diversity is exemplified by the appointment of a Deputy Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cindy Crusto, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry.
In 2011, the Department appointed a special advisor on issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender mental health. In 2015, the department convened an ad-hoc Diversity Task Force, and in 2016 the task force became a permanent committee. In 2017, the department created the inaugural Diversity Chief Resident position to support diversity throughout training.
We welcome applications from international medical school graduates who have an outstanding academic background and have had experience in the US Healthcare System. Peter Salovey, president of Yale University, has emphasized that Yale should be a Global University, providing training for the best applicants from around the world. About 25% of our residents are from international medical schools. Many of our faculty have similar backgrounds.
New Haven is a very diverse city with a large populations of African Americans, Italian Americans, and Latinos and Latinas from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our department has responded to this large Latino community by providing specialized services for mono-lingual Spanish speaking patients at the Clinica Hispana in the Connecticut Mental Health Center. Connecticut is also surprisingly diverse and was one of the first states to legalize same sex marriage.
The Chief Resident for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Psychiatry will help assess, develop, and cultivate an environment that is equitable, inclusive and supportive of diversity for all trainees, particularly for underrepresented minority trainees as well as for individuals who may experience bias on the basis of gender, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and ability. The Chief Residents work to promote diversity and inclusiveness will facilitate all residents utilizing their unique strengths to further the department’s mission.
The Residency Program Directors have many roles including providing you with guidance about developing your career. The Program Directors also develop fair processes to assure that all stakeholders, including residents, faculty, institutions and our patients, have an opportunity to have input into decision making about the program.
Director
Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Medical Director, Acute Services Division, CMHC; Chief of Behavioral Health, Continuum of Care Inc., --
Associate Program Director
Professor of Psychiatry; Medical Director Hispanic Clinic and Latino Behavioral Health System; Associate Director Psychiatry Residency Program
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Program Director
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital/Yale New Haven Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Co-Site Residency Training Director, Psychiatry
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Connecticut Mental Health Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Medical Education Administration