PGY1 Residents

Yale Psychiatry Department, 300 George Street, 9th floor, New Haven, CT 06511
Telephone: 203-785-2095

• Contact Information and Responsibilities

• Office of Education Administrators

• Terrance Embry
• Kaosoluchi Enendu
• Marcos Moreno
• Aminata Traore

Chief-on-Call: (203)-350-2115

yimchiefs24_25@yale.edu

Soumya Banna, MD

Mary White, MD

Joshua Rusheen, MD

Ritu Jayakrishnan, MD

Sanjana Garimella, MD

2024-2025

Kenia Lucey, MD

Ashley Teague, MD

In addition to the Program Director, we have five Associate Program Directors (APDs) — Drs. Esperanza Diaz, Katherine Klingensmith, Ruby Lekwauwa, Miyun Kang, and Michael Bloch — who help run the residency program. One of their roles is to work individually with residents to provide support and guidance during their residency training. They meet with each resident in their group twice during the year to review performance evaluations and discuss the resident’s progress. In addition, they are available to meet on an as needed basis to discuss whatever issues or concerns the resident may have. Each resident will be assigned an APD and assignments will be sent out in early July.

We collect this information in order to create your Yale University profile, set-up your 'yale.edu' email, and establish your HR/payroll record. Once you have completed it, please email it to Emily at emily.ann.johnson@yale.edu.

• Download the New Resident Information Form

The University will be conducting a background check before you begin your training. In order for us to start that process, we need a current email address. If you would like us to use an email address that is different from the one on your residency application, please send it to Emily at emily.ann.johnson@yale.edu.

Once we initiate the background check process, you will be contacted individually by the company, HireRight, Inc. When completing the background check form, for education, please list only your medical school.

As a university-paid resident identified as a “Patient-Facing Health Care Worker” working within the YNHH system, you will be required to satisfy health requirements for both YNHH and the university. There is some duplication across both systems so please be prepared to provide some information twice. On the YNHH side, a health screening will be scheduled during PGY-1 orientation and YNHH will ask you to provide immunization documentation. On the university side, you will be contacted by email to provide immunization information to the university through Campus Health on Track a day or so after your profiles are created in Workday (typically by early-to-mid May).

All residents must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number in order to prescribe medications to patients who will fill their prescriptions at a pharmacy. If you do not already have one, please follow these directions (and tips) to apply for one online. The entire process will take about 20 minutes. If you already have an NPI number, please update your NPI information as described here.

• Go to https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/
• Create a login (user ID and password) and use these logins to apply ("Apply for personal NPI Record"). Please use a personal email when creating the account (not your medical school email).
• If asked to choose the type of provider that applies to your organization, choose "type 1" (individual provider).
• If answering the question "Is the provider a sole proprietor?" choose "yes."
• Use the following address for the "Domestic Billing Address" and the "Business Practice Location" – Yale University Department of Psychiatry, 300 George Street, Suite 901, New Haven, CT 06511, (phone) 203-785-2095; leave fax section blank
• When asked to add "all other Provider Identifiers," please click "next."
• When asked to enter the "Provider Taxonomy Code" enter "Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program" – 390200000X*. (Note: This code is for residents who do not yet have a Connecticut license. If you have a Connecticut license, please go to http://www.wpc-edi.com/taxonomy and choose the appropriate taxonomy code for your specialty.)

When you have your NPI number, please email it to Emily at emily.ann.johnson@yale.edu .

You will receive an email from the State of CT Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) after you have been added to the Yale New Haven Hospital residency training permit. This email will request that you apply for a State of Connecticut Controlled Substance Practitioner Registration. Please follow the link in the email and apply for this license. Please pay the $40.00 application fee; you will be reimbursed the $40.00 after you begin in our residency program.

Click "Apply Online!" and register for a username and password. (Please save this information as it will be needed again when you apply for a State of CT medical license during your PGY-2 year and for renewing your licenses.) Log out and log in back in (after verifying your email address). Select "Drug Control" and then select "Controlled Substance Registration (CSR) for Practitioner." "Start" application for CSR. Please use a personal email when creating the account (not your medical school email).

Here are some tips for completing the application:

• Enter your name exactly as it appears on your Social Security Card or ECFMG Certificate.
• Registration Classification: Resident/Intern
• Mailing Address Information:
  300 George Street
  Suite 901
  New Haven, CT 06511
• Practice Site Name and address:
  Yale-New Haven Medical Center
  20 York Street
  New Haven, CT 06510
• Drug Schedules:
  I: No
  II, III, IV, and V: Yes
• Do you dispense or will you be dispensing controlled substance medication from your practice or other locations?: No
• Question regarding Connecticut Prescription Monitoring and Reporting System (CPMRS): No (We will have you start registering for CPMRS in early July.)

Please provide a copy (official copy, photocopy, or clear photo) of your medical school diploma after graduation, or when the diploma becomes available. In the interim, please provide the date of graduation that will be printed on your diploma. Please provide your diploma copy and expected date of graduation to Emily Johnson.

You will receive hard copies of these forms during orientation and will be asked to fill them out during one of your orientation sessions. If you are able to complete these forms ahead of time please email them to Emily Johnson at emily.ann.johnson@yale.edu. That would be very much appreciated (and will save time during orientation). The forms are below.

• Emergency Contact Information Form
• Resident Work Hour Compliance Attestation
• Moonlighting Compliance Attestation

Please prepare a short (300 words or less) biographical sketch which we will circulate to current faculty and residents so they can learn more about you. The biographies of the current residents are shown here. Please provide your bio to Emily Johnson at emily.ann.johnson@yale.edu by May 1.

Please send a close-up “head shot” photo of yourself to Emily Johnson at emily.ann.johnson@yale.edu. The photo must have a white background. This photo will be used to create your University ID. Your ID will be provided to you during orientation.

BLS training will be held during PGY-1 Orientation. If you are currently BLS-certified (or ACLS), please provide your BLS (or ACLS) certificate to Emily Johnson and you will be excused from the training. Your certification must be valid through the end of your PGY-1 (June 30th of the year you will complete PGY-1) in order for you to be excused. If your medical school is offering BLS (or ACLS) training between now and graduation, please consider taking it. This will free up some time for you during orientation.

Each new Yale Psychiatry resident will receive a jacket embroidered with “Yale Psychiatry” and the Yale School of Medicine shield on the front, and the Yale Bulldog on the sleeve. Please submit your jacket selection at this website. The deadline to order is May 31.

First day of Orientation: June 11, 2024

Vacation Policy

All residents receive a total of four weeks (20 working days) of vacation each year. These 20 days include attendance at professional conferences. The chart below indicates when vacation days can be taken in the PGY1 year. Vacation schedules for all residents must be approved in advance by the unit where the resident is assigned. As a general policy, no vacations should be scheduled during the first or last two weeks of any rotation. Exceptions to this must be negotiated in advance with the unit.

• Download the Leave and Vacation Policy

PGY1 Vacation Schedule

During orientation, you will be informed of the options for health benefits and directed on how to sign up for them online. Your health benefits will begin July 1. Please see the attachment for the monthly costs you can expect to pay for your health benefits. If you have general questions about health care options that you would like to have answered before you arrive, please contact the Employee Service Center at 203.432.5552 or employee.services@yale.edu, or visit their website at https://your.yale.edu/work-yale/support/employee-services.

Hint: when asked what your job title is, answer "Other Academic." This is your title for purposes of health benefits. If you still have questions, you can always contact Jennifer Dolan-Auten or Emily Johnson.

Pay day is always scheduled for the last business day of the month. For June, you will paid a pro-rated amount for the month (from June 11th through June 30th).

• Medical and Dental Benefits Costs

Information about medical benefits can be found here on the university's website.

As you go through the orientation process, you will no doubt hear someone say: "Oh, you’re a Psychiatry Resident, not a Hospital-paid Resident." Because this statement can cause confusion among our new residents, we offer this brief explanation.

All of the residents at Yale, except those in the Psychiatry Department, are paid by Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH); the Psychiatry residents are paid by Yale University. The primary reason is that the Psychiatry Department uses federal training grants to support resident research and experiences during residency. These grants can’t be transferred to the hospital so the Psychiatry residency is organized through the University.

The important thing for you to know is that all residents—whether paid by the University or YNHH—are offered comparable salary and benefits packages and, for all practical purposes, are treated the same. The University works closely with YNHH to ensure that this is the case. In addition, the Office of Education works closely with the House Staff Office at YNHH to make sure that smaller administrative matters are handled for our residents in a manner consistent with how they are handled for YNHH-paid residents. If you have any questions or run into any issues related to your status as a University-paid resident during orientation, please contact Jennifer Dolan-Auten or Emily Johnson.

Two former Yale Psychiatry residents, Srijan Sen and Connie Guille, have been working for on a study investigating the interaction of genes and stress in the etiology of depression in interns. They are collecting data for the project from over 80 institutions around the US. Many of our interns from prior years have participated in the study. The study (HUM00033029) is approved and monitored by the Michigan IRB.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Srijan directly by email (intern.health@med.umich.edu) or phone (734-395-8319 ).