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Program profile · New York

Psychiatry residency at Columbia (NYP / New York State Psychiatric Institute)

Last verified July 27, 2026 · Checked against the program's official website

Verified facts

Checked against official sources on July 27, 2026.

Program
Psychiatry Residency Program
Sponsoring institution
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University (New York State Psychiatric Institute)
Location
New York, New York
Program type
General (adult) psychiatry
Training length
Four years (PGY-1 to PGY-4)
Accreditation
ACGME-accredited. See the ACGME ADS finder for the program's current accreditation status and identifier.

Reported by the program

The program describes the following on its official website, reviewed on July 27, 2026.

Program director
Melissa R. Arbuckle, MD, PhD. The associate program directors are E. David Leonardo, MD, PhD, Patrice Malone, MD, PhD, and Jeffrey Zabinski, MD, MSW.
Base
The program is administered from the New York State Psychiatric Institute at 1051 Riverside Drive, alongside NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Washington Heights.
Emphasis
The program describes a mission of training clinicians, researchers, and teachers, with protected research time, close faculty supervision, facilitated personal psychotherapy, and process groups.

shrinkiatry context

The Columbia psychiatry residency, run jointly with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, is one of the most research-intensive psychiatry training programs in the country, with a long history of academic psychiatry and dedicated research pathways. Residents train across NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia's clinical sites in Upper Manhattan while the department supports scholarship, mentorship, and personal growth, including facilitated psychotherapy for residents. It's in New York City, in Washington Heights.

Pay and visa policy, as published

Read from official pages on September 29, 2026 for the Psychiatry Residency Salary and Data Report. Confirm current figures with the program.

Resident pay
PGY-1 $96,600, PGY-2 $107,000, PGY-3 $115,700 (table labeled 2026). The table is the sponsoring institution's scale for all residents. Source: official page.
Positions per year
12. Source: official page.
Visa policy
Accepts J-1. Source: official page.
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Sources

  1. Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Residency. https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/education-and-training/psychiatry-residency
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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