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Program profile · Texas

Psychiatry residency at UT Rio Grande Valley

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
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Location
Harlingen, Texas
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
Diana Chapa, MD. Ivette Torres, BA, CCRP, is the program coordinator, based in Harlingen.
Status
The program describes itself as an emerging and growing residency at the UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, which it says is the only medical school sponsoring residency programs in the Rio Grande Valley, and reports that the ACGME accredited it in 2015.
Mission
The program states that its mission is to train psychiatrists to provide high-quality care to all, especially the underserved populations of the four-county Rio Grande Valley, across children, adolescents, adults, elders, and families, with partners across psychology, neuroscience, public health, and social work.

shrinkiatry context

UT Rio Grande Valley's program is a mission-driven, still-maturing psychiatry residency built to grow the mental-health workforce in a heavily underserved, largely Hispanic border region of deep South Texas. It's in Harlingen, in the Rio Grande Valley.

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 $65,600, PGY-2 $68,000, PGY-3 $70,400, PGY-4 $73,000 (table labeled 2026-2027). The table is the sponsoring institution's scale for all residents. Source: official page.
Visa policy
Accepts J-1. Source: official page.
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Sources

  1. UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, Psychiatry Residency. https://www.utrgv.edu/som/gme/programs/psychiatry/index.htm
  2. ACGME, Accreditation Data System public finder (for current accreditation status and program id). https://apps.acgme.org/ads/public/

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