Dartmouth- Hitchcock-Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a 4-year academic psychiatry residency at an ACGME-accredited tertiary academic medical center in rural New Hampshire, with a long-standing (since 1968) reputation for training both clinicians and researchers. The program deliberately exposes residents to a wide range of care systems - tertiary medical center, VA, state hospital, community mental health centers, nursing homes, and correctional settings - reflecting a mission that pairs rigorous clinical training with attention to resource-limited and underserved populations. Resident research and clinical interests skew heavily toward interventional psychiatry (TMS/ECT), psychedelic-assisted therapy, addiction, community/public psychiatry, and rural mental health access, suggesting an identity that blends academic scholarship with social mission and leadership development. The program explicitly frames leadership, advocacy, and neuroscience/psychiatric research as central to its mission, indicating it values residents who can move fluidly between rigorous biological psychiatry and systems-level, equity-oriented practice.