HCA Florida Healthcare-Aventura Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a hospital-based, four-year categorical psychiatry program established in 2018 within the HCA Healthcare system, affiliated with Nova Southeastern University's Patel Colleges of Osteopathic and Allopathic Medicine, offering a full spectrum of inpatient, consultation-liaison, child/adolescent, geriatric, addiction, and outpatient psychotherapy training including IOP experience. The program structures resident development through three named leadership tracks (Education, Research, Administrative) and imposes a defined scholarly requirement (one QA/QI or research project annually plus a peer-reviewed manuscript before graduation), supported by national HCA research infrastructure, journal club, and a dedicated research didactic series. Its explicit teaching mandate for senior residents to instruct faculty, junior residents, and medical students, combined with the leadership-track structure and administrative psychiatry curriculum, signals a program oriented toward producing well-rounded clinicians who can also assume educator or administrative roles, rather than a narrowly academic or subspecialty-research pipeline. The program values applicants in good academic standing with demonstrated genuine interest in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, fitting within a collegial, community-oriented HCA teaching hospital setting.