Oregon Health & Science University OHSU Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

OHSU's psychiatry residency is a university-based, academically-oriented program anchored by a broad clinical network spanning the university hospital, Portland VA Medical Center, Oregon State Hospital's forensic system, and a nationally recognized Public Psychiatry Training Program along with an internationally recognized Intercultural Psychiatric Program serving refugee and torture survivor populations. Training follows a biopsychosocial model with a four-year longitudinal psychotherapy curriculum, a dedicated two-year neuroscience didactic series, and structured exposure to public/community, cross-cultural, and forensic psychiatry, alongside a robust fellowship ecosystem (CAP, geriatric, addiction, forensic). Research is formally institutionalized through an optional Research Track for residents who have already matched, offering protected time, mentorship from psychiatric researchers, and small-cohort individualized attention aimed at cultivating physician-scientists, while non-track residents retain access to a PGY4 elective research block. The program's structure and named tracks/pathways suggest it values residents who can articulate a specific professional identity early on—whether public/community mental health, forensic, geriatric, or research—and who will use OHSU's institutional breadth to build a defined subspecialty niche rather than pursue generalist practice alone.