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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Residency

The UNMC Department of Psychiatry residency program offers broad clinical training and a strong commitment to professional development. 

Residents benefit from our academic medical center in Omaha and various training sites, including rural and forensic settings. Our clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, is a well-established regional academic health network, featuring 809 licensed beds, more than 1,400 physicians, and 40 specialty and primary care clinics in and around Omaha.

Our medium-sized residency program has 4-6 residents in each class, allowing personalized mentoring and focused attention. Most rotation sites are within a 20-minute drive of the medical center. In addition to the residency program, we offer accredited fellowships in addiction medicine, forensic psychiatry, and post-doctoral psychology programs. Additional psychiatry-eligible fellowships at UNMC include Brain Injury Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Pain Medicine, Sleep Medicine, and Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry.

The residency leadership and the Department of Psychiatry operate from the main medical campus in Poynter Hall, which was extensively renovated and opened in 1913. This building is the first structure of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. Our department's faculty consists of over 40 members, most of whom are clinician-educators with subspecialty expertise.

Faculty, staff, and trainees experience a high quality of life in Omaha, a vibrant city of 487,000 people. The Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area is home to over 1 million residents, and the city's demographics are comparable to those of the general United States, featuring a historically lower unemployment rate. Omaha offers residents a rich tapestry of cultural histories as a significant transportation and agricultural hub with influential immigrant communities. The cost of living is also approximately 10% below the national average.

Prospective residents can learn more about us through this website and our social media accounts on X/Twitter and Instagram (@UNMCPsychiatry or #UNMCPsychRes). Omaha and the department have much to offer our future trainees.

 

Department of Psychiatry Residency Program