Why Choose Our Program

• Full Accreditation received from the ACGME in 2024
• This is the first year for this program!!
• Rural Psychiatry program
• Four-year program
• Four PGY-1 positions are filled each year
• Once filled, 16 total residents in program – four at each PGY level

The fully-ACGME accredited Marshall University Rural Psychiatry Residency program is a four-year, ACGME accredited program. The program will be accepting four residents per year, for a total of 16 psychiatry residents. The program is brand new, and 2024 is the first year we are accepting residents to this program. Residents in the rural program will share the same faculty, many didactics and clinical rotations as the Huntington program. The strength and depth of our Huntington program ensures the residents in our new rural program will have the same outstanding educational and clinical experiences, but with additional clinic and outpatient experiences in a truly rural and underserved region. The program is designed to train the resident for practice in any field of psychiatry with an emphasis on rural psychiatry.  The program will offer a rich and diverse clinical training, with enthusiastic faculty and staff. We are pleased to be a close-knit and friendly department, and we look forward to meeting our new residents!

The residents’ “home base” is at the Marshall Psychiatry Department offices and outpatient clinic, located in Point Pleasant WV, minutes away from River’s Health Hospital and Holzer Medical Center and is only 45-60 minutes away from the Marshall, Huntington, WV office. The office in Point Pleasant has a resident lounge, clinical offices, a kitchen area and classroom/educational space. Also, at this location is where the Program Administrator and the Program Directors have their offices.

We are proud to offer seven different clinical locations for the training of our residents. Marshall Outpatient office in Point Pleasant WV is located in a truly underserved area for mental health and psychiatric care. With no other psychiatrists in the county or those nearby, the resident will truly appreciate the nature of providing care to the underserved. Residents will rotate for their rotations in internal medicine, family medicine, neurology, emergency room and pediatrics (if chosen) at River's Health in Point Pleasant and Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis, OH. Residents will also spend about 50% of time in Huntington, West Virginia, which is home to an amazing array of psychiatric care and facilities, ensuring our residents will be well trained and confident to practice in any psychiatric setting. Residents are always close by, as all but one location is located in downtown Huntington, while the other (Huntington Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center - VAMC) is a short drive to the Spring Valley area near Huntington.

The residency is enhanced by Marshall's Child and Adolescent and Geriatric Psychiatry fellowships. Marshall also offers an Addiction Fellowship for those completing a psychiatry residency.  

The residency program also offers an Academic Psychiatry Track, where residents will have hand on experience in education and research in preparation for a career in academic psychiatry. Areas of educational focus include medical student education, both preclinical and clinical as well as residency education. Residents will also have opportunities in research projects and scholarly pursuits, in addition to those offered to all psychiatry residents.