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Welcome to our website. I am pleased that you have an interest in
pursuing your Psychiatry Residency at Stony Brook. This is an extraordinary
time in the history of medicine to be contemplating a career in psychiatry.
Advances in the neurosciences, molecular biology, molecular genetics, as well
as in diagnostic and treatment modalities have vastly expanded the ability of
today's psychiatrist to render competent and compassionate treatment to the
patient with a psychiatric disorder. Building on the legacies of Kraepelin
and Freud, we continue to advance the boundaries of diagnosis and treatment
of the broad range of psychopathologic states in order to advance scientific
understanding and to give the patients and their loved ones a better
quality of life.
Clinical experience is the foundation of any residency program. We are
fortunate to be able to afford the Psychiatry resident comprehensive and
intensive training experiences in both hospital-based and outpatient psychiatry.
Clinical experience must be supplemented with an extensive fund of knowledge
in both basic science and clinical science in psychiatry-reading the current
literature, scholarly activities, and a commitment to ongoing education is a
central philosophical component of this training program.
Finally, diagnostic acumen and breadth of knowledge must be coupled to a
commitment to the welfare of our fellow human beings. This is particularly
true in psychiatry, because psychiatric illness carries with it stigma and
the specter of disenfranchisement. Thus service to patients and their
families is another important philosophical component of this program.
At Stony Brook, our training philosophy is to prepare the physician
for a career in any aspect of psychiatry that he/she chooses. This means
that we will present you with the academic and clinical experiences that we
believe offer the opportunity to decide in a realistic manner what direction
you wish to take your career. Typically, graduating Stony Brook residents go
on to clinical or research fellowship training or community or private
practice. Your personal goals may change between July 1st of your PG 1
year and June 30th of your PG 4 year. Our goal has always remained the
same: to train professional and compassionate psychiatrists.
I look forward to meeting you and to share our ideas about your future
and the future of Psychiatry.
Michael Schwartz, M.D.
Residency Training Director
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