Psychiatry Residency FAQ

Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell Health at Mather Hospital Psychiatry Residency Program, provides the full spectrum of educational opportunities one would anticipate in a gold standard residency program.  Providing care within an award winning community hospital, our residents will be taught by experienced faculty members. The residency is designed to provide a strong clinical foundation in a community-focused environment.

Our residents will have the unique opportunity of helping to shape the mood and culture of our residency program.  Our resident’s voices and feedback are welcomed as we continue to develop quality educational initiatives and grow our program.

Mather Hospital offers an exceptional interdisciplinary opportunity for residents to train in a community hospital setting with comprehensive Behavioral Health Services. Our psychiatry program is dedicated to serving the patients’ needs while preparing you for practice with diverse psychopathology with patient centered emphasis.   Faculty and Staff’s enthusiasm to help you grow and develop is evident by their commitment to resident education. Resident participation in program improvement is strongly supported and residents will also have the opportunity to join department and hospital committees. Unique to Mather is the familial setting amongst the other residency programs. Opportunities to socialize with other programs are made available in the form of lectures and other functions supporting the community feeling that is Mather Hospital.

At the heart of this program’s educational process is the understanding that the provision of healthcare to a fellow human being is a privilege. We at Mather Hospital will hold the door for someone who is passing by or may, if encountering a person who can’t find their way, walk them to their destination.  Each individual is unique and carries a value system with which they frame their world. When we treat a person we must take a step into their world, to see things as they see them. In this way we can truly collaborate with the patient to help them incorporate long lasting changes into their life and achieve results that they can recognize as meaningful.  We are looking for applicants that are friendly, passionate, professional, team players, with a good work ethic.

Residents are required to complete a scholarly project during their training. This scholarly project may be original research, participation in a clinical trial, a quality improvement project, a scholarly case report, or an educational curriculum.  In many cases the resident collaborates with other residents or with other members of professional healthcare staff. Under the guidance of the Director of Research, the resident defines a suitable activity and identifies a mentor. Upon completion residents will present their findings to the medical staff during the Program’s resident research fair held every spring. Winners from the fair will present their scholarly activity during a Grand Rounds presentation. Their work is added to their portfolios so it can be assessed as part of their semi-annual review.

Research methodology is part of the psychiatry residency didactic curriculum.  These lectures include topics such as data cleaning and descriptive analysis, strategies for successful critical appraisal of research literature, and evaluating value through cost effectiveness analysis. Residents have participated in local and national conferences; and are afforded ample opportunity to do so.

We are affiliated with the Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell Health.  Residents in the Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell Health Program at Mather Hospital will have access to all the amenities and benefits of the University.

The Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell Health at Mather Hospital Psychiatry Residency Program aims to be very competitive. However, candidates selected to interview and match will be chosen based on the applicant’s entire file. We are looking for residents committed to high quality and safe patient care across the continuum of healthcare. Therefore, it will  be important to have a well-rounded file that includes solid board scores, community involvement, a clearly defined passion for your educational goals and letters of recommendation that capture your clinical and personal strengths.

The Zucker School of Medicine/Northwell Health at Mather Hospital Psychiatry Residency is located in the Village of Port Jefferson, on the North Shore of Long Island. Situated approximately 60 miles east of New York City, Port Jefferson is within driving distance of vineyards, beaches, restaurants, sporting venues, outlets and more.

We have designed the Mather program to provide not only a satisfying professional experience, but also an overall high quality of your personal life.  Residents do not have any overnight in house call or night float. We take resident wellbeing seriously and carefully monitor duty hour rules to comply with our policies and to mitigate fatigue and burnout. Our program provides ample opportunity to balance work and life, and Port Jefferson’s locale allows convenient access to everything exciting Long Island and New York City have to offer.

Port Jefferson combines all the quaintness of a seaside historical village with the convenience of a major metropolitan suburb. From vineyards to amusement parks, world famous beaches to spectacular sporting events, outlet shopping to great restaurants, everything one could imagine is just a short drive away.

New York City is no further away than the local train station, which is a 10 minute walk from the hospital. The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company, offers hourly ferry service to Connecticut, and makes a fun weekend afternoon if you just want to relax and enjoy the sun and water.

Recreational opportunities include kayaking, night life, boating, farmer’s markets, sailing, fishing, cinema, theater and ice-skating.

Our inaugural class is scheduled to graduate in June, 2020.

Mather Hospital is an accredited 248-bed, non-profit community hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of health care services of the highest quality to the residents of Suffolk County in a cost effective manner. As members of the Mather Hospital Family – trustees, medical staff, hospital staff, volunteers and benefactors – we are committed to providing care to the best of our ability showing compassion and respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. We will meet or exceed each patient’s expectations through the continued collaborative efforts of each and every member of the Mather Hospital Family.

Our hospital goal is to be the best community hospital in New York State and we hold four pillars as our core values: people, service, quality & safety and innovation & growth. As such, we strive to provide an ethical and professional environment in which the educational curricular requirements can be fully achieved and assessed. We are dedicated to establishing an environment where diversity of background and thought is both respected and encouraged.

In 2018 Mather Hospital became part of Northwell Health.