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Welcome from our Program Director
Thank for your interest in HCA East Florida Division GME Psychiatry Program in South Florida. We are planning an exciting transition our program at Woodmont Hospital, Tamarac, Florida to JFK North Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida, beginning July 2023. The decision for this move was to broaden the scope of clinical services and capitalize on the presence of other GME programs already present in the HCA JFK Hospital system.
About Our Program
HCA Florida JFK North Hospital (formally located at HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital) Psychiatry Residency Program is a four-year, ACGME-accredited, psychiatry residency training program located in Palm Beach, Florida. The Behavioral Health Unit at JFKN is a state-of-the-art facility, with over 120 Behavioral Health beds, that provides comprehensive child and adolescent, adult, and geriatric Behavioral Health inpatient and outpatient services, as well as Behavioral Health emergency services, ECT and IOP/PHP services.
Program overview
HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital Psychiatry Residency Program is a four-year, ACGME-accredited, psychiatry resident training program.
We are located in Tamarac, Florida, at our 317-bed acute care hospital. It includes 60 inpatient psychiatry beds with four inpatient psychiatric units, including a specialized Child and Adolescent Unit and Geriatric Unit.
The residency program was founded in 2012 and currently has 32 total funded positions.
Opportunities at our residency include but are not limited to experience in:
- Geriatric psychiatry
- Child and adolescence psychiatry
- Forensic psychiatry
- Addiction psychiatry
- Consult liaison
- Electric convulsive therapy
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Ketamine
- Emergency psychiatry
The programs’ goal is to create well-trained psychiatrists with a variety of educational training opportunities to prepare residents for the evolving and challenging field of Psychiatry.
Curriculum and rotation schedule
Our expertly crafted programs are designed to provide resident and fellow physicians with all the experiences and training necessary for professional success.
Our Program Director and staff
Our team is comprised of skilled experts with deep experience and knowledge from which residents and fellows can benefit.
Ethan B. Kass, DO
Program Director
Our core faculty
- Adriana E. Foster, MD - Associate Program Director
- Nelson Hernandez, MD - General Psychiatry
- Krithika Iyer, MD - General Psychiatry, Child-Adolescent Psychiatry
- Domingo A. Reyes, MD - General Psychiatry
- Efrain Salgado, MD - Neurology - Cleveland Clinic Florida
Program details
Benefits to training with us
- Diverse clinical experience with a wide array of patient populations
- Exposure to child and adolescent psychiatry as well as geriatric psychiatry starting PGY 1 Year
- ECT/TMS/Ketamine/IOP/PHP and Consult Liaison Experience
- Program history of a 100 percent pass rate on board exams
- Excellent work/life balance
- Beautiful weather year-round
- 20 minutes away from Fort Lauderdale Beach
- 45 minutes from Miami
- Strong faculty retention
- Diverse faculty and resident makeup
- Generous resident benefits and resident salary
Conference schedule
The training program includes robust didactic education including:
- Psychopharmacology
- Neurobiology
- Psychotherapy
- Forensics
- DSM review
- PRITE review
- Journal club
- Case presentations
- Simulation lab
Additionally, we hold live, weekly interviews in which first-year residents interview patients in front of our Program Director and peers to receive feedback on both the interviews and their proposed treatment plans.
Salary information
| Year | Salary | Meals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $60,736 | $950 | $61,686 |
| PGY-2 | $62,858 | $950 | $63,808 |
| PGY-3 | $65,062 | $950 | $66,012 |
| PGY-4 | $68,307 | $950 | $69,257 |
Other benefits
- 20 days PTO
- Free breakfast/lunch/dinner in Hospital Cafeteria
- Cell phone and service
- Laptop
- Educational expense reimbursement
- ACLS/BLS training
- Training license paid by the program
- Access to purchase HCA Healthcare Medical/Dental/Vision/Disability/Life Insurance with employer assistance
- 401k matching
- HCA Healthcare stock purchase program
The hospital will provide worker's compensation insurance, consistent with the hospital's benefits program.
Mission statement
The HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital Psychiatry Residency Program's mission is to develop the next generation of physicians and physician leaders.
As a part of HCA Healthcare, we are driven by a single mission: Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
This program is designed to offer residents a rewarding, educational environment where residents are provided individualized learning opportunities by faculty and staff who support and sustain one another throughout quality care delivery. Our faculty are committed to ensuring the residents clinical experience and educational needs are fulfilled while expanding residents’ perspectives to be inclusive of cultures, values and ideals.
Frequently asked questions about our Psychiatry Residency Program
- COMLEX Step 1 – higher than 470
- COMLEX Step 2 – 489
- USMLE Step 1 – 210
- USLMLE Step 2 CK – 225
- USLMLE Step 2 CS – Pass