--- title: "Read a message from the CPMC Psychiatry Residency Program Director, Janos Zahajszky, M.D. at Sutter Health" description: "Read a message from the Sutter Roseville Medical Center Anesthesiology Residency Program Director, Harish Rengarajan, MD, MBA" url: "https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/program-director-message" --- 1. [Home](https://www.sutterhealth.org/) / 2. [Education](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education) / 3. [Graduate Medical Education](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme) / 4. [Residencies](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies) / 5. [Psychiatry, San Francisco](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry) / 6. Message from the Program Director # Message from Our Program Director **Section menu** - [Psychiatry, San Francisco](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry "Psychiatry, San Francisco") - [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/about "About the Program") - [Curriculum](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/curriculum "Curriculum") - [Didactics](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/didactics "Didactics") - [Faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/faculty "Faculty") - [FAQs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/faqs "FAQs") - [How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/apply "How to Apply")  - [Message from the Program Director](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/program-director-message "Message from the Program Director") - [Residents](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/residents "Residents") - [Rotations and Call](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/rotations "Rotations and Call") - [Psychiatry, San Francisco](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry "Psychiatry, San Francisco") - [About the Program](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/about "About the Program") - [Curriculum](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/curriculum "Curriculum") - [Didactics](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/didactics "Didactics") - [Faculty](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/faculty "Faculty") - [FAQs](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/faqs "FAQs") - [How to Apply](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/apply "How to Apply")  - [Message from the Program Director](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/program-director-message "Message from the Program Director") - [Residents](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/residents "Residents") - [Rotations and Call](https://www.sutterhealth.org/education/gme/residencies/cpmc-psychiatry/rotations "Rotations and Call") ![zahajszky-216x173](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/SutterHealth/Images/Headshots/zahajszky-216x173.png "Janos Zahajszky, M.D.") ## Dear Residency Candidate, Thank you for your interest in the California Pacific Medical Center Psychiatry Residency Training Program! Based in the heart of San Francisco, our program offers a truly special experience. By combining the advantages of a small, intimate, tightly-knit resident community with the benefits of training in one of San Francisco’s largest and most reputable hospital systems, we are able to provide a residency experience like no other. We aim to train well-rounded and compassionate psychiatrists who will excel in the 21st century landscape of medical practice, patient advocacy, and professional leadership. California Pacific Medical Center is a member of Sutter Health. It is an academic community hospital with campuses located throughout San Francisco. Our core rotations at CPMC offer residents excellent clinical training through closely-supervised work with San Francisco’s vibrant and diverse patient community. These experiences are further enriched through partnerships with affiliate sites such as San Francisco Free Clinic, San Quentin State Prison, and Mindful Health Solutions, where our trainees get more targeted experiences in areas such as no-cost care for patients in our community without insurance, correctional and forensic psychiatry, and interventional psychiatry. Elective time towards the end of training allows residents to further customize their experiences as they prepare for their next steps after graduation. Faculty work closely with residents on all rotations, with ample occasion for case-based teaching and supervision. With an engaged and supportive Graduate Medical Education department and a partnership with Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, we are proud to offer an academically rigorous curriculum that prepares our residents for success in their post-residency careers. Many of our graduates pursue specialty fellowships; some join university departments; others practice in focused clinical settings such as correctional psychiatry or women’s mental health; and some enter private or group practice. At times, they don’t go very far at all: three current members of our small core educator and attending faculty are graduates of our program. We encourage our residents take an active role in their own learning, and, with time, also in their peers’. Leadership and teaching opportunities are available in a variety of ways, such as by supervising third-year Dartmouth medical students on the inpatient unit and consult-liaison service, peer teaching in various settings, leading discussions in Journal Club and case review conferences, leadership appointments at professional organizations, and chief residency. We also welcome and take resident feedback very seriously, and rely on it for ongoing curriculum development. Thank you again for your interest in our program. I hope this overview helps you get a better sense for what we offer. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions by calling or emailing our Program Coordinator, Ms. Jeannie Gardi, at [**415-600-3510**](tel:415-600-3510) or [Jeannie.Gardi@sutterhealth.org](mailto:Jeannie.Gardi@sutterhealth.org). **Janos Zahajszky, M.D.** __Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program__ zahajszky-216x173 image widget ### Living in San Francisco San Francisco is a progressive, diverse center of culture, innovation and nature. From the famous California coastline and redwood forests to a vibrant arts scene and world-renowned restaurants, San Francisco is a remarkable place to call home. 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longstanding history of excellent patient\ncare, innovation, and graduate medical education.\nJANOS ZAHAJSZKY: It is also the ideal setting\nfor residency training in psychiatry,\nthrough closely supervised work with San Francisco's\nvibrant and diverse patient community.\nWe aim to train a highly skilled and compassionate psychiatrists\nwho will excel in the 21st century\nlandscape of interdisciplinary medical practice,\npatient advocacy, and professional leadership.\nBy combining the advantages of an intimate, tightly-knit\nresidency environment with the benefits of training\nin one of San Francisco's largest and most\nreputable hospital systems, we're\nable to provide an experience that\nfeels both individualized and comprehensive.\nWe have a wonderful team of dedicated psychiatrists,\npsychologists, social workers, and nurses\nwho work together tirelessly to provide\nexpert care for members of our community\nwith mental health needs.\nOur high tech inpatient psychiatry unit\nand newly renovated outpatient mental health clinic\nallow us to care for our patients\nin spaces that are welcoming, safe, and designed for teaching\nand supervision to take place alongside clinical activities.\nSTEPHANIE WILSON: In addition to 3 CPMC campuses,\nour residents rotate out a variety of different affiliate\ntraining sites, including the San Francisco Free Clinic, San\nQuentin State Prison, Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland,\nand Highland Hospital, just to name a few.\nThis allows the resident to be well-prepared\nfor whatever clinical practice they choose,\nwhether it's a specialty fellowship, university faculty\nmembership, a focused specialty practice\nsuch as women's mental health, or private practice.\nIn addition to the strong clinical training,\nwe also offer a high quality education with journal clubs,\nmorbidity and mortality conferences,\na variety of case conferences, as well as\ndidactic style learning.\nTeaching opportunities are available through supervising\nthird year Dartmouth Medical students, peer teaching,\nleading discussions in journal club and case review\nconferences, and chief residency.\nJANOS ZAHAJSZKY: With enthusiastic and approachable\nfaculty, a supportive and generous graduate\nmedical education office, and a partnership with Dartmouth\nMedical School and local affiliate training sites,\nwe are proud to offer an academically\nrigorous and clinically diverse curriculum that\nprepares our residents for success\nin their post-residency careers.\nWe also welcome and take resident feedback\nvery seriously and rely on it for ongoing curriculum\nand program development.\nSTEPHANIE WILSON: Thank you again for your interest\nin our program.\nWe'll look forward to receiving your application\nand learning more about each of you individually.\nIf you have any questions, please\ndon't hesitate to contact us anytime.\n[MUSIC PLAYING]"} ```