Psychiatry Residency
Training Locations
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, located in Hershey, Pa., is a 550-bed tertiary-care center and the only medical facility in Pennsylvania to be accredited as both an adult and a pediatric Level 1 trauma center.
This location is considered home base for the Psychiatry Residency, and is where the program’s administrative offices are located.
PGY-1 residents serve their neurology and emergency medicine rotations at this location, as well as one month of consult/liaison. PGY-2 residents serve their remaining consult/liaison rotations and emergency psychiatry rotations at this location. Additionally, all residents join together here for weekly didactics.
Holy Spirit Medical Center
A 293-bed acute care hospital, Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center serves the greater Harrisburg region with outpatient and inpatient diagnostic, medical, surgical, and psychiatry and behavioral health services on its East Pennsboro Township, Pa., campus and outpatient locations in Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry counties.
Founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Christian Charity, Holy Spirit Medical Center has earned national accreditations for its centers of excellence in the treatment of cardiac care, atrial fibrillation, heart attack (STEMI), heart failure, stroke, diabetes, and knee and hip replacement. Holy Spirit joined Penn State Health in 2020, and 53 new inpatient behavioral health beds opened on the third and fourth floors in 2026.
UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg
The internal medicine rotation occurs at UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg in Harrisburg, Pa. It offers a strong teaching component with its own residency and fellowship programs.
Major service lines include neuroscience (including specialty clinics for epilepsy, balance and vestibular conditions); heart and vascular; transplant; women and children’s services (including high-risk maternal fetal and advanced NICU); rehabilitation, cancer and behavioral health (via Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute.) It is also a Magnet Hospital for Nursing.
Residents rotate through UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg for inpatient and outpatient internal medicine experience.
Lebanon VA Medical Center
Located in Lebanon, Pa., about a 30-minute drive from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, the Lebanon VA Medical Center receives high ratings among VA hospitals nationally for customer service. Here, a patient-centered approach is stressed. Importance is given to support of the resident staff educationally and administratively.
Residents rotate through the Lebanon VA Medical Center for adult inpatient, geriatric and addictions experience.
Northeast Drive Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic
The Northeast Drive Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic in Hershey is a 10-minute drive from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Services provided at the clinic include outpatient adult, child and adolescent psychiatric services, geriatrics, partial hospitalization, family and couples therapy and mood disorders.
Residents rotate through the clinic in their second year of training for partial hospitalization services, and in their third and fourth years of training for adult outpatient, geriatrics, family and couples therapy and mood disorders services.
Harrisburg Outpatient Locations
Outpatient behavioral health services in Harrisburg include:
Penn State Health Psychiatry and Behavioral Health – 6th Street: Adult and child/adolescent partial hospitalization and outpatient programs)
Penn State Health Psychiatry and Behavioral Health – Cameron Street: Advancement in Recovery (AIR) Program