UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency Program

Welcome
Psychiatry is one of the most challenging and rapidly changing disciplines in the field of
medicine.  The UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency Training programs provide fully
accredited training with flexibility in the pursuit of individual resident and fellow interests, with an in-depth view of both the biologic and psychodynamic aspects of human behavior.  This will be accomplished by one-on-one supervisory experiences during both the 4 year general psychiatry and the 2 year fellowship training by full time program faculty, faculty from other UCLA programs, and qualified clinicians from metro-Bakersfield area, thus enabling residents and fellows to actualize their talents.  Upon completion of residency training, residents are eligible for certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Tai P. Yoo, M.D., M.S.B.A., D.L.F.A.P.A.,
Joint Chair, Psychiatry Department, Kern Medical Center and Kern County Mental Health Department
Professor and Vice Chair, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

UCLA-Kern Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
We are very thrilled that the UCLA-Kern Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program received accreditation from the ACGME, and welcomed it's first two Fellows on July 1, 2009.  This is the very first fellowship at this institution.  Our program is looking forward to developing the Fellowship, with the expectation that the delivery of psychiatric services to children and adolescents in our community will be enhanced over the coming years.

UCLA-Kern Psychiatry Residency Program - 2007 Retreat