Residency
What We Stand For
Welcome to the Adult Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of Minnesota! Our program is dedicated to developing psychiatric experts and leaders who are well-prepared to serve the mental health needs of individuals in Minnesota and beyond.
Our residents benefit from a comprehensive curriculum that emphasizes clinical excellence, research opportunities, and leadership development. Our residents have access to a diverse range of training experiences, including interventional psychiatry, novel treatments for treatment-resistant depression and addictions, informed care for both urban and rural communities in Minnesota, early childhood development, adolescent mood disorders, and coordinated specialty care for early psychosis spectrum illnesses.
Our faculty are nationally and internationally recognized experts committed to providing high-quality patient care, conducting research, and advancing the field of psychiatry. We also offer specialized training in areas of mental health such as forensic psychiatry, neuromodulation, veterans' mental health care, child psychiatry, addiction medicine, and community psychiatry.
Find out more and become part of a dynamic and supportive community where you can grow as a clinician and a leader in the field of psychiatry.
Program Leadership
Karen "Kay" Powell, DO
Program Director
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Jeremy Bydlon
Program Administrator
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Vision and Values
We support our residents to become talented clinicians prepared to serve individuals who have mental health needs with sensitivity, compassion, and rigorous excellence. More importantly, we encourage our residents to grow as team leaders and team members, as optimal mental health care always occurs in a team context.
As a resident, you have many opportunities to study with highly knowledgeable faculty who are dedicated to excellence in patient care and scholarship. Many of our faculty are recognized as national and international experts in their fields. We have special strengths in treatment-resistant depression, stress and trauma, early childhood development, adolescent mood disorders, psychosis spectrum illness (including first episode of psychosis), and addictions. We also have a number of excellent training opportunities in women’s mental health, forensic psychiatry, veterans’ mental health care, community psychiatry, and services for marginalized communities.
Integrative Excellence
At the University of Minnesota, we are committed to serving our local communities in the Twin Cities and in rural Minnesota. We strive to recruit, train, and retain psychiatrists who will provide compassionate and informed care that meets the needs of the people we serve. In order to meet this goal, we seek to recruit individuals who understand and represent multiple backgrounds, life experiences, and viewpoints. We value the unique strengths and contributions of each individual and consider every residency applicant’s perspectives and background experiences as part of the strengths they will bring to their work. We find that training residents who bring a multiplicity of perspectives strengthens our department and enhances our delivery of patient care.
In addition, our department is dedicated to eliminating bias and promoting excellence; please see our ‘Promoting respect, integrity, and fairness’ statement on the dropdown below. We have many active initiatives in the Department and encourage everyone to participate (more information here). As a resident, you can be involved with the department initiatives in various ways, such as representing the residents on the IEWB Council, leading support initiatives for residents, and developing curricular and outreach projects to enhance our patient care for local communities.
You may also contact our current residents and/or the Program Director with any additional questions about the residency experiences (see the sidebar on that page).
Promoting respect, integrity, and fairness in all we do
The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences opposes all forms of bias, exclusionary behavior, and unfair treatment. We are committed to listening to and supporting all individuals and to creating a culture of mutual respect where excellent communication skills are actively valued and promoted, especially about topics that are complex or potentially divisive.
Salary and Benefits
- Vacation
- 15 days per year (PGY1 and 2)
- 20 days per year (PGY3 and 4)
- Sick Days: 10 days per year
- Conference Days: 5 days per year (can be used for Step/COMLEX/Board prep)
- Salary (UMN GME 2025-2026)
- PGY1 $71,862
- PGY2 $74,073
- PGY3 $76,589
- PGY4 $79,415
- Conference Travel Fund: up to $1000 in grant support for academic conference participation (travel, registration fees, lodging, and/or transportation) for residents presenting at local, regional, or national conferences.
- Book Fund
- PGY1-4: $350 per year
- Additional $100 per year for poster printing
- White coats provided with free dry cleaning at the VA
- Meal cards provided for inpatient rotations
- UMMC ($900/year)
- VAMC ($75/month)
- Parking is free at both the UMMC and VAMC
- Medical, dental, disability and life insurance are offered thought the University of Minnesota GME Office in addition to optional flexible spending accounts and voluntary retirement options. For more information on UMN GME benefits please go to: https://shb.umn.edu/health-plans/rfi
Riverside Campus I/O Clinical Sites
The academic psychiatry inpatient teams and adult outpatient clinics are located at the University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) Riverside Campus. Residents also rotate through specialized services here such as ECT and addictions treatment.
Masonic Children's Hospital
The M Health Fairview UMMC Masonic Children's Hospital hosts the Pediatrics rotation during the intern year. This is also the site of the Adolescent Dual Diagnosis (Mental Illness and Chemical Dependency) inpatient unit.
VA Medical Center
Interns rotate on the VAMC’s inpatient psychiatry unit and on the Internal Medicine Hospitalist team. They also complete their Neurology requirement at the VA. After internship year, residents return to the VA for electives in Geropsychiatry and Consult/Liaison in PGY2. They also complete 24-hour call shifts at the VA their second year. Multiple elective opportunities are offered at the VA for PGY3 and PGY4 residents (see “Electives”).
ARTC and St. Peter State Hospital
Residents complete their Forensic Psychiatry rotation at the Anoka Regional Treatment Center (ARTC) and St. Peter State Hospital, as well as through the Hennepin County Court System. The ARTC is a 200-bed psychiatric hospital located in Anoka, Minnesota (approximately 45 minutes north of the Twin Cities), for patients with severe mental illness. Located near Mankato, Minnesota (approximately 75 minutes west of the Twin Cities), the St. Peter State Hospital is a 360-bed hospital for patients with severe mental illness and/or patients deemed to be extremely dangerous.
Coordinated Specialty Care in Early Psychosis
Two nationally recognized clinical sites – one at our Riverside Clinic and one at our Saint Louis Park location (pictured) – provide specialized coordinated care for individuals in the early phases of psychosis spectrum illness. These clinics implement a recovery model and are part of a national network – the Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET) – that is actively engaged in measurement-based care and practice-based research. Residents become part of our interprofessional teams during their PGY 3 and/or PGY 4 years and aid young individuals in recovering from initial episodes of psychosis.
Community Psychiatry Sites
Residents have the opportunity to rotate through various clinics and services for community, public, and integrative psychiatry exposure.
The Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC — pictured) is a federally qualified health care center specializing in integrative primary care that largely serves the Hmong, Somali, and Native American populations of Hennepin County. The clinic offers medical, dental, mental health, advocacy, legal, and other programs. Further integrative care opportunities are available through the Fairview Integrated Primary Care Clinic on the UMMC Riverside Campus or various Fairview Primary Care clinics (e.g., Smiley’s Family Medicine Clinic).
Residents who would like exposure to Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services have the opportunity to rotate with Guild Assertive Treatment Services based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Exposure to private mental health care systems such as Prairie Care and Canvas Health is also available.
Faculty and Staff
Karen "Kay" Powell, DO
Program Director
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Tolu Odebunmi, MBBS, MPH
Associate Program Director
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Felicia Webber, MD
Associate Program Director
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Lionel Wininger, PhD, LP
Associate Program Director
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Jeremy Bydlon
Program Administrator
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