Welcome From
Dr. Maguire
We welcome you to apply to our Psychiatry Residency
Thank you for your interest in the newest psychiatry residency program in California! Our experienced faculty have created a unique psychiatry program that is community-based with a strong academic focus. College Medical Center and our affiliates serve as the largest psychiatric system in Los Angeles and Orange Counties ensuring our residents will gain experience in caring for our diverse, varied patient communities of southern California. Our mission is simple—to train the best, brightest and most compassionate psychiatric physicians. With specialty tracks available and significant elective time, our residents receive a strong foundation to choose an individual course of career ahead be it community-based, private practice, research, academia, or sub-specialty fellowship training in child and adolescent, forensic, consultation/liaison, and geriatric. We also offer unique electives in interventional psychiatry and sports psychiatry. We welcome you to apply to our Psychiatry Residency!
Dr. Gerald A. Maguire
About Dr. Maguire
Gerald A. Maguire, MD is Director of Residency Training in Psychiatry, College Medical Center. Dr. Maguire earned his bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at the University of California, Davis in 1987, and his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1991. He carried out his residency in Psychiatry at UC Irvine from 1991 to 1995, where he was Chief Resident his final year and later served on faculty for 20 years. Dr. Maguire served as residency training director and Sr. Associate Dean of Medical Education at UC Irvine during his tenure. Dr. Maguire also served as the Founding Chair of Psychiatry at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine from 2014-2021 and remains Professor Emeritus at the institution.
Dr. Maguire is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (DLFAPA) and is a member of the American College of Psychiatrists. Dr. Maguire has earned numerous teaching awards at both UC Irvine and UC Riverside. Dr. Maguire has authored over 80 publications (journal articles, books and book chapters) and has delivered hundreds of invited presentations throughout the world on topics primarily related to the neurologic understanding of stuttering and its resultant, comprehensive, interdisciplinary treatments as well other topics on psychopharmacology.
