San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Program | San Mateo, CA

Overview

Program & Work Schedule

Our program is very focused on community/public psychiatry. Residents train primarily in a county hospital and being working two days a week in an outpatient community mental health center starting in second year, staying in this setting through fourth year. Our residents work on community projects, in correctional settings, and incorporate a sense of advocacy for underserved populations into the vast majority of their work.

Information
Program best described as	Community-based
Primary Teaching Site	San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Accredited length of training	4
Required length	4
Accepting applications for training that begins in 2026-2027	No
Will be accepting applications for training that begins in 2027-2028	Yes
Program start dates	July 1
Participates in ERAS®	Yes
Affiliated with U.S. government	No
Web Address	http://www.smchealth.org/bhrs/psychres	Web Address http://www.smchealth.org/bhrs/psychres
Video	Not Available	Video Not Available

Program Director: Brendan Scherer MD, BA, MD
San Mateo County Behavioral Health & Rec
Psychiatry Pgm
222 37th Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403-4325
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail: [email protected]

Person to contact for more information about the program: Essie Silva
San Mateo County Behavioral Health & Rec
Psychiatry Program
225 37th Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403-4324
Tel: (650) 573-2530
Fax: (650) 573-2527
E-mail: [email protected]

Survey Received: 7/16/2025

Institutions & Locations

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Location

San Mateo County Behavioral Health & Rec
Psychiatry Pgm
222 37th Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403-4325

Sponsor

San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
222 W 39th Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403-2116

Participant(s)

Stanford Health Care
300 Pasteur Dr
Stanford, CA 94305-4007

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center
2425 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94115-3395

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center
700 Lawrence Expressway
Santa Clara, CA 95051-5173

San Mateo Medical Center
222 W 39th Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403-1084

Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center
1200 El Camino Real
South San Francisco, CA 94080-3208

San Mateo Correctional Health Services
300 Bradford St
Redwood City, CA 94063

Burlingame Long Term Care Center
1100 Trousdale Dr
Burlingame, CA 94010

San Francisco Free Clinic
4900 California St
San Francisco, CA 94118