OROVILLE — On the heels of the announced closure of Enloe Behavioral Health in August, Oroville Hospital announced it will open a psychiatry residency program in July 2025.
The announcement, made Thursday on the hospital’s website, covers a program separate from a psychiatric residency starting this summer under the auspices of the Healthy Rural California organization and the Butte-Glenn Medical Society.
“Launching the psychiatry program is a monumental milestone for Oroville Hospital,” Robert Wentz, the hospital’s CEO, said in the announcement. “It marks a significant step forward in our commitment to mental health and education. We aim to enhance our mental health resources in Butte County and neighboring communities, and train future leaders in this field.”
Kristy Bird MaKieve, executive director of the medical society and CEO of the health collaborative, shares the hospital’s optimism, telling this newspaper: “We’re excited more psychiatric residents are coming to this area, and hopefully they’ll stay.”
Residency programs will allow physicians to complete their training locally — in the process, delivering care to residents of Butte County and surrounding areas in a field with a shortage of practitioners.
“We are creating residency programs by our community for our community,” Dr. Gerald Maguire, director of Oroville Hospital’s Graduate Medical Education, said in the announcement.
Dr. Lynne Pappas, director of psychiatric services, said: “The accreditation of our psychiatric graduate medical education at Oroville Hospital marks the dawn of a new era. It paves the way for attracting dedicated clinicians who are not only drawn to our community, but also inspired to plant roots and grow with us.
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“This is more than a milestone; it’s the beginning of a journey towards a vibrant, health-conscious community.”
MaKieve noted that Oroville Hospital has a clinic setting for its residents, something Healthy Rural California intends to establish in Chico.
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