Medical College of Wisconsin Central Wisconsin Psychiatry Residency Program

Welcome!

At Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin Psychiatry Residency (MCW-CW), we’re proud to offer a program that blends strong clinical training with deep community connection.

Established in 2017 as the most rural of three MCW psychiatry residencies, our program will help you become a compassionate, effective psychiatrist ready to make a difference in patients’ lives, contribute to the field, and assume positions of leadership.

Based in Wausau with key rotations in Ashland, Tomah, Rhinelander, and specialized experiences in Madison and Milwaukee, we offer rich training across a wide range of rural and urban settings. While caring for diverse, often underserved communities, you'll learn the art and science of psychiatry. In addition to psychopharmacology, you’ll be exposed to somatic therapies that extend beyond ACGME requirements as well as didactics covering a wide range of psychotherapeutic approaches. One on one instruction and supervision will support your implementation of cognitive behavioral therapies and psychodynamic principles across all kinds of psychiatric encounters.

We pride ourselves on being a close-knit community where engagement and collaboration are central. Our faculty is deeply committed to supporting and teaching trainees in learning environments where every resident’s unique strengths are respected, and professional identity nurtured - in the classroom, consulting room, hospitals, neighborhood and professional meetings. At MCW-CW, residents are encouraged to become involved in ongoing projects and spearhead new ones, both within our program and across the community.

Whether your passion is clinical mastery, innovation, teaching, publishing, advocacy, and/or administration, we’ll help you find your path and flourish on it. At MCW-CW, you’ll discover a welcoming, tight-knit community, and a place to build your future.

Our Mission

• Train Compassionate, Skilled Psychiatrists - Prepare residents to become thoughtful, capable clinicians who provide high-quality, patient-centered psychiatric care across a variety of settings.
• Promote a Collaborative Learning Culture - Create a respectful, inclusive, and supportive training environment where mentorship, collaboration, and personal growth are central.
• Foster Leadership and Innovation - Equip residents to take on leadership roles in clinical practice, education, research, advocacy, and systems-level change.
• Serve Diverse and Underserved Communities - Address mental health disparities by training physicians committed to meeting the needs of rural and underserved populations in Wisconsin and beyond.
• Integrate Community Engagement with Medical Education - Build strong ties between residency training and community needs with meaningful contributions through community service, projects, and local partnerships.

Biography

Jean Vogel, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist/psychoanalyst with over twenty five years of experience in academic and clinical psychiatry. An Assistant Clinical Professor in the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Department of Psychiatry, she is also Director of the Outpatient Department at North Central Health Care in Wausau, WI where she is known for her integrative, patient-centered approach. Before joining MCW, Dr. Vogel served as Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale University School of Medicine and held leadership positions at the Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis (WNEIP), including Chair of Continuing Education and Vice President of the Institute Board, while seeing patients in her own clinical practice.

Dr. Vogel is a Lifetime Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and has been recognized by both MCW and the Connecticut Psychiatric Society for Clinical Excellence in Teaching and Service to patients. She brings deep expertise in psychopharmacology and psychoanalytic psychotherapy and is widely respected for her thoughtful, relational approach to care. Her scholarly work includes recent publications on countertransference in psychotherapy and the intersection of literature and psychoanalytic theory. She is currently editing and authoring a Guide to Outpatient Care under contract with the APA.

Dr. Vogel’s long-standing dedication to mentorship, education, and community-based care shapes her leadership in residency training and her contributions to the broader field of psychiatry.