Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship
The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship provides a robust educational experience across a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, with the goal of preparing our fellows to be leaders in the field.
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship
The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship provides a robust educational experience across a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, with the goal of preparing our fellows to be leaders in the field.
About Us
Our fellows join the consultation liaison services at Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) and The Miriam Hospital (TMH), gaining experience at both a large level one trauma/burn center and an academic community hospital. Our program faculty have expertise in diverse areas including Psycho-Oncology, Transplant Psychiatry, HIV, Neurocognitive Disorders, Women’s Mental Health, Functional Neurologic Disorders (PNES), Neuropsychiatry, Neuromodulation, Sleep, Addiction, and Integrated Care.
Fellows participate in daily multidisciplinary team rounds that include The Warren Alpert Medical School students, experienced nurse practitioners, substance use disorder trained social workers, and residents in General Psychiatry, Neurology, Internal Medicine and our Triple Board Program. Fellows receive individualized teaching in both formal didactic and bedside settings with our core faculty. They will participate in a quality improvement project, consultation liaison grand rounds, M&M meetings for general psychiatry, and have the opportunity to teach in both formal and informal settings.
Contact Us
Faculty
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Colin J. Harrington, MD
Program Director, Consultation-Liaison Fellowship -
Christina Scully, MD
Associate Program Director, Consultation-Liaison Fellowship -
Laura A. Stanton, MD
Director, Brown University Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program -
Dylan Hershkowitz, MD
Training Sites
Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) and The Miriam Hospital (TMH) are the primary medical-surgical, clinical, and training sites of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at The Warren Alpert Medical School.
Academics
Fellows spend the majority of their time on the Rhode Island Hospital Inpatient Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service with additional rotations at The Miriam Hospital scheduled across the year.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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8 a.m.-noon | Wards |
Wards |
Wards | Didactics/ Optional Ambulatory Elective |
Psycho-Oncology |
Noon-1 p.m. | |||||
1-5 p.m. | Wards | Wards | Wards | Wards | Wards |
Notes:
- Vacation time will be a total of four weeks to be taken on request of the fellow and after approval by the site director and program directors.
- The ambulatory/outpatient experience will account for approximately 10 percent of the first six months and approximately 20 percent of the latter six months of the academic year and will consist of one to two weekly half-day clinics throughout the year. We may consider three- to six-month blocks to allow for exposure to more specialties. Available experiences include Hematology-Oncology, Renal Transplant, Cognitive Disorders, HIV, Women’s Medicine Mental Health, and Neuropsychiatry clinics.
- Didactics, conferences, and other educational opportunities will be provided and included in the workday variably, some required (R) and others optional (O), and include, but are not limited to: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Didactics (R), Medicine Grand Rounds (O), Neurology Grand Rounds (O), Psychiatry Grand Rounds (R), Geriatric Medicine Didactics (O), Neurology Noon Conference (O), and the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Case Conference (R). A number of our Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry didactics are held together with fellowships in Geriatric Medicine, Geriatric Psychiatry, and Palliative Care.
Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital Inpatient Consultation Sites
Overview/Description
The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service at Rhode Island Hospital constitutes the core fellow training experience during the fellowship year, and is where fellows spend the majority of their time. At Rhode Island Hospital, a level-one trauma and burn center, fellows learn to perform psychiatric consultation to medical-surgical patients and services including: internal medicine, hematology/oncology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, trauma/burns, neurology, neurosurgery, complex orthopedics, and various medical and surgical intensive care units.
General Information
- Chief of Service: Colin Harrington, MD
- Contact: Colin Harrington, MD
- Service Administrator: Karen Sousa 444-5480
- Fellowship Coordinator: Ema Costa 455-6421
- Faculty: Colin Harrington, MD, Christina Scully, MD, Timothy Steinhoff, MD, Dylan Hershkowitz, MD, Seth Clark, MD (addiction medicine)
See handbook for a list of program skills and competencies.
Overview/Description
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at The Miriam Hospital, an academic community hospital, constitutes an important fellow training experience. There, the fellow spends four months over the academic year performing psychiatric consultation to medical-surgical patients with a focus on ICU, Emergency Psychiatry, and Geriatric Psychiatry settings. The Miriam Hospital consult service offers a robust caseload of patients with comorbid HIV, Hepatitis C, and Hematologic/Oncologic illness. As the site of our Geriatric Psychiatry Clinical and Fellowship programs, this rotation offers a unique focus on geriatric neuropsychiatry.
General Information
- Chief of Service: Jeffrey Burock, MD
- Contact: Jeffrey Burock, MD
- Fellowship Coordinator: Ema Costa 455-6421
- Faculty: Jeffrey Burock, MD, Barbara Ruf, MD, Laura Stanton, MD
See handbook for a list of program skills and competencies.
Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital Ambulatory Consultation Sites
Overview/Description
Psycho-Oncology at the Lifespan Cancer Center offers a year-long longitudinal outpatient experience for the fellow. At the Cancer Center, fellows gain experience in the evaluation and management of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric illness associated with, and specific to, multiple types of cancer and their treatments.
Fellows learn to utilize psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic therapies for patients as they adjust to cancer diagnoses and contend with the neuropsychiatric issues associated with complex surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. The rotation is well integrated with robust social work, spiritual, and palliative care services.
General Information
- Chief of Service: Timothy Steinhoff, MD
- Contact: Timothy Steinhoff, MD
- Service Administrator: Timothy Steinhoff, MD
- Fellowship Coordinator: Ema Costa 455-6421
- Faculty: Timothy Steinhoff, MD, Dylan Hershkowitz, MD, Jody Underwood, MD, Laura Stanton, MD, Emily Murphy, MD
See handbook for a list of program skills and competencies.
Overview/Description
The HIV Psychiatry ambulatory rotation offers a 3-month longitudinal experience in neuropsychiatric management of patients with HIV. The HIV Psychiatry clinic is co-located at the Lifespan Immunology Center and is staffed by several social workers, an LICSW, and both psychiatric and addiction services. In this setting fellows explore the neuropsychiatric and medical complications of HIV infection and treat commonly occurring psychiatric illnesses associated with HIV. This is a unique integrated care setting that makes a difference in a historically underserved clinical population.
General Information
- Contact: Christina Scully, MD; Andrew Martina, MD
- Service Administrator: Christina Scully, MD
- Fellowship Coordinator: Ema Costa 455-6421
- Faculty: Christina Scully, MD, Andrew Martina, MD
Overview/Description
The Transplant Psychiatry ambulatory rotation offers a 3-month longitudinal outpatient experience for the Fellow. During this rotation, the Fellow will gain experience conducting both donor and recipient evaluations and participating in multidisciplinary transplant team meetings to discuss our complex cases. This is an opportunity to learn about pre- and post- transplant psychiatric diagnostic issues, psychosocial screening/instruments, pharmacologic considerations in end organ illnesses, drug-drug interactions unique to this clinical population, and neuropsychiatric side effects of immunosuppressive agents.
General Information
- Chief of Service: Christina Scully, MD
- Contact: Christina Scully, MD
- Service Administrator: Christina Scully, MD
- Fellowship Coordinator: Ema Costa 455-6421
- Faculty: Christina Scully, MD
Application Process
Applicants must have satisfactorily completed (or be pending graduation from) either an ACGME-accredited general psychiatry program or a general psychiatry program in Canada accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
The Brown CL Psychiatry program will not be accepting applications via ERAS for this upcoming 2024-25 application cycle. Please see below for application submission. We plan to accept applications via the ERAS platform for the following 2025-26 application cycle.
Documentation Required: Please scan and email the following documents to Program Coordinator Ema Costa.
- Completed CL Psych Program Application
- Copy of your current curriculum vitae
- Personal statement
- Copy of your current medical license
- Copy of your ECFMG or FLEX certificate (if applicable)
- Copy of your Visa and/or U.S. citizenship (passport)
- Medical Transcript (Dean’s Office)
- USMLE Scores
- Letter of recommendation from the Residency Training Program Director where you completed your general psychiatry training
- Two to three additional letters of recommendation
All letters of recommendation should be addressed to the Program Director, Colin J. Harrington, MD, and then scanned and emailed to Program Coordinator Ema Costa.
Resources
Accreditation, Boards, and Licensing
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
- Federal Credentials Verification Service (FCVS)
- Federal Drug Enforcement Registration (DEA)
- Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline
Lifespan Organization
Professional Organizations
- Academy of Consultation-Liaison (ACLP)
- American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA)
- American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP)
- American Psychiatric Association (APA)