The Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Elmhurst provides a comprehensive educational and training experience in each of two years of training in a major urban teaching hospital. The program has been in continuous operation since 1965 as a component of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Services New York City Health + Hospitals - Elmhurst Hospital and is fully accredited by the American Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Program graduates have pursued a wide range of clinical, academic and administrative careers in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry.
The overall goal of the program is to train physicians to become skilled specialists in child and adolescent psychiatry who are competent to provide high quality, evidence-based care to children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral and developmental disorders, to practice independently on graduation from the program and to achieve certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in this subspecialty. Training takes place over a period of two years in a series of graduated clinical and didactic experiences that are intended to assist fellows in developing required levels of proficiency in the six competency areas designated in the ACGME Developmental Milestones in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism and systems-based practice). A major theme throughout both years of training is the importance of developmental perspective, biopsychosocial approach and collaboration with families and other systems (mental health, pediatric, school, foster care, child protection, legal) in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents. Specific goals are provided for each clinical rotation and curriculum component.
Application
The Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Elmhurst accepts three fellows per year for this two year program. Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Requirements for application to this program include three or four years of training in an ACGME- accredited residency program, at least two years of which must be in a psychiatry residency training program; successful completion of all three USMLE Steps; and medical licensure in New York State or eligibility for a temporary institutional license. In rare cases, we may consider applicants who have completed only the PGY-I year in an ACGME accredited program but please note that such applicants will need to complete at least two more years of residency training in psychiatry before becoming eligible to take the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) examination in psychiatry, passage of which is a requirement for taking the ABPN examination in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Applications must include medical school transcript and Dean’s Letter and three letters of reference, one of which should be from the director of the applicant’s general psychiatry residency training program together with the Program Director’s Verification Form Attesting to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Fellowship Eligibility available on the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) website. Requirements for international medical graduates include certification of successful completion of the examination of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). Non-U.S. citizens are required to provide documentation of immigration status. The program participates in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowships.