Our fellowship offers comprehensive training in advanced behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry. Fellows gain hands-on experience with innovative diagnostic and treatment approaches, including neuropsychological testing, advanced neuroimaging, neuropathology, the use and interpretation of biomarkers, and the administration of monoclonal antibody treatments. The Barbara and Maurice Deane Center for Wellness and Cognitive Health, one of the locations where our fellows train, provides access to multidisciplinary training alongside experts in behavioral neurology, geriatric psychiatry, geriatric medicine, neuropsychology, and additional related fields.

During weekly assigned clinic time, our fellows care for patients with a broad spectrum of cognitive and behavioral conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, Lewy body disease, vascular disease and frontotemporal dementia (behavioral variants and primary progressive aphasias), among others. Clinical training also includes the evaluation and management of the cognitive and behavioral effects of epilepsy, movement disorders, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and other non-degenerative neurological conditions. Optional additional clinical training is available during ad-hoc clinics staffed by an attending, designed for fellows interested in additional clinical exposure.

Throughout the fellowship, trainees also receive training and evaluate patients that are participating in the National Institute on Aging-Designated Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Our trainees also engage in participation in patient research evaluations within the Mount Sinai ALL-Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Research Study, which offers national-scope research opportunities in frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

As part of curated monthly training experiences, fellows rotate across multiple services, including:

• Geriatric psychiatry/consultation liaison psychiatry
• Geriatric medicine/palliative care
• Movement disorders
• Neurocognitive rehabilitation medicine
• Neuropathology
• Neuropsychology
• Neuroradiology
• Other neurology or psychiatry subspecialties

In addition, our fellows may participate in in-patient consultations, home visits, education of residents and medical students, and didactic lectures at the rotating divisions. Elective time can be used as protected research time to support the learning of research methodology and early development of a research portfolio. The fellowship is a one-year program. A second year of fellowship may be available on a case-by-case basis, subject to availability and individual career development.

Finally, fellows also meet with the Program Director throughout the fellowship for progress review and mutual feedback.

The Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry Fellowship offers a wide range of educational opportunities outside of the curriculum, including conferences and didactics. A specific didactic program is created for each fellow depending on the rotation, including:

• Division and interdisciplinary conferences with patient case presentations and discussions
• Grand Rounds
• Neuropsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry Journal Club
• Movement Disorder Video Conferences
• Clinicopathologic Conferences

Throughout the course of the fellowship, trainees that are interested in research are encouraged, with faculty support, to pursue individual interests and either develop new research or become involved with current ongoing research. Our physicians work with the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center to conduct clinical research and are engaged in laboratory research to understand the causes of these disorders and develop novel therapies. Each fellow will work on publishing at least one manuscript during their fellowship in a peer-reviewed journal.

We select one-to-two fellows each year. Applicants must have completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited neurology or psychiatry residency program or equivalent and be eligible for licensure in the State of New York.

To apply, please submit the following to Georges Naasan, MD, Program Director, at georges.naasan@mssm.edu, and Geraldine Cera, Program Coordinator, at geraldine.cera@mssm.edu.

• Application form
• Curriculum vitae
• Three letters of recommendation relevant to this training position
• Personal statement

Applications will be reviewed by the selection committee throughout the year. We strongly recommend fellows send in applications 15-20 months before the intended start date.