Thank you for your interest in the University of Chicago Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program.
The 12-month Consultation-Liaison (C-L) Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (PSOM) received accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2010. Graduates of this program are eligible to take the ABPN subspecialty C-L examination.
Clinical training in this one-year fellowship occurs on the inpatient C-L service at the University of Chicago hospitals. This provides the opportunity to train in the evaluation and management of a wide range of medically and surgically complex hospitalized patients. Graduates of the program have valued the administrative experience gained from managing a large multidisciplinary team and interfacing with consulting teams.
Supervised clinical specialty outpatient opportunities include rotations in psycho-oncology, behavioral neurology, transplantation psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, neuroradiology, women’s mental health, and integrated care clinics. Ongoing didactics are provided by key faculty and include teaching rounds, didactic lectures, case conferences, and case-based seminars. Supervision and support for scholarly activity are integral to the program. Many opportunities exist for interdisciplinary and interdepartmental research. C-L Fellows may simultaneously complete the fellowship in medical education, research, innovation, teaching, and scholarship (MERITS) through the PSOM. This unique fellowship provided training in becoming educators. The Program also has solid didactic components aimed at enabling our trainees to gain the knowledge base, clinical competencies, and leadership skills to be thought leaders in the expanding field of psychosomatic medicine.
Finally, it is with great pleasure that I invite you to consider the opportunity to complete, concurrently with fellowship training in C-L psychiatry, a part-time fellowship in medical ethics in the renowned MacLean Center for Medical Ethics. This is one of the oldest medical ethics programs in the country taught by a unique and varied faculty.
Marie Tobin, MD FACLP
Professor of Adult Psychiatry