Brigham and Women’s Hospital Women’s Mental Health Fellowship
The fellowship in Women's Mental Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), a teaching
affiliate of Harvard Medical School, provides exciting subspecialty training opportunities for
residents interested in the ways sex and gender can exert a major influence on the course,
expression and treatment of psychiatric disorders. The purpose of the fellowship is to train
expert clinicians in the psychiatric care of women, and in the assessment and treatment of
psychiatric symptoms linked with female reproductive cycle transitions.
This one-year clinical fellowship dedicated to comprehensive women’s mental health
subspecialty training is an established Partners Health Care-accredited fellowship run through
the BWH Department of Psychiatry and in affiliation with the BWH Connors Center for Women's
Health & Gender Biology. With clinical supervision and didactic training, fellows treat women
who experience mental illness during the perinatal period and other critical reproductive life
transitions as well as other psychiatric disorders that are more common and unique to women
through the clinical locations listed below. Fellows also complete a scholarly project as part of
their training.
Clinical Sites
 BWH Women's Mental Health Service at the Gretchen and Edward Fish Center for
Women's Health: A service that offers comprehensive outpatient mental health care as
part of an integrated, multidisciplinary program including primary care and other
specialty care services.
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BWH Women's Mental Health Service at Brigham Psychiatric Specialties: An
outpatient service offering consultation, diagnostic evaluation, pharmacotherapy and
brief psychotherapy for women with reproductive-related psychiatric or psychological
symptoms, including pregnancy, infertility, menstrual, and menopause-related
psychiatric disorders.
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BWH Reproductive Psychiatry Consultation Service: A service that provides
psychiatric consultation to inpatients on BWH obstetric and gynecologic units. The
service also provides diagnostic evaluation and brief interventions for women within
BWH outpatient maternal fetal medicine clinics.
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute Psychosocial Oncology Services: Fellows rotate
through DFCI where they gain experience with women’s cancer-related issues such as
emotional distress, cognitive changes, body image changes, menopausal symptoms,
sexual health, relationship concerns, parenting concerns, existential concerns and grief.
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Mclean Hospital: Fellows rotate through inpatient and residential psychiatric units at a
large free-standing psychiatric hospital which are designed to treat women with eating
disorders, trauma-related conditions, and personality disorders.
The Application Cycle for Academic Year 2016-2017 (beginning 7/1/16) is open.
The applicant must have completed an ACGME accredited Psychiatry residency before
the fellowship and be able to be licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts. To
apply, please send the items below to:
Sasha Smith
Women's Mental Health Fellowship Coordinator.
Email: ssmith50@partners.org
Phone: 617-732-7078 Fax: 617-525-7746
Address: Women’s Mental Health Fellowship
C/o Sasha Smith
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 1620 Tremont Street, OBC-3.34 Boston, MA 02120
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A completed application Click here for an application
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CV
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Personal Statement
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Medical school transcript
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USMLE results
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Three letters of recommendation including one from your program director