ADVANCED RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM IN
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
The New York University Child Study
Center is an international training site for
mental health professionals. We offer a
fully ACGME accredited graduate
residency program in Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry through the
Department of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry at New York University
School of Medicine. The program, under
the direction of NYU’s multi-disciplinary
faculty of child and adolescent
psychiatrists and behavioral scientists and
clinicians, is the largest single University
based training program in the United
States, accepting 10 new residents each
year.
Often called “fellowships,” advanced
clinical training programs in Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry are technically residency programs. The overall goals of our residency program are to:
1. Provide residents with a well-rounded, in-depth exposure to as many treatment venues and modalities as
possible;
2. Prepare residents to evaluate virtually any child, adolescent, and family in need and to provide an accurate
diagnosis and treatment plan;
3. Develop skills in the ongoing treatment of children, adolescents, and families with all manner of diagnoses
and psychosocial impairments; and
4. Train the future leaders of our field in clinical care, research, education, and program development and
administration.
Our training program is designed to hone the attitudes, knowledge, and clinical skills necessary to function
independently as medical specialists in coordinating and delivering skilled, compassionate and comprehensive
treatment to children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders. Implicit in this objective is the ability to work
effectively with families, caregivers, significant others, schools, additional medical specialists and mental
health professionals, agencies, and the legal system. Through a broad spectrum of clinical offerings, exposure
to a vast number of supervisors, and didactics employing a wide variety of pedagogical approaches, we hope to
instill in trainees a commitment to lifelong professional learning and growth. The program strives to develop
altruistic, knowledgeable, skillful, and dutiful physicians who are trained in compliance with the six core
competencies as required by the ACGME: Patient care; clinical science/medical knowledge; practice-based
learning and improvement; interpersonal and communication skills; professionalism; and systems-based
practice.
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The Advanced Residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry provides comprehensive and balanced clinical
rotations where residents evaluate and treat inpatients and outpatients whose diagnostic spectrum includes all
the major psychiatric disorders occurring during childhood and adolescence. A biopsychosocial approach is
utilized, and a wide variety of prevention and treatment modalities are employed. All clinical training occurs
under the direct supervision of the faculty of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Case loads
are balanced regarding age, gender, diagnoses, socioeconomic status, ethnicity and cultural affiliations, and
family constellation.
The didactic portion of the program provides a thorough review of the current knowledge and understanding of
normal development and psychopathology from infancy through adulthood. This foundation serves as the
underpinning for the study of primary prevention and therapeutic interventions. The major goals of the didactic
portion are:
1. To impart a sophisticated knowledge of human growth and development of children, adolescents, and
families.
2. To teach the phenomenology, epidemiology, etiology, and clinical presentation of psychopathology in
children and adolescents.
3. To instruct residents in evidence-based treatment of child and adolescent psychopathology.
4. To teach what constitutes a complete psychiatric assessment of a child and adolescent and the necessary
skills to coordinate and conduct such an evaluation.
5. To impart a thorough knowledge of the indications for, techniques of, and theoretical framework of a
variety of individual, group and family therapies used in the treatment of children and adolescents with
psychiatric disorders and their families.
6. To teach a mastery of the principles and clinical use of pediatric psychopharmacology and the current
knowledge of the pathophysiology of the major psychiatric disorders for which medication is indicated.
7. To develop an understanding of research methodology, an ability to critically read scientific literature,
and an understanding of the applicability of research findings to clinical practice.
8. To develop an appreciation of the use of various neuropsychological tests in clarifying the diagnosis and
in formulating appropriate treatment plans for children and adolescents.
9. To provide an overview of the issues in forensic psychiatry most pertinent to Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry.
10. To provide a forum for residents to evaluate issues with ethical overtones particularly relevant to Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry, including confidentiality, drug abuse, sexual orientation and behavior,
illegal behavior, possession of weapons, and HIV status.
Traditional medical training focuses almost entirely on diagnosing and treating problems at the individual and
family level, while providing trainees with little understanding of the impact of social systems and government
policies on the healthcare of both individuals and communities. At the NYU Child Study Center we recognize
the potential role of child and adolescent psychiatrists as agents of social change. Consequently, in addition to
training residents to serve in their primary role as clinicians and treatment team leaders, we also prepare our
residents to function as teachers, mentors, consultants, administrators, supervisors, and community leaders. We
believe that virtually all aspects of child and adolescent mental health work have both social and political
ramifications, and we strive to help our trainees realize the potential impact that they can have upon systems of
care.
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Clinical Facilities
Bellevue Hospital Center
Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States, was founded in 1736. The University
Medical College was founded in 1841, and clinical teaching at Bellevue Hospital began six years later.
Bellevue Hospital Medical College was established in 1861. The school merged with New York University in
1898.
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Bellevue has a
most distinguished history. The first Children’s
Inpatient Service in the United States was established
in 1923. Dr. Lauretta Bender joined the staff at
Bellevue Hospital in 1930 and became Senior
Psychiatrist in charge of the Children’s Service in
1934. In 1937, Dr. Frank Curran opened the first
Adolescent Inpatient Unit.
Today, Bellevue Hospital Center is a 1,232-bed
JCAHO-accredited acute-care general hospital that is
the flagship facility among the 11 hospitals that are
operated by New York City Health and Hospitals
Corporation. Bellevue is the second largest Medical
Center in the municipal system and provides medical
care for more than 22,000 inpatients and 400,000
outpatients annually. Bellevue is world renowned for its emergency and psychiatric services and for its reimplantation program. It is a designated head and spinal cord injury center and is the hospital of choice for
New York City’s uniformed services. Innovative Bellevue programs in geriatrics, substance abuse, and child
life are emulated in hospitals throughout the nation. As an institution on the cutting edge of societal trends and
changing health care needs, Bellevue has responded to the AIDS epidemic and the increase in homelessness
and drug abuse with a variety of pioneering efforts. Through its affiliation with the New York University
School of Medicine, Bellevue is a leading center for medical education and research. The Department of
Psychiatry handles more than 7,300 emergency room visits and 2,500 admissions annually, and the outpatient
division, including the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP), is responsible for more than
100,000 visits per year. The Children’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Room (C-CPEP) opened in
January 2011, once again encouraging Bellevue’s reputation for outstanding care and dedication to changing
societal needs. Bellevue also has 350 psychiatric beds, including world-renowned specialized units for
children, adolescents, and dual diagnosis and forensic patients.
Child Inpatient Unit
The Child Psychiatry Inpatient Service, under the direction of Feng Liu, MD, Ph.D and Diniara Amanbekova,
MD, is comprised of a 15-bed unit serving children aged 5-11. The unit has both a therapeutic nursery for 2 to
11-year-old children with autism and a program for school-age
children with a variety of diagnoses. First year Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry Residents rotate through the unit for two
months. The emphasis is on providing a comprehensive clinical
assessment of children with serious psychiatric disorders.
Residents are trained in various treatment modalities, such as
individual, family and group therapy, under intensive supervision.
Residents function as members of an interdisciplinary team and
learn how different mental health practitioners contribute to the
diagnostic, treatment and discharge planning process.
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Early Adolescent Inpatient Unit
The Early Adolescent Inpatient Service, under the direction Charles Glawe, MD, and Schuyler Henderson, MD,
MPH, will be comprised of a 15-bed unit that will provide acute psychiatric care to boys and girls between 9
and 12 years of age. The unit is scheduled to open mid-year, 2013 – 2014.
Adolescent Inpatient Unit
The Adolescent Inpatient Service, under the direction of M. Cevdet Tosyali, MD, and Anna Kerlek, MD, is
comprised of a 15-bed unit that provides acute psychiatric care to boys and girls between 12 and 17 years of
age. Adolescents admitted to the unit receive treatment for symptoms and impairments associated with major
psychiatric disorders. First year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residents rotate through the unit for two
months. While on the unit, residents learn to conduct comprehensive, developmentally based psychiatric
evaluations as a member of an interdisciplinary team comprised of physicians, psychologists, nurses, social
workers, activity therapists and teachers. Residents are responsible for the care of their patients under the
supervision of the attending staff. Residents are expected to develop multi-disciplinary treatment plans,
conduct individual psychotherapy sessions, meet with families, prescribe medication, and construct appropriate
discharge plans that make optimal use of the services available to adolescents. The unit admits a significant
number of court-referred cases. Residents thus have an opportunity to learn about adolescent forensic
evaluations, generating reports for the New York court system, and observing attendings testifying in court.
During both inpatient rotations, residents will teach medical students and general psychiatry residents rotating
through the units.
Adolescent Day Hospital
The Adolescent Day Hospital, under the direction of Eric Alcera, MD, has a maximum census of 25 patients.
Residents may elect to rotate through the day hospital where they will engage in case management,
psychopharmacologic management of patients, behavior modification, crisis intervention, family & patient
psychoeducation, milieu therapy, and individual supportive and/or insight-oriented psychotherapy.
Approximately half of the Adolescent Day Hospital patients reside in a group home, Abbott House, and the
residents provide consultation to the group home staff on an as needed basis. The residents help to administer
weekly behavior modification programs and participate in continuous liaison with P.S. 35M, the on-site New
York City Department of Education School, which all day hospital patients attend. The integration of working
with many different agencies, including the Abbott House Group Homes and the school setting, makes this
rotation unique for residents.
Pediatric Psychiatry Emergency Service
NYU Residents provide night float and on-call services in-house at both
the Bellevue Children’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program
(C-CPEP) and the NYU Tisch Emergency Department. Both the C-CPEP
and the Tisch ER are staffed with social work support and 24-hour
nursing. Child and adolescent psychiatry residents see all patients
presenting to these emergency departments after hours and on weekends
within 30 minutes of being contacted. Each case must be discussed with
the on-call attending on the telephone and then rounded on by the
attending with the resident the following morning. In addition to
addressing emergencies, child and adolescent psychiatry residents on-call
are responsible for covering six 72-hour observation beds in the C-CPEP,
where severely impaired children and adolescents may be held while
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being stabilized, awaiting transfer to an inpatient service, receiving detoxification, or working through an acute
family crisis. Each first year resident is responsible for covering approximately 20 weekday night-float shifts
(8 PM until 8 AM) and 10-12 weekend/holiday 12-24 hour shifts, while each second year resident is required to
cover approximately 5 – 7 weekday night-float shifts and 5 – 6 weekend/holiday shifts. An on-call room at
Bellevue Hospital is available for residents. Residents are allowed to leave the hospital campus while on-call
but must at all times be available on site within 30 minutes.
First year residents rotate through the C-CPEP service under the direction of Ruth Gerson, MD, for three to
four months. There are almost always three resident on this service each month so as to allow for continuity of
care to resident outpatient cases. While one resident is assigned to night-float, the other residents cover the day
shift, Monday through Friday. Residents gain experience in the emergency risk assessment and management of
children and adolescents, commonly referred due to concerns about their potential for danger to self or others,
and in determining the need for acute hospitalization versus other appropriate disposition options. Residents
become knowledgeable in complying with New York State Mental Hygiene Law and involving community
agencies in disposition plans.
Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service
The Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service, under the direction of Richard Oberfield, MD, and Ron
Li Liaw, MD, provides consultations to pediatricians within the Bellevue Hospital Center and NYU hospitals
and specialty clinics. All consultations are managed by first year residents, who rotate on this service for two to
three months.
The consultation service at Bellevue has both inpatient and outpatient components. The inpatient service
receives consultation requests from 28 child and adolescent beds, a five bed ICU and 27 special care bassinets
in a premature and normal nursery. The outpatient component, founded by Stella Chess, M.D., is organized as
a short-term triage/evaluation and treatment/referral program housed within a large urban pediatric clinic that
has over 50,000 clinic visits per year. Only patients who have serious ongoing medical disorders are followed
in treatment.
At NYULMC, the pediatric psychiatry CL service provides formal inpatient consultation to a 30 bed general
pediatrics unit, 12 bed Pediatric ICU, 24 bed Neonatal ICU, 8 bed Cardiac ICU, and children & adolescents
seen in the Tisch emergency room. The service also provides additional consultation (formal & informal) to
the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hassenfeld Children's Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, and
Fink Children's Ambulatory Care Center. In their longitudinal clinics at both Bellevue & the Child Study
Center, first and second year fellows have the opportunity to care for children & families facing co-morbid
medical and psychiatric issues using a variety of assessment and treatment modalities.
The CL service has partnered with pediatrics on a number of innovative clinical, educational, and research
initiatives focused around the integration of medical and mental health care, patient & family-centered care,
training pediatricians to assess & address mental health issues, medical traumatic stress, and pain.
Pediatric Neurology/Neurodevelopment Clinic
First year residents assigned to the Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation
Liaison Service rotate through the Neurodevelopment Clinic where
they are actively involved in obtaining histories, performing
neurological examinations, reviewing available records, and
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ordering indicated laboratory tests and procedures under the direct supervision of a pediatric neurologist. In
addition to acquiring skills in obtaining a neurological history and performing a neurological examination, the
neurodevelopment emphasis encourages the development of a comprehensive plan addressing the child’s and
family’s multiple needs to assist the child in living up to his/her potential.
Child and Adolescent Mental Hygiene Clinic
The Child and Adolescent Mental Hygiene Clinic, under the direction of Carmen Alonso, MD, and Alan
Schlechter, MD, evaluates and treats infants, children and adolescents through 17 years of age. Two long-term
patients are assigned to each first year resident at the beginning of the academic year. Over the year, additional
patients are added to the case load; the new cases usually are patients for whom the resident was the primary
therapist on an inpatient unit and who are discharged to be followed in the clinic, allowing for longitudinal
treatment and continuity of care. Residents are assigned both internal and external clinical faculty supervisors
with whom they meet weekly to discuss their treatment interventions. Clinic attending physicians and staff are
always available for immediate consultations on such issues as psychopharmacology and child abuse or neglect.
During the second year, residents continue to treat long-term patients in the Child and Adolescent Mental
Hygiene Clinic.
In addition, they perform intake evaluations, increase their caseload in the
psychopharmacology service, and are invited to co-lead various therapeutic groups. A Parent Skills
Enhancement Program (PSEP) located in the clinic is led by a child development specialist who works
primarily with mothers who are patients in the substance abuse division and their infants and toddlers. PSEP
provides an excellent opportunity for the residents to observe and learn how to work with this population.
P.S. 35M
P.S. 35M is a New York City Board of Education School based at Bellevue Hospital. It occupies the same
floor as the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services and the Adolescent Day Hospital. Overall, approximately
100 inpatients, day hospital patients, and outpatients ages 4 through 21 years, are served at any one time,
making this the largest special education program in a city hospital. All students also receive treatment through
one of the Bellevue psychiatric services. P.S. 35M offers an unusual and rich training experience, allowing
residents to work closely with school staff and to observe and receive rapid feedback about their patients’
classroom behavior, academic progress, and social interaction with peers and teachers.
The New York City Board of Education opened P.S. 35M (then P.S. 186M) at Bellevue Hospital Center in
1934, one of the first such programs in the nation. Today, in collaboration with psychiatric hospitals, social
service agencies, and diagnostic centers, P.S. 35M annually serves over 250 academically, emotionally, and
socially challenged pupils. While the majority of these youngsters live in the community, 20% reside in shortterm residential facilities. Collaborating agencies include not only Bellevue Hospital Center, but also Covenant
House, Educational Alliance, Euphrasian Residence, Metropolitan Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hospital, and Boy’s
Town.
The school provides a highly individualized program with one SIE VII and one SIE III class in a structured,
supportive environment designed to meet both emotional and educational needs. The school curriculum meets
the New York State Department of Education Part 100 Regulations and the New York City Board of Education
Curriculum Frameworks. School resources include speech and language therapy, occupational therapy,
individual and group counseling, clinical psychiatry services, psychological testing, activities therapy, and
social work services. Special programs include multimedia and technology laboratories, peer mediation and
tutoring, child development and mother-toddler groups, work study, a varied vocational training program,
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scouting, and Junior Achievement initiatives.
Programs utilize cooperative instructional and
portfolio/performance assessment techniques. Extracurricular program offerings including dance, drama,
music, chess, and athletics provide enrichment and motivation for the academic program and practice in
problem solving and coping skills.
While collaborating agencies may have different mandates, the school provides a unifying focus for mental
health, educational, and social services. Clinical and school staff jointly design individual and group behavioral
plans utilizing appropriate elements of Life Space Interviewing, responsibility training, violence reduction,
social skills instruction, and values clarification techniques. Shared resources, expertise and commitment
enable the school to provide intensive services to students and families. Parental participation is a priority
supported by agency services and involvement in the School Leadership Team as well as student activities.
The school has received many federal, state, and community grants. The school, teachers, and children have
won a number of awards for professional excellence and pupil performance. P.S. 35M’s greatest achievements,
however, have been a low drop-out rate, frequent student movement to less restrictive environments, and a high
percentage of high school graduates with regular diplomas leading to college admission and job placement.
Inclusion and mainstreaming activities support the goal of P.S. 35M to maximize the potential of each student
and to facilitate his or her successful participation in the life of the community.
New York University Langone Medical Center
Tisch Hospital, the University Hospital of NYU, is a voluntary, JCAHO-accredited, not-for-profit acute-care
general hospital with 726 beds that annually admits approximately 26,000 patients from the community and
around the world. Founded in 1882 as the New York Post-Graduate Hospital, it became part of the NYU
Medical Center in 1947. Known then as the University Hospital, it was rebuilt on its present site in 1963 and
was renamed Tisch Hospital in 1990. In 1988, Tisch
Hospital became part of the NYU Hospital Center.
Although the hospital contains a large number of important,
specialized treatment and diagnostic units and is a focus for
a wide spectrum of innovative regional patient care
programs, its organization reflects New York University
School of Medicine’s unique and continuing emphasis on
the importance of the generalist physician in medical care.
In addition to providing consults to pediatrics at the
Bellevue Hospital Center, first year child and adolescent
psychiatry residents perform psychiatric consultations for
child and adolescent pediatric inpatients and outpatients at
three facilities within New York University Langone
Medical Center under the direct supervision of John McCarthy, MD and Ron-Li Liaw, MD: Tisch Hospital, the
Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the Steven D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and
Blood Disorders.
The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, a 152-bed facility, is an integral part of the NYU Hospital
Center. It was the first unit in the NYU Hospital Center complex to be completed (in 1951) and has since
deservedly earned worldwide fame for its leadership in the treatment of physically disabled persons. The
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Institute plays an active role in the rehabilitation of children and adolescents recovering from severe trauma,
surgery or illness that has resulted in significant physical impairment.
The Steven D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center is the Outpatient Clinic of the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Service. It provides treatment for children and adolescents with cancer and blood disorders and serves
approximately 3,000 patient visits annually.
A wide variety of patients and diagnoses are seen in these three settings. Tisch Hospital is an acute care facility
with typical acute pediatric medical and surgical problems. The Rusk Institute treats children and adolescents
for residual problems resulting in serious physical impairment such as traumatic brain and spinal injuries and
chronic neuromuscular disorders. The Hassenfeld Center treats children and adolescents diagnosed with brain
tumors and other childhood cancers and blood disorders such as leukemia, sickle cell disease, and hemophilia.
Patients from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds are seen throughout the NYU system.
Tisch On-Call
NYU residents working at the Bellevue C-CPEP are required to evaluate, in-house, all patients 15 years-of-age
and younger who present to the Tisch Emergency Department with mental health complaints. Call begins at 4
PM and extends until 9 AM the following day and runs all weekend. The Tisch Emergency Department
receives about 10 – 15 such cases in total per year; consequently, residents are rarely called upon to cover this
service.
Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center
The Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center (RCPC) is a state psychiatric hospital exclusively for children and
adolescents located in Orangeburg, New York, just 25 miles north of the Child Study Center. RCPC is
operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health and serves children primarily from the Hudson Valley
Region. In addition to its inpatient facility, RCPC has a wide variety of outpatient services, including schoolbased aftercare programs, day treatment programs, and clinics. These programs are fully integrated with the
inpatient service, enabling RCPC to provide a full continuum of care to the children it serves.
The Facility provides an intensive family-based inpatient
psychiatric treatment program with a length of stay
averaging approximately one month. This model of care
enables children to return to their families with a
minimum of disruption.
The inpatient treatment
program is regarded as simply one phase, although a
critical one, in an ongoing treatment process. RCPC
provides a full weekday schedule of treatment activities
including school, occupational therapy, recreation
therapy, and speech and hearing therapy. RCPC also
provides after-school and evening programs as well as
weekend activities.
Residents each rotate on the adolescent inpatient units at RCPC for two months during the first year of training
under the supervision of Lorraine Marshall, MD, MSW. Here, residents learn to psychiatrically diagnose and
treat some of the most troubled and disruptive children in the state. Shuttles provide free transportation for
residents between RCPC and the NYU School of Medicine four times daily.
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Family Court Mental Health Services
The Family Court Mental Health Service, under the direction of Marcia Werchol, MD, and Seymour
Moscovitz, PhD, provides court ordered forensic evaluations at Family Courts in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens
and Brooklyn. Evaluations involve juvenile delinquency and PINS petitions; abuse and neglect cases;
termination of parental rights; and emergency evaluations to determine the need for court remanded psychiatric
evaluation. Second year residents participate in didactic seminars prior to observing and performing such
evaluations under supervision. Residents then complete the forensic report that is submitted to the court and
may be asked to testify.
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Child Study Center
The Child Study Center is a multi-specialty program at the New York
University Langone Medical Center and NYU School of Medicine. It
is the first program in the New York area to offer complete child and
adolescent psychiatric care that is fully integrated with scientific
research and education. The Child Study Center has been designated
by the State of New York as the first and only Mental Health Center
of Excellence in the State. In collaboration with public and private
school systems and other social organizations, the Center provides
innovative preventive resources to families. These outreach programs
translate scientific research into everyday skills for parents, educators, pediatricians and other mental health
professionals around the country. The Child Study Center’s main divisions are: Clinical Care, Advanced
Training, Research, and Educational Outreach and Prevention Programs.
CLINICAL CARE
The Child Study Center’s premier clinicians put into practice the knowledge gained through extensive research.
The result is care that incorporates the most up-to-date knowledge about the causes, symptoms and treatments
of mental disorders. Residents rotate through the following services:
Family Studies Program
Child and adolescent psychiatry residents participate in this program throughout the full two years of training.
First year residents are taught through the use of didactics, role plays, supervision, observation (through a oneway mirror), and the direct care of families in treatment with a master family therapist, Andrew Roffman,
LCSW. Second year residents engage in weekly family therapy and receive real-time supervision (via a oneway mirror observation room) from members of the Ackerman Institute for the Family.
NYU Child Study Center Collaborative Consultation Program with P.S. 33
During the second year of training, each resident rotates at the P.S. 33 (Chelsea Prep) School Based
Collaborative Consultation Program once weekly for eight weeks. Chelsea Prep is a diverse urban public
elementary school which educates Pre-K through 5th grade students. Virtually all of the students live in the
neighborhood, which includes a large housing project across the street. The ethnic breakdown of the students
is: 27% African American, 17% Asian American, 3% Caucasian, and 53% Latino.
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The goals of the school based rotation are for residents to: (1) Provide psychiatric assessment of children
within public schools; (2) develop skills in delivering school based psychiatric consultation to teachers and
school administrators; (3) increase their knowledge of teachers’ academic, social, and behavioral expectations
for children in primary school; (4) increase their knowledge of academic and behavioral support programs, such
as IEPs and 504s; and (5) maintain a partnership between P.S. 33 and the NYU Child Study Center by
providing easy access and continuing care at the Bellevue Hospital Center Mental Hygiene Clinic for P.S. 33
students who require ongoing treatment.
During the rotation, residents serve as consultants to the school under the supervision of Yamalis Diaz, PhD,
providing comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, and parent and teacher education. Residents provide not only
psychiatric assessment and education, but also participate in student observations, IEP and 504 meetings, and
teacher conferences. In addition, each resident provides at least one educational program to parents or the
teaching and administrative staff at P.S. 33 during the rotation.
Institute for the Study of Anxiety and Mood Disorders
Second year residents participate in weekly didactic and supervisory sessions in the cognitive behavior therapy
of anxiety and mood disorders in children and adolescents under the supervision of Lori Evans, PhD, Carrie
Spindel, PsyD, Clare Consentino, PhD, and Aleta Angelosante, PhD. Residents treat individual cases and are
encouraged to co-lead groups with experienced cognitive behavior therapists. Residents may also provide
psychopharmacologic management of cases when indicated.
Furman Diagnostic Service
This service is the main diagnostic assessment arm of the NYU Child Study Center under the direction of
Glenn Hirsch, MD. First year residents participate in these
comprehensive intake evaluations under the direct supervision of
various child and adolescent psychiatry attending physicians,
including Melissa Nishawala, MD, and Glenn Hirsch, MD, who
are either present in the room or observing behind a one-way
mirror. The attending works closely with the resident in preparing
the written evaluation for each case, developing treatment
recommendations discussed at a weekly interdisciplinary case
conference, and observing the subsequent feedback session with
the family and child. During the second year of training, all
residents complete these diagnostic evaluations independently and
meet subsequently with a Child Study Center faculty member for
supervision.
ADVANCED TRAINING
The Child Study Center is a national training site for mental health professionals. In addition to residency
training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the center sponsors clinical psychology internships and
externships, and post doctoral research fellowships in Child and Adolescent Psychology. The goal of these
programs is to train and prepare the next generation of mental health professionals to meet the demands of a
complex and expanding field and to translate current and ongoing research into advanced clinical care and
effective treatments.
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Grand Rounds
The NYU Child Study Center Grand Rounds provides a forum for the presentation of clinical and research
advances in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. We are one of the few centers in the world with weekly
child/adolescent specific Grand Rounds for 10 months of the year (September through June). The NYU PostGraduate Medical School designates this continuing medical education activity for 1.25 credit hours in
Category 1 toward the Physicians Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.
RESEARCH
The Child Study Center offers an enriched environment for
scientific research not only into new treatments, but also into the
risks, predictors and causes of childhood mental disorders. The
Center’s psychiatric investigators benefit from exciting
collaborations with scientists of the NYU School of Medicine, the
NYU School of Education, the NYU Center for Neural Science
(Research Unit for Pediatric Psychopharmacology, RUPP), and the
Nathan Kline Psychiatric Institute.
The Center is one of only seven federally funded Research Units for
Pediatric Psycho-pharmacology in the nation to offer clinical trials at no cost for children and adolescents with
psychiatric disorders.
Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI) is a facility of the New York State Office of
Mental Health that has earned a national and international reputation for its pioneering contributions in
psychiatric research, especially in the areas of psychopharmacological treatments for schizophrenia and major
mood disorders, and in the application of computer technology to mental health services. Since 1952,
interdisciplinary teams of distinguished NKI scientists have applied their talents and expertise to study the
etiology, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of severe and persistent mental illnesses.
Located on the grounds of Rockland Psychiatric Center
in Orangeburg, New York, NKI receives additional
operating support from federal, municipal, and private
sources through the Research Foundation for Mental
Hygiene. As one of our nation's premier centers of
excellence in mental health research, a broad range of
studies are conducted at NKI, including basic, clinical,
and health services research. All of the work is intended
to improve care for people suffering from complex,
psychobiologically-based, severely disabling mental
disorders. Research at NKI focuses primarily upon: (1)
Patient-oriented research programs emphasizing the
causes, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and care of
severe and long-term mental disorders; (2) clinically-
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relevant, basic research on physiological and biochemical aspects of mental disease; and (3) research on the
cost, quality, and effectiveness of services for patients in mental health programs certified, operated, and/or
funded by New York State.
First year residents rotate weekly at the NKI Child and Adolescent Research Clinic, under the direction of
Russell Tobe, MD, while on rotation at RCPC, which sits on the same campus. Here, residents learn about
various research protocols, interview and evaluate potential research participants, and are trained in the use of
standardized clinical and research instruments. Second year residents may choose to engage in individual
research projects at NKI in basic science, neuroimaging, or health services. Residents may also wish to
participate in research protocol clinics investigating Tourette’s Syndrome and Tic Disorders, mood and anxiety
disorders, and trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at NKI.
NYU NIMH Clinical Research Training Program
The National Institutes for Mental Health (NIMH) has formalized and funded an integrated program at New
York University to attract, train and retain a select group of psychiatric residents who have identified clinical
research as their primary career goal. The NIMH supports dedicated research time, thus extending the child
and adolescent residency to three or four years.
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Educational outreach and prevention programs annually teach thousands of parents, students, educators,
pediatricians, and other mental health professionals about normal child development, how to provide a
supportive environment, and how to promptly recognize and intervene when a child needs help. The Child
Study Center provides educational programs directly in schools, hospitals, community centers and other
locations. Residents are invited to participate in any of these programs throughout their training. A sampling
of some of our current activities follows:
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies (CAMS) Undergraduate Minor
Offered by the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine in conjunction
with the College of Arts and Science at NYU, this undergraduate college minor is the only of its kind in the
United States. The program aims to heighten students’ awareness of childhood mental health issues and their
sustained impact on adolescents and adults. In the CAMS Minor, students: (1) Explore the relationship
between human behavior and its biological and environmental bases; (2) are challenged to think critically about
the concepts of “normal” or “typical” versus “abnormal” behavior and engage in a meta-level analysis of the
social, historical, and cultural context of mental health, illness, and diagnosis; and (3) are encouraged to
consider how their future career can have a beneficial impact on the mental health of children and adolescents.
Courses are taught year round, including summer, at the NYU downtown campus (Washington Square). Many
residents choose to pursue an elective with the CAMS program during their second year, and nine of our
current 30 courses were designed and taught by residents. Jess P. Shatkin, MD, MPH, is the Director of
Undergraduate Studies for CAMS. Further details can be found at:
http://www.aboutourkids.org/education/undergraduate_minor.
Resilience in Adolescents and Preteens (RAP) program:
The RAP program provides a highly interactive, scripted curriculum designed to increase the resilience of
children and early adolescents as they transition to middle and high school. The goal of the program is to teach
a number of evidence-based techniques targeted at helping students to manage their stress, think positively,
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communicate effectively, and reduce risky behaviors. Residents can choose to pursue an elective with the RAP
program during their second year and participate in teacher trainings, direct curriculum delivery, and research
and dissemination.
The Parenting Institute
The Parenting Institute provides free lectures and classes about child development throughout the local and
professional community, including parent training and direct education for teachers. The Parenting Institute
maintains a significant presence on our website and encourages dialogue between caring adults and mental
health professionals through interactive means (www.AboutOurKids.org). The Institute also publishes the
Parenting Letter to educate families about parenting issues.
Getting a Good Start
This innovative program provides a free two-hour class for all new parents of infants born at the NYU Langone
Medical Center; trains parents to tune into their infant’s moods and needs; helps parents design a daily
schedule; and fosters a health relationship between parents and their newborn child.
NYU School Partnership
The NYU School Partnership allows the Child Study Center to provide assistance to local schools in
collaboration with the NYU School of Education. We provide an on-site team of mental health professionals in
public and private schools; develop curricula in collaboration with the NYU School of Education; train
educators to identify high-risk students; and help improve teachers’ classroom management skills.
The Child Study Center Letter
The CSC Mental Health Letter on the Child Study Center website provides the opportunity for residents to
write articles in a parent-friendly style. Here, we translate results of the latest research findings and provide the
most relevant clinical information for educators, pediatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental
health professionals
DIDACTIC INSTRUCTION
Didactics
Residents are provided with a substantial amount of didactic
instruction, far exceeding that offered in most training
programs. We believe that residents must begin by learning the
core knowledge of our field and proceed by following their own
interests and instincts in rounding out their training and
expanding our entire field’s understanding of child and
adolescent mental health and illness. To this end, course
instruction begins with a summer schedule focused on child
development, emergency room evaluation, and the foundations
of behavioral therapy. During the summer, residents also
receive a structured orientation to all services and activities at
the Child Study Center, Bellevue Hospital Center, and Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center. Regular
courses begin in September and continue uninterrupted for the remainder of the two year training.
Didactic instruction is provided through a variety of means, including seminars, case conferences, Grand
Rounds, and journal clubs on every day of the week. As we recognize that different individuals learn
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differently and that no one learning style is best, we utilize a great range of instructional methods, including
team based learning, lectures, seminars, real-time supervision using one-way mirrors, problem based learning,
and role plays.
Year I Didactics
During the months of July and August, residents receive an intensive series of summer seminars covering child
development, emergency room evaluation, and behavioral therapy. Beginning in September, first year residents
receive didactics one full day per week and include seminars on topics such as:
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Interviewing Techniques
Psychopharmacology
Family Therapy
Neuropsychological Testing
Parent Training
Systems of Care
Psychopathology and Evidence Based Treatments
Program Development, Evaluation, and Leadership
Research Methods
Genetics
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy
Child Abuse and Neglect
Divorce
Reproductive Psychology
Neurodevelopment
Year II Didactics
During the second year of training, residents continue to study didactic topics from the previous year through
CBT, Psychopharmacology, Parent Management Training, and Family Therapy small group seminars. They
receive further instruction on topics such as:
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Case Formulation
Child Custody
Children and the Media
Cultural Competency
Career Development
Traumatic Stress
Ethics and Forensics
Grief and Bereavement
Advocacy
Substance Abuse
Mindfulness
In addition to the didactics noted above, residents also participate in numerous journal clubs, twice monthly
administrative meetings, and a lunch meeting with the Grand Rounds speaker each week. Interested residents
are also offered a three month oral board preparation course each spring prior to the general psychiatry boards.
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Research Training
Residents are encouraged to participate in clinical and basic research. Introductory research methods courses
are offered during the first year of training along with courses in neurodevelopment and genetics. By means of
these courses, we expose residents to current research endeavors in our field and help them to interpret research
findings and read the scientific literature. Kimberly Hoagwood, PhD, the Vice Chair for Research, is one of the
lecturers in the course and is available to guide residents who wish to conduct a research project. Other faculty
members are also available and willing to mentor a resident’s research.
Further exposure to research methodology occurs in a monthly research-based Journal Club for second year
residents, during which a resident and research faculty member together present an article while reviewing the
literature upon which the article is based. Each of the three inpatient units also holds a weekly journal club
throughout the seven months that residents rotate on these services. Weekly psychopharmacology seminars in
the second year of training incorporate the reading of classic and recent psychopharmacologic literature.
Residents are assigned specific papers to read critically with particular attention to methodology and
conclusions and to present them to the class. Nationally and internationally prominent researchers present their
work at Departmental Grand Rounds. The speakers routinely have lunch with the residents after their
presentation to give residents an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the speaker’s research in an
intimate and friendly setting.
Research Focus
Interested residents may apply for our innovative research focus, which provides increasing amounts of time
throughout the two years of training for specialization in research. Once matched to our program in winter,
interested residents must apply for the research focus by late spring. Residents will be assisted in identifying a
mentor and a project so that they have the best chance of being accepted into this competitive focus. While
fulfilling all ACGME/RRC training requirements, the research focus offers select residents dedicated research
and mentoring time in order to begin planning for a career in research.
Clinical and Research Electives
Residents are encouraged to undertake electives and have many options to choose from, including developing
and/or co-teaching an undergraduate CAMS course, acting as a Junior Attending on an inpatient service,
working within one of the Department Centers, or developing an elective of their own design. All second year
residents are offered up to 20% full-time equivalent (one day per week) to pursue an elective of their choice;
residents engaged in clinical research can receive additional time for research in the second year. In addition,
first year residents may develop or participate in a clinical elective or research project. Depending on the
nature of the elective, it may require the entire year or be accomplished during a more circumscribed period of
time.
Clinical electives may be developed to gain further exposure to specific populations or disorders (e.g., learning
disorders, adolescent substance abuse, etc.). Residents wishing to undertake a research project can either
develop one with a selected faculty mentor or arrange to participate in ongoing faculty research at one of the
clinical sites. The NYU Child Study Center is a uniquely rich resource for both clinical and research electives.
The mission of the NYU Child Study Center is to bridge the gap between the science and treatment of child and
adolescent psychopathology.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
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Scholarly Project
Each child and adolescent psychiatry resident is required to complete a scholarly project prior to graduation.
The goals of the scholarly project are to: (1) Help residents to develop an area of expertise within child and
adolescent psychiatry; and (2) promote residents’ academic curiosity. Residents can choose from among a
great variety of projects, depending upon their individual interests. Examples may include a small medication
study, a novel group therapeutic intervention, a literature review, a public education campaign plan, an analysis
of secondary data, a new CAMS course curriculum, a private practice business plan, etc. The final product
must be written in publishable form, regardless of whether or not it is intended for submission. In all cases
residents must have their projects approved by the Training Director by September 1st of their second year
(prior to project initiation) and must have an assigned faculty supervisor (of their own choosing). Projects must
be submitted to the Training Director by June 1st of the second year.
Grand Rounds
Each resident is responsible for giving an NYU Child Study Center Grand Rounds presentation sometime
during the second year of training. Residents may present individually or pair with a colleague in this
endeavor. Resident Grand Rounds may be clinical in nature or based upon original research, administrative
interests, or educational theory. Residents must propose their Grand Rounds topic for approval to the Training
Director by June 1st of their first year of training.
RESIDENT AWARDS
NYU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry trainees have earned distinction among their peers by receiving
some of the most prestigious awards in the country. Over the past five years, these have included:
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Laughlin Fellowship
Child PRITE Fellowship
AACAP Outstanding Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Resident Award
AACAP Schowalter Resident Member of Council Award
AACAP Annual Mentoring Institute
AADPRT Peter Henderson Memorial Award
AADPRT International Medical Graduate Fellowship
American Psychoanalytic Fellowship Award
Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) Fellowship
Numerous travel grants to conferences
NYU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry trainees have also published over 100 articles of original research
in peer reviewed journals and been awarded numerous research grants and awards over the past five
years, including:
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AACAP/Elaine Schlosser Lewis Fund Pilot Research Award for Attention Disorders for a Junior
Faculty or Child Psychiatry Resident
AACAP/Eli Lilly USA Pilot Research Award
UPMC Career Development Institute
APIRE/Wyeth Pharmaceuticals M.D./Ph.D. Research Award
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AACAP Pilot Grant for Junior Faculty and Child Psychiatry Residents
AACAP Beatrix A. Hamburg Award for the Best New Research Poster by a Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry Resident
AACAP-NIDA K12 Career Development Award
In addition, NYU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry trainees have held the following national and local
offices over the past four years:
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Secretary of the Section on Conflict Management and Resolution of the World Psychiatric
Association
Corresponding Member of the Council on Global Psychiatry of the APA
Members of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
Member of the APA New York District Board
Member of the AACAP New York District Board
Chair of the Committee of Residents and Fellows of the APA
Member of the Board of Trustees of the APA
Member of the Ethics Committee of the APA
Member of the Ethics Committee of the New York APA District Branch
AACAP Training and Education Workgroup Resident Member
Member of the AACAP Committee on Disaster and Trauma
MIT representative for New York Council AACAP
CLINICAL ROTATIONS
Residents in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Rotations Based on an Average 45-55 hour On-Site Work Week
Year I
2 months
Child Psychiatry
Inpatient Service
(21 South, BV)
2 months
Adolescent
Psychiatry
Inpatient Service
(21 West, BV)
3 months
3 months
2 months
Child and Adolescent Child and Adolescent
Early Adolescent
Psychiatry
Psychiatry Emergency
Psychiatry Inpatient
Consultation-Liaison Service
Service
Service (including
(C-CPEP, BV)
(RCPC)
pediatric neurology)
Bellevue Child and Adolescent Mental Hygiene Clinic (4-6 hours per week)
Child Study Center Family Studies Program (2 hours per week for two months)
Child Study Center Furman Diagnostic Outpatient Service (3 hours per week for two months)
Year II
Bellevue Child Mental Hygiene Clinic (Evaluations & Treatment)
NYU Child Study Center (Evaluations & Treatment)
NYU Child Study Center Family Studies Program
Optional Elective Time (1 day per week)
Family Court Mental Health Services (5 weeks)
School Consultation Rotation (6 weeks)
Preschool & Nursery (3 weeks)
Medical Student Teaching (6 weeks)
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CORE (ON-SITE) FACULTY
FACULTY MEMBER
ACADEMIC RANK
CURRENT POSITION
Howard B. Abikoff, Ph.D.
Peveroff Cohn Professor of Child
& Adolescent Psychiatry
Eric Alcera, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry
Carmen M. Alonso, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry
Laurie Miller Brotman, Ph.D.
Corzine Family Professor of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry;
Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Brooke and Daniel Neidich
Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry; Professor
of Radiology
Director, Institute for Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity and
Behavior Disorders
Scientific Advisor, Summer
Program for Kids
Director, Adolescent Day
Treatment Program, Bellevue
Hospital Center
Director, Child and Adolescent
Mental Hygiene Clinic,
Bellevue Hospital Center
Director, Institute for
Prevention Science
Linda Carter, Ph.D.
F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D.
Alan S. Elliot, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
and Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
Lori Evans, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Nicole Foubister, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Director, Family Studies
Program
Director, Phyllis Green and
Randolph Cōwen Institute for
Pediatric Neuroscience; Senior
Research Scientist, Nathan S.
Kline Institute for Psychiatric
Research
Director of Psychology,
Departments of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry, Bellevue Hospital
Center
Director of Training in
Psychology; Deputy Director of
the Faculty Group Practice
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Richard Gallagher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Ruth Gerson, M.D.
Clinical Instructor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Clinical Instructor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry
Charles Glawe, M.D.
Fadi Haddad, M.D.
Jennifer Havens, M.D.
Director of Special Projects,
Institute for Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity and Behavior
Disorders; Clinical Coordinator,
Selective Mutism Program
Director, Child Psychiatry
Emergency Services, Bellevue
Hospital Center
Unit Chief, Inpatient
Adolescent Psychiatric Unit,
Bellevue Hospital Center
Attending, Child Psychiatry
Emergency Services, Bellevue
Hospital Center
Vice Chair, Department of
Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, NYU School of
Medicine; Director and Chief of
Service
Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry,
Bellevue Hospital Center
Schuyler Henderson, M.D.,
M.P.H.
Clinical Instructor, Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Glenn S. Hirsch, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry,
Psychiatry, and Pediatrics
Kimberly Hoagwood, Ph.D.
Cathy and Stephen Graham
Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Instructor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Vice Chair for Research
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Clinical Instructor, Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical Director, Long Island
Campus
Aron Janssen, M.D.
Rahil Jummani, M.D.
Anna Kerlek, M.D.
Assistant Unit Chief, Inpatient
Child Psychiatric Unit, Bellevue
Hospital Center; Associate
Director, Education and
Training
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs,
Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry; Medical
Director of Child Study Center
Unit Attending, ConsultationLiaison Service, NYU
Assistant Unit Chief, Inpatient
Adolescent Psychiatric Unit,
Bellevue Hospital Center
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Rachel Klein, Ph.D.
Ron Li Liaw, M.D.
Feng Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Lorraine Marshall, M.D.,
M.S.W.
Fascitelli Family Professor of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Director, Anita Saltz Institute
for Anxiety and Mood
Disorders
Director, Consultation-Liaison
Service, NYU
Clinical Assistant Professor of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
and Psychiatry; Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Attending and Unit Chief,
Inpatient Child Psychiatric Unit,
Bellevue Hospital Center
Associate Director of Residency
Training, Rockland Children's
Psychiatric Center
Clinical Director, Institute for
Learning and Academic
Achievement
Daniela Montalto, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Melissa Nishawala, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Medical Director, Autism
Spectrum Disorders Clinical
and Research Program; Clinical
Director, Eating Disorders
Service
Richard A. Oberfield, M.D.
Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Richard I. Perry, M.D.
Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Unit Chief and Director,
Pediatric Consultation/Liaison
Service
Bellevue Hospital Center
Associate Director, Pediatric
Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison
Unit, Bellevue Hospital Center
Andrew Roffman, L.C.S.W.
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Psychiatry
Assistant Clinical Director,
Family Studies Program
Glenn Saxe, M.D.
Arnold Simon Professor and
Chair, Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Director, NYU Child Study
Center
Alan Schlechter, M.D.
Associate Director, Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Outpatient Clinic, Bellevue
Hospital Center
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Jess P. Shatkin, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry and
Pediatrics
Vice Chair for Education,
Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU
School of Medicine; Director,
Undergraduate Studies in Child
and Adolescent Mental Health
Carrie Spindel, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Russell Tobe, M.D.
Research Assistant Professor of
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
M. Chevdet Tosyali, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Director, Anita Saltz
Institute of Anxiety and Mood
Disorders
Director of Outpatient
Research, Nathan S. Kline
Institute for Psychiatry
Research
Unit Chief, Inpatient
Adolescent Psychiatric Unit,
Bellevue Hospital Center
Timothy Verduin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Director, Institute for
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
and Behavior Disorders
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CURRENT RESIDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES
NAME
GENERAL PSYCHIATRY
CURRENT POSITION
Class of 2015
Raviv Berlin
Francesco Ferrari
Amit Mediratta
Blake Phillips
Jessica Plauche
Sara Popkin
Leila Sadeghi
Dawn Sung
Jennifer Sweet
Peter Wu
University of California at San
Francisco
University of Pennsylvania
New York University
Vanderbilt University
University of California at San
Francisco
New York University
New York- Presbyterian/Weill
Cornell Medical College
New York University
New York- Presbyterian/Weill
Cornell Medical College
Baylor College of Medicine
1st Year Resident
1st Year Resident
1st Year Resident
1st Year Resident
1st Year Resident
1st Year Resident
1st Year Resident
1st Year Resident
1st Year Resident
1st Year Resident
Class of 2014
Drew Bianchi
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2nd Year Resident
Mia Everett
University of Pennsylvania
2nd Year Resident
Kathryn Fort*
University of Maryland/Sheppard
Pratt
2nd Year Resident
Sharon Kahler
New York - Presbyterian/Weill
Cornell
2nd Year Resident
Esther Kim
New York University
2nd Year Resident
Mari Kurahashi
Yale University
2nd Year Resident
Molly McCarthy
Vanderbilt University
2nd Year Resident
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Sanjay Patel
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2nd Year Resident
Melissa Rooney
Columbia University
2nd Year Resident
Sara Weekly*
University of California at San
Francisco
2nd Year Resident
Class of 2013
Samara Ahmed
Tufts Medical Center
Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission
Emily Aron
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
University of Pittsburg
Gianni Faedda
Harvard MGH/McLean
Private Practice
Veronica Fellman
New York University
Attending, Bellevue C-CPEP
Tresha Gibbs
Columbia University
Attending, Bellevue C-CPEP
Jeanne Goodman
New York University
Outpatient Attending, New York
Methodist Hospital, Private Practice
Judith Joseph
Columbia University
Private Practice, CAMS Instructor
Jessica Lee*
New York University
Outpatient Attending, Contra Costa
County Mental Health
Rheanna Platt
Columbia University
Attending Physician, Johns Hopkins
Bayview Medical Center, Private
Practice
Andrew Rosenfeld
Columbia University
Attending Physician, North Shore
Long Island Jewish Hospital, CAMS
Instructor
Frank Tedeschi*
New York University
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
NYU, Private Practice
Class of 2012
Argelinda Baroni
New York Medical College
Sleep Fellowship, NYU
Olivia Carrick
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Attending Physician,
Bournewood Hospital
Marianne Chai
New York University
Substance Abuse Fellowship, NYU
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Jacek Debiec
New York University
Research Fellow,
NYU Child Study Center
Ruth Gerson
Cambridge Health Alliance
Associate Director, C-CPEP,
Public Psychiatry Fellowship,
Bellevue Hospital Center
Anna Kerlek*
New York University
Attending Physician,
Bellevue Hospital Center
Lorraine Lothringer
Columbia University
Attending Physician,
Harlem Hospital
Scott Shaffer*
Brown University
Attending Physician, Children’s
Evaluation & Rehab Center,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Elizabeth Tien
Temple University
Attending Physician,
Maimonides Medical Center
Beata Zolovska
Columbia University
Private Practice
Class of 2011
Marta Braña Berrios
St. Vincent’s Hospital
YAI, MPH at Columbia
Margarita Cala
Yale University
Attending Physician, Bellevue
Hospital Center, Columbia
Psychoanalytic Institute
Suzanne Dieter
Columbia University
Private Practice, Attending
Physician, Harlem Hospital
Charles J. Glawe*
New York University
Attending Physician, Bellevue
Hospital Center, ACS, Private
Practice
Aron Janssen
New York University
Attending Physician, NYU Child
Study Center
Gauri Khurana
Yale University
Attending Physician, Harlem
Hospital
Kevin Lam
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Hudson Valley Center for
Development, CL Service,
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St. Lukes-Cornwall Hospital
Shreya Nagula*
Albert Einstein/Montefiore
Medical Center
Private Practice
Adriana Shuster
Albert Einstein/Montefiore
Medical Center
NYU Student Health Center
Center
Jocelyn Soffer
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Private Practice, Saphardic Bikur
Holim Clinic
Class of 2010
Sujatha Charlu
Harvard MGH/McLean
Private Practice, NYC
Glen Davis
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Public Psychiatry Fellowship,
Columbia University
Regina Graham
University of California at
San Francisco
Attending Physician,
Oakland Children’s Hospital
Matthew Hopperstad
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Attending Physician, Mt. Sinai
Medical Center
Leslie Hulvershorn
Indiana University
Assistant Professor, Indiana
University
Karen Mathewson
New York University
Attending Physician, Bellevue
Hospital Center
Lukshmi Puttanniah*
Cornell University
Private Practice, NYC
Sarper Taskiran
Yale University
Community Mental Health Center,
Istanbul, Turkey
Natalie Weder
Yale University
Assistant Professor, NYU School of
Medicine
Larry Young*
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Attending Physician, CMHC,
Minnesota, MN
Class of 2009
Georgette DeJesus*
Duke University
Private Practice, San Juan, Puerto
Rico
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Karen Groff
University of Pennsylvania
Private Practice, NYC
Karen Ron-Li Liaw
Harvard Mass General Hospital
Attending Physician, Bellevue
Hospital Center
Gholson Lyon
Columbia University
Assistant Professor, University of
Utah, Salt Lake City
Michael Milham
New York University
Assistant Professor, NYU
Munira Olia
Harvard Longwood
Doctors Without Borders, Honduras
Alan Schlechter*
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Attending Physician, Bellevue
Hospital Center
Atara Stahl
Cornell University
Private Practice, NYC
Keri Wasser
New York University
Attending Physician, Morristown
Memorial Hospital, New Jersey
Class of 2008
Seeba Anam
New York University
Private Practice, NYC
Anthony Charuvastra*
UCLA-NPI
Research Fellow &
Assistant Professor,
Institute for Trauma and
Stress, NYU
Lea DeFrancisci
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Private Practice, NYC
Abigail Langan
New York University
Attending Physician,
St. Joseph’s Hospital,
New Jersey
Gwen Lopez-Cohen
New York University
Private Practice
Doug Luce
New York University
Catholic Charities,
Bronx, NY
Manely Ghaffari*
University of Michigan
Assistant Professor,
Drexel University
Greg Tao
Columbia University
Research Fellow,
Columbia University
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Class of 2007
Matthew Biel*
New York University
Chief, Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry, Georgetown
School of Medicine
Paul Jones
University of Massachusetts
Chief, Pediatric
Consultation Service,
University of Chicago
Risa Koren*
New York University
Yeshiva University
Counseling Center
Lauren Kotcher
New York University
Hudson Guild, CMHC
Jonathan Tobkes
Cornell University
Private Practice, NYC
Class of 2006
Miriam Bensimhon
New York University
Yeshiva University
Counseling Center
Tyson Boudreaux
New York University
Attending Physician
Manhattan Psychiatric
Center, NY
Sarah Caraisco
Brown University
Attending Physician,
Gouverneur Hospital,
NY
Greg Hannahs
Cornell University
Young Adult Institute
Gail Hepner
New York University
South Beach Psychiatric
Center, Staten Island
Rahil Jummani*
Yale University
Assistant Professor,
NYU Child Study Center
Jennifer Sicignano
New York University
Catholic Charities,
Long Island
Robyn Wechsler*
Western Psychiatric Inst & Clinic
Faculty, Georgetown
School of Medicine
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Class of 2005
Hina Ahmad-Irshad
New York University
Westchester Jewish
Board, New York
Katherine Feingold
Beth Israel Medical Center
Private Practice,
Livingston, NJ
Alison Gedalowitz*
New York University
Private Practice,
New York City
A. Hamilton Holt, Jr.*
New York University
Private Practice,
San Francisco, CA
Carla Janvier
New York University
Private Practice,
Maryland
Kathrine Mobisson
New York University
Attending Physician,
Kings County Hospital
Kai-ping Wang
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Community Mental
Health Center, NJ
Elizabeth R. Wolff
MGH/McLean
Young Adult Institute
Class of 2004
Eraka Bath
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Forensic Faculty,
UCLA-NPI
Moataz El-Refaie
SUNY-Downstate
Private Practice,
Arizona
Anca Paunica*
SUNY-Downstate
Attending Physician,
Beth Israel Medical Ctr.
Shauna P. Reinblatt
Long Island Jewish
Faculty, Johns Hopkins
University
Jose L. Villaluz
Georgetown University Hospital
Private Practice,
New York City
Margaret Witek
Cabrini Medical Center
Richard L. Worth*
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson
Private Practice
New York City
Faculty, UMDNJ
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Class of 2003
Bruce P. Friedman*
University of Miami
Private Practice,
New York State
Vilma Gabbay
Albert Einstein
Faculty, NYU Child
Study Center
Feng Liu
Albert Einstein
Faculty, NYU Child
Study Center
William R. Ross
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Private Practice,
New York City
Kenneth C. Spitalny*
University of Florida
Dept. of Public Health,
Florida
Class of 2002
Gregory C. Berman
University of Washington, Seattle
Private Practice,
San Francisco, CA
Cynthia M. Fowler
UC San Francisco
Attending Physician,
University of Illinois
Nina S. Jacobs
New York University
Private Practice, New
York City
Mark A. Krushelnycky*
New York University
Private Practice, New
York City
Suzanne M. Lind*
Thomas Jefferson University
Attending Physician,
St. Peter’s Hospital, NJ
Lawrence T. Nash
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
Dean Health System,
Madison, WI
Class of 2001
Suneeta Chacko-Varkey
Boston University
Unit Chief, C&A
Inpatient Unit,
Beth Israel, NJ
Francis F. Hayden
Albert Einstein
Dual Diagnosis,
Mt. Sinai Hospital
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Mia Pappagallo*
New York University
Unit Director,
Child Inpatient Unit
Bellevue Hospital
Veronica M. Rojas
Cornell University – Westchester
Private Practice, NJ
Marjorie Waldbaum*
New York University
Associate Residency
Director; St. Luke’sRoosevelt
Class of 2000
Patricia Karen Abanilla*
SUNY Downstate
Private Practice, NYC
Ava Albrecht*
New York University
Attending, Adolescent
Day Hospital, Bellevue
Hospital Center
Michelle Cervone
New York University
Private Practice,
New York City
Lane Gruber Rose
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Private Practice,
Atlanta, GA
Angela Smith
*CHIEF RESIDENT
St. Luke’s - Roosevelt Hospital
Cornell Westchester
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OTHER INFORMATION
A.
HOUSE STAFF SALARIES
Salaries for Residents in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are determined by the Residents’ Post
Graduate Year (PGY). Salaries vary, depending upon whether the resident is paid by NYU,
Bellevue, or the State. Resident pay lines are changed annually, such that each resident will be
paid by the state in their second year of training.
Salaries by Payline
PGY Level
NYU Hospitals Center
(as of 01/01/10)
Bellevue Hospital Center
(as of 01/01/10)
Rockland Children’s
Psychiatric Center (as of
5/1/09)
PGY 4
$68,684
$67,865
$81,051
PGY 5
$70,607
$69,769
$87,652
PGY 6
$72,390
$71,535
$94,256
Supplemental pay is as follows:
First year: $11,020
Second year: 9,820
All residents on NYU and Bellevue payroll lines are eligible for a $600/training year book benefit.
There is a one-time $1,500 conference stipend that can be used towards any conference the resident
decides to attend.
The two chief residents also each receive a $3,081training year stipend.
B.
Moonlighting
Numerous internal and external moonlighting opportunities are available to residents at NYU.
Evening work at the Administration for Children Services and the Washington Square Call
provide both exciting clinical experiences and lucrative salaries. Foreign national physicians on
F-1 and J-1 Visas are expressly prohibited from moonlighting per NYU policy. For further
information, please see NYU’s moonlighting policy for residents at:
http://gme.med.nyu.edu/files/gme/attachments/Moonlighting%20Policy.pdf
C.
Health Benefits
Full health, disability, dental, and maternity benefits are provided. Life insurance is an optional
benefit. Health plans vary depending upon whether the resident is paid by NYU, Bellevue, or
the State.
D.
Housing
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NYU Medical Center runs an Off-Campus Housing Assistance Program (OCHAP) to assist
interns, residents and fellows, in identifying affordable NYC housing within a reasonable
commute to the NYUMC campus.
E.
Vacation
Residents are entitled to 20 vacation days yearly. Vacation may not be carried over from one
year to the next.
F.
Conference Time
Residents are also entitled to three days of paid leave annually to attend educational conferences
relevant to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (e.g., the annual meeting of the American Academy
of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry). Residents who have a presentation accepted at a national
meeting may receive financial support for travel upon the approval of the Training Director.
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