Overview

Trainees will spend approximately 50% of their time providing direct clinical care and 50% of time attending case conferences, completing administrative work, and pursuing academic activities.

Trainees will participate in 3 core rotations: CASSI psychiatry clinic, general neuropsychiatry clinic and neuropsychiatry in epilepsy clinic. Core rotations are weekly and span one year; they are designed to provide in-depth longitudinal clinical training in a particular area. Monthly rotations provide exposure to specialized clinical topics and patient populations. Elective opportunities are available based on the trainee’s interest.

Sample Curriculum

  • Monday: Autism Clinic (AM), Academic/admin time (PM) 
  • Tuesday: Clinical Trials Unit (AM), Autism Clinic (PM)
  • Wednesday: General Neuropsychiatry Clinic (AM), Epilepsy Clinic (PM)
  • Thursday: TBI / Fragile X Clinic (monthly rotation)
  • Friday: Didactics (AM), Academic/admin time (PM)

Core Rotations 

Center for Autism Services, Science and Innovation (CASSI™)

CASSI is a multidisciplinary clinic specializing in the care of children, adolescents and young adults with autism and other neurodevelopmetnal presentations. CASSI has a bustling psychiatric service, in addition to offering care by developmental pediatricians, pediatric neurologists, clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, social workers, speech and language pathologists, and occupational therapists. Individuals come to CASSI to seek diagnostic evaluation for autism and/or longitudinal care for associated psychiatric co-morbidities.  Trainees will rotate through CASSI for one full day per week for the entire year. 

Supervisor: Roma Vasa, MD 

General Neuropsychiatry Clinic

The Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Clinic is a specialty program for the care of children with complex neurodevelopmental and acquired neuropsychiatric conditions that manifest in symptoms impacting cognition, emotion, behavior and consciousness.  Patients and their families are often referred for management of challenging behaviors in the context of neurogenetic syndromes, pediatric neurodegenerative diseases, catatonia, cerebral palsy, autoimmune encephalitis, acquired brain injuries such as stroke or head injury, functional neurological disorder and many other diagnoses. The goal of this clinic is to give trainees the opportunity to work with patients experiencing a broad range of neuropsychiatric conditions and provide longitudinal care under close supervision. Fellows will rotate through the Neuropsychiatry Clinic a half day each week for the year.    

Supervisor: Aaron Hauptman, MD

Neuropsychiatry in Epilepsy Program

The Epilepsy Program is a specialty program for children and adolescents with behavioral complications associated with epilepsy. This program emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, combining psychiatry, neurology, neuropsychology, and social work to address mental health problems that may co-occur with epilepsy. The clinic treats individuals who have been diagnosed with, or are suspected of having, epilepsy and are also exhibiting mental health symptoms. The rotation provides an ideal model for learning brain-behavior and brain-cognition relationships, which can be applied to children with other disorders associated with brain dysfunction. Fellows will rotate through the epilepsy program for one half-day weekly for the full year. 

Supervisor: Jay Salpekar, MD, FANPA

Potential Monthly Rotations and Electives