Residency Training Programs in Psychiatry

Program Overviews

General Psychiatry Residency

Director: Richard M. Steinbook, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director and Vice Chair for Educational Affairs
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Coordinator: Ms. Cheryl O'Neil, C-TAGME
305-355-8264 or email coneil@miami.edu

The physician who chooses to specialize in psychiatry will enter an exciting and dynamic field in which advances in neurobiology and psychotherapy are continuously increasing our understanding of brain and behavior. Psychiatry has undergone rapid and dramatic shifts in the past few decades, with clinical research contributing to evidence-based practice and new pathways and targets being identified using the tools of contemporary biomedical science that will allow development of novel treatments for mental disorders. Residents training at Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) will receive the benefit of interacting with members of the hospital’s excellent clinical attending staff, almost all of whom are also faculty at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and active in teaching, research and clinical practice.

Working in a community hospital setting at JMH provides access to a wide range of patients from various socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures. Exposure to the spectrum of psychiatric disorders in a diverse patient population provides an outstanding clinical experience. The Residency Training Program is committed to ensuring competency in all areas, through clinical rotations, on call experience, didactic training and research. Residents will have clinical experience in adult inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, consultation/liaison psychiatry and emergency psychiatry at JMH and at the affiliated Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Recognizing the fundamental need for psychotherapy when treating human beings with complex needs, imaginations, and development, the Residency Training Program is fully committed to psychotherapy training for all residents, particularly in the core competencies of psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, supportive therapy and combined psychotherapy with psychopharmacology. An active weekly Grand Rounds series with national and international speakers broadens the residents’ exposure to the latest areas of psychiatric research. All residents in the Residency Training Program are required to participate in a scholarly project, and seminars in research methodology and ethics are part of the didactic experience. In collaboration with the Department of Neurology, a combined Residency in Psychiatry and Neurology is also available. By the end of his/her training period, the resident will have developed the competencies necessary for the general practice of psychiatry and sufficient knowledge to become board certified through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, as well as the beginning expertise to pursue psychiatric fellowships in geriatrics, child/adolescent, substance abuse, or forensics if desired.

The specialty Psychotherapy Track has been developed for interested residents who wish to increase their training in the area of psychotherapy. A chosen focus in Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral or Interpersonal Psychotherapy with additional cases and supervision will be the focus of elective time in the residency.

Residency Training Program in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Director: Lourdes Illa, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
305-355-7077 email: lilla@med.miami.edu
Coordinator: Gloria Rodriguez

The Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is an accredited two-year program that offers trainees the opportunity to participate in assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with a wide range of psychiatric disorders. The diverse ethnic population and multicultural atmosphere makes Miami an exciting and vibrant community which offers unique collegial and clinical experiences for fellows and residents. The learning experience in the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program is divided into three essential elements: (1) Didactic Activities, (2) Clinical Experience, and (3) Research Experience under the overall leadership of Jon Shaw, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. For additional information please review the Residency Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Manual.

Combined Residency Training Program in Psychiatry and Neurology

DIRECTORS:
Richard S. Isaacson, M.D.
Assistant Professor & Director
Residency Training Program
Department of Neurology
Coordinator:  Violeta Maldonado
Telephone: 305-243-3902
email: vmaldonado@miami.edu

Richard M. Steinbook, M.D.
Professor, Director and Vice Chair for Educational Affairs
Residency Training Program
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Coordinator: Cherie O’Neil, C-TAGME
Telephone: 305-355-8260
email: coneil@med.miami.edu

The Combined Residency in Psychiatry and Neurology will include at least six years of coherent training integral to residencies in the two disciplines which meet the special requirements for accreditation by the Resident Review Committees of Psychiatry and Neurology respectively.  The combined training will be in the same institution.  Affiliated institutions will be located close enough to facilitate cohesion among the program’s housestaff, attendance at weekly clinics and integrated conferences, and faculty exchanges of curriculum, evaluation, administration, and related matters.  Efforts will be made to enroll two residents in the combined program each year.  At the conclusion of the 72 months of training in medicine, psychiatry and neurology, residents will have had experience and instruction in the prevention, detection, and treatment of acute and chronic psychiatric and neurological illness presenting in both inpatient and ambulatory settings, as well as in the socioeconomics of illness, the ethical care of patients, and in the team approach to the provision of patient care. For additional information, please review the program brochure.