The two-year Tulane Fellowship in Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry trains general psychiatrists in the relevant clinical knowledge and skills to better care for children and their families.

This training program provides the trainee with education in development and developmental psychopathology as well as other disciplines as the foundation for lifelong learning, and the frontiers of teaching, clinical care, advocacy, administration, public policy, cultural competence, research, and systems of care design.

The Tulane University School of Medicine affiliated Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program is sponsored by the following clinical sites:

• Southeast Louisiana State Hospital   
• Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority
• TUHC Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Tulane/Lakeside Women & Children’s Hospital
• Lafourche Parish School System
• Lafourche Parish Mental Health Center

Find out more about our program.

10 Reasons for Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Tulane

1. Offers an outstanding setting where you are able to work alongside faculty and fellows in a collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere.

2. Gives you an opportunity to work with infants through adolescents in practices in an urban and rural areas, in private and public setting.

3. You will train at the oldest continuously accredited program in child and adolescent psychiatry in the Gulf South.

4. This program is closely integrated with Pediatrics, includes one of only 10 Triple Board Programs in the nation.

5. You will have the opportunity to work in the Post-Katrina rebuilding effort which offers unparalleled opportunities for training and service.

6. You will receive intensive training in psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy that will prepare you to become a complete physician and treatment team leader.

7. Our program areas of expertise include a world class Infant Mental Health Program, a pioneering Trauma and Disaster Recovery research enterprise as well as, opportunities to work in a School Based Mental Health Service. Each program allows you consultative, direct service roles, and a growing focus on psychological aspects of the medically ill child.

8. We have a large policy and advocacy group which is actively involved with legislation.

9. There are Weekly Grand Rounds in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and didactics on all aspects of child and adolescent psychiatry.

10. Want to travel? There are opportunities for international work, currently in Brazil and Romania.

11. New Orleans, New Orleans, New Orleans (Ok, there are more than 10)

 

Selected Faculty Awards
2000-present

• 2008 NARSAD Young Investigator Award

• 2008 Louisiana Early Childhood Champion, Louisiana Association for the Education of Young Children

• 2007 Charles M. Vanchiere Child Advocacy Award, American Academy of Pediatrics - Louisiana Chapter

• 2007 Commissioner’s Award for Child Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• 2007 Presidential Citation for Research and Leadership in Infant Mental Health, American Orthopsychiatric Association

• 2006 Irving Phillips Award for Prevention, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• 2005 Maurice Stern Award, Kingsley House

• 2005 Champions for Children Award, Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana

• 2005 City of Lights Outstanding Professional Award, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

• 2005 Those Who Dared to Care about Children Award, New Orleans Chapter of National Council of Jewish Women (

• 2005 Senior Vice President’s Teaching Scholar Award, Tulane University Health Sciences Center

• 2004 Champions for Children Award, Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana

• 2004 Honorary Member, Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences

• 2003 Rieger Award for the Outstanding Scientific Paper in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• 2003 Outstanding Achievement and Commitment to Excellence in New Competitive Research Award, Tulane University Health Sciences Center

• 2003 Alpha Omega Alpha Faculty Award, Tulane University School of Medicine

• 2003 Who’s Who in Health Sciences Education

• 2002 America’s Top Psychiatrists, Consumer Research Council

• 2002 Outstanding Professor of the Year, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

• 2002 Outstanding Mentor Award, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• 2002 Outstanding Preceptor Service Award for Medical Interviewing, Tulane University School of Medicine, Foundations in Medicine Program

• 2002 Outstanding Teaching (Honorable Mention) Owl Club, Tulane University School of Medicine

• 2001 Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Service Program Excellence, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• 2001 Tulane University School of Medicine, Owl Club (Student Awards Organization) Special Award, Best MD/MPH Advisor

• Annually since 2000, Best Doctors in America, currently 5 faculty

• Annually since 2000, America’s Best Doctors, currently 3 faculty