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 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program

The Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program is a  two-year ACGME accredited fellowship. Essential skills and knowledge are emphasized with a wide range of clinical experience and seminars. In addition to the inpatient, outpatient and consultation services, rotations include school based mental health clinics, juvenile justice, pediatric neurology and telepsychiatry. Various special opportunities exist and the faculty encourages fellows to pursue their interests.

The program participates in the Child Psychiatry Specialty Match through the NRMP and applications should be submitted through ERAS

Interim Program Director 

Melissa DeFilippis, M.D.

Defilippis, Melissa

Program Coordinator

Tara Spittler

taspittl@utmb.edu

PGY-4

  • Devereux Advance Behavioral Health: Full-time four months
  •  Outpatient Clinic: Part-time all year
  •  School Based Clinic: Half day per week for 8 months
  •  Diagnostic Evaluations: One day per week for 8 months
  •  Consult Liaison: Part-time for 8 months
  •  Developmental Disorders Clinic: Half day per week for 8 months

PGY-5

  • Consult Liaison: Part-time all year
  • Diagnostic Evaluations: One day per week all year
  • Outpatient Clinic: Part-time all year
  • Telepsychiatry Clinic: Half day per week for 6 months
  • School & Daycare Observation: Half day per week for 6 months
  • Pediatric Neurology: Half day per week for 4 months
  • Juvenile Justice: Half day per week for 6 months
  • Electives: Part-time all year

Current Fellows

PGY 4

Fellows

  • Robert McKenzie

  • Tracey Okwara

  • Nisha Azhar

PGY 5

Fellows

  • Sayyeda Hasan, MD

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