Welcome from all of us and thank you for wanting to learn about our program!
There has never been a better time to apply to our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. We are confident that we offer training that is exceptional and difficult to replicate elsewhere.
Fellows rotate in a remarkable inpatient setting that provides the highest level of acute psychiatric care for Missouri children and adolescents. They also rotate in a psychotherapy clinic with real-time video-based monitoring and feedback and a phenomenal infant-preschool clinic. Fellows have extensive outpatient experiences in academic and community mental health practices, a consult rotation in a world-class children’s hospital, and an ever-expanding portfolio of other innovative clinical programs including an autism center of excellence.
Fellows have the opportunity to participate in telepsychiatry, the crafting of school-based educational and behavioral plans for children with developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders in highly specialized settings dedicated to caring for those conditions.
Continuity of care is emphasized in our program and opportunities abound for work with special populations. This range of exposure equips fellows for careers in every conceivable setting.
Our highly rated didactics are innovative and learner-centered. We offer numerous options for research training for the next generation of clinician-scientists in child psychiatry during and after fellowship and we offer a research path for highly motivated fellows who plan a career in academics.
It is true – Our program is unique! We are particularly collegial and nurturing, and provide a supportive environment in an unusually research-rich setting. Our fellows work side-by-side with known research leaders in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry who are outstanding clinicians, teachers, and mentors. We have faculty on the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Editorial Board and our current year’s divisional federal funding total exceeds 6 million dollars.
Our graduates have established themselves in professional positions ranging from private practice, community mental health, academic practice, and independent research.
Congratulations on choosing a career path in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. We look forward to meeting you!
T. Eric Spiegel, MD
Director of Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Associate Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Washington University School of Medicine
spiegel@wustl.edu