Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship

Overview of the Program

The Forensic Psychiatry Residency offers advanced PGY-V training for psychiatrists who wish to subspecialize in forensic psychiatry.  The residency is a one-year full-time program. The core program is the General Psychiatry Residency based in Piscataway, New Jersey. 

Forensic psychiatry residents will rotate through New Jersey’s correctional facilities, state forensic hospital, and private practices of faculty members. The didactic curriculum joins that of the consortium of forensic psychiatry programs in New York City, thereby providing the fellow both excellent didactic training and connections to one’s professional peers. Participation in research is a required aspect of training, and is readily accomplished with the support of the program director.  The residents, under supervision by the program director and other faculty, will develop the skills requisite for the competent practice of forensic psychiatry: diagnostic acumen; logical thought; critical analysis; lucid writing; understanding of the legal framework in which psychiatrists work; and competence in forensic assessments such as competence to stand trial, insanity, and general and sexual dangerousness, among others. 

Campus Locations

• Piscataway, NJ
• New Brunswick, NJ
• Trenton, NJ

Rotations

• University Correctional Healthcare (UCHC) - Newark, Trenton, Clinton, and Bordentown.
• Anne Klein Forensic Center (AKFC) – Trenton
• Private Practice – various sites in northern and central New Jersey

Didactics

The didactic curriculum is unmatched and joins that of the consortium of forensic psychiatry programs in New York City. Classes are a mix of virtual and on-site in New York City.