Fellowships

The Department of Psychiatry offers a variety of postgraduate subspecialty training programs:

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Overview

The Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School program provides the opportunity to go beyond the training in general psychiatry to become a highly skilled provider of comprehensive medical care to children and adolescents suffering from psychiatric disorders. To achieve this goal, the training includes a carefully selected array of clinical and didactic experiences that ensure that the trainee will have the knowledge and skill to function with confidence in the wide variety of settings in which today’s child and adolescent psychiatry practices.

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry is a recognized medical subspecialty within psychiatry that specializes in the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of psychopathological disorders of children, adolescents, and their families. Our two year program is academically based and is designed to provide a well-balanced educational clinical training experience that fulfills the requirements established by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

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Forensic Psychiatry

Program Description

The Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School offers advanced PGY-V training for psychiatrists who wish to subspecialize in forensic psychiatry. The fellowship is a one-year full-time program. Two fellows participate in the program each year. The core program is the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School General Psychiatry Residency based in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Forensic psychiatry fellows rotate through New Jersey’s correctional facilities, New Jersey’s state forensic hospital, and private practices of faculty members, including the private practice of the Program Director, Dr. Rusty Reeves. Fellows also conduct asylum evaluations for a Rutgers clinic, and parenting evaluations for the NJ Department of Children and Families.

The didactic curriculum joins that of the consortium of forensic psychiatry programs in New York City, thereby providing the fellows both excellent didactic training and connections to one’s professional peers. Participation in a scholarly project is a required aspect of training, and is readily accomplished with the support of the program director. The fellows, under supervision by the program director and other faculty, 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.
 

Locations/Rotations

Campus: Piscataway, NJ

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

Block	12 Months
Site	Rutgers University Correctional Health Care	Ann Klein Forensic Center	Various Sites
Rotation Name	Correctional	Forensic Inpatient	Private Practice
% of Weekly Rotation Time	40% (2 days per week)	40% (2 days per week)	20% (1 day per week)
% Outpatient	50%	0%	100%

Didactics

Lectures take place virtually and in person with the consortium of metro-NYC forensic psychiatry fellowships (Rutgers, NYU, Columbia, and Einstein) on Wednesdays. The cooperation among the Program Directors and continuous quality review make for an unmatched didactic experience.

Contact Information

Rusty Reeves, M.D. Fellowship Program Director Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program Rutgers RWJMS Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program 671 Hoes Lane West, D325 Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: 973-632-3194 Fax: 732-235-4649 E-mail:reevesdo@ubhc.rutgers.edu

David J. Gerak Fellowship Coordinator Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program Rutgers RWJMS Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program 671 Hoes Lane West, D325 Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone: 732-235-4433 Fax: 732-235-4649 E-mail:dg723@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Applicants can download the application form, a checklist of supplemental requirements, and application instructions here. Please note that these links contain documents housed at the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law website.

Pharmaceutical Medicine Fellowship

The fellowship is a unique non-ACGME accredited one-year fellowship that combines academic and pharmaceutical industry exposure

• The fellowship is a partnership with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. and is intended to provide training in the working environment and the role of physicians in the pharmaceutical industry.  
• Fellows gain experience in the design and execution of clinical trials and participate in industry meetings related to clinical and regulatory issues, publications and product development.