University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry

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FELLOWSHIPS

Specialization after a general psychiatry residency allows you to focus on and develop a specific set of clinical skills. A fellowship is required to receive board certification in each psychiatry subspecialty. It may also serve as a stepping stone to a career in academic medicine.

The University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry offers five types of fellowships:

	Addiction Psychiatry We now offer a one-year clinical fellowship or two-year research fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry, based at the Madison VA and Meriter Hospital.
	Child & Adolescent Psychiatry We offer a two-year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) fellowship that emphasizes comprehensive assessment and empirically-based interventions for children and adolescents across a broad diagnostic spectrum.
	Geriatric Psychiatry Our ACGME-accredited Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program will provide you with the skills necessary to care for an aging U.S. population.
	Research Fellowships Residents with an interest in academic medicine, especially those interested in a research career, will benefit greatly from a post-doctoral research fellowship.
	Sleep Medicine Fellowship This multidisciplinary fellowship exposes fellows to the essentials of the burgeoning field of sleep medicine.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellow Azhar Yunus believes that there is a close-knit community at the UW, where faculty are accessible and willing to engage with residents. Dave Skripka, Program Director of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, stresses the benefits of integrating psychotherapy and biomedical interventions in training and in practice.