Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

Child and Adolescent Fellowship

The primary training site, Chestnut Ridge Center, is the psychiatric center for West Virginia University Hospitals (WVUH), located on the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center campus. The hospital is a regional referral center providing fellows with the quantity and diversity of patient experience necessary for training. Other training sites include Children's Hospital at Ruby Memorial Hospital and Child Care Center, all part of WVUH. A formal curriculum is offered including supervision and rotations through inpatient, outpatient and day treatment services, consultation to courts, schools and community agencies. Fellows develop increasing competence in teaching administrative and clinical skills. Fellows will learn to function as a part of a multidisciplinary team working toward the BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD.

Annual Stipend:	PGY IV: $ 51,926	PGY5: $52,596
Positions: 2	Accredited by ACGME: Yes
Application Deadline: November 13, 2009	Download APPLICATION

The multidisciplinary faculty includes adult and child psychiatrists, child psychologists, child social workers and experiential therapist. Fellows are supervised by Board Certified Child psychiatrists.

Required Rotations

First Year

• Adolescent Inpatient
• Youth Day Program
• Residential Treatment Program for Juvenile Adjudicated Substance Abusers.
• Pediatric Consultation/Liaison
• Outpatient Clinics

Second Year

• Outpatient Clinics 
• School Consultation
• Family Assessment Clinic
• Consultation to general Pediatrics Clinic including Well Child Clinic
• Court Consults
• Pediatric Neurology
• Developmental  Disabilities including Pervasive Development Disorders and Mental Retardation Clinic, Klingberg Center
• Community Mental Health Clinic

Second Year Electives

• Pediatric Consultation and Liaison
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Developmental Disabilities
• School Psychiatry Infant Psychiatry
• Research
• Community Psychiatry
• Psychological Assessments
• Inpatient acute adolescent unit
• Residential substance abuse unit
• Residential sex offenders unit

Didactic Lectures

Year One

• Diagnosis and Management: Diagnostic Interview of Children, Adolescents and their Families.
• Diagnosis and Management. Introduction to DSMIV-TR
• Diagnosis and Management: Emergency Psychiatry and Crises Intervention
• Diagnosis and Management: Childhood and Adolescent Psychopathology, Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapeutic Iinterventions.
• Diagnosis and Management: Substance Abuse and Dependence.
• Diagnosis and Management: Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
• Diagnosis and Management: Child Psychiatric Genetics
• Diagnosis and Management: Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
• Diagnosis and Management: Legal Aspects of Forensic Psychiatry including Maltreatment
• Principles of Psychology: Child and Adolescent Development
• Principles of Psychology: Neuropsychological and Psychological Testing
• Psychotherapy: Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy
• Psychotherapy: Other Therapies (Motivational, Brief, Play, and Interpersonal)
• Psychotherapy: Family Therapy:
• Psychotherapy: Group Therapy
• Psychotherapy: Supportive Therapies
• Social Psychiatry: Ethnicity and Religious Diversity
• Social Psychiatry: Medical Ethics
• Conference Series: Psychiatry Grand Rounds
• Conference Series: Psychodynamic Continuous Case Seminar
• Conference Series: Consultation Liaison Case Conference
• Conference Series: Pediatric Grand Rounds
• Conference Series: Child and Adolescent Case Conferenc
• Conference Series: Multidisciplinary Outpatient Conference
• Conference Series: Mock Oral Boards
• Conference Series: Child PRITE Review
• Conference Series: Evidence Based Literature Review
• Conference Series: Review of Historical and Classical Perspectives in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Conference Series: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Journal Revie
• Conference Series: Scholarship Retreat.
• Conference Series: Business Meeting and Administrative Conference
  
  

Year Two

• Principles of Psychology: Child Psychiatry Research Methods and Statistics
• Social Psychiatry: Administrative Psychiatry and Practice Management
• Psychopharmacology and Somatic Therapies: Advanced Psychopharmacology
• Psychotherapy:  Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
• Psychotherapy: Other Therapies (Family, Group, Brief, Supportive, Interpersonal)
• Forensic Psychiatry: Child Abuse and Neglect
• Conference Series: Psychodynamic Continuous case seminar
• Conference Series: Administrative Conference: Clinical Operations Committee.
• Conference Series: Business Meeting and Administrative Conference-Education Policy Committee (EPC)
• Diagnosis and Management: Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
• Diagnosis and Management: Child Psychiatric Genetics
• Diagnosis and Management: Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
• Diagnosis and Management: Childhood and Adolescent Psychopathology, Psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic interventions
• Diagnosis and Management: Substance Abuse and Dependence Seminar
• Psychotherapy: Family Therapy:
• Psychotherapy: Supportive Therapies
• Psychotherapy: Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy
• Social Psychiatry: Medical Ethics
• Social Psychiatry: Ethnicity and Religious Diversity
• Legal Aspects of Forensic Psychiatry including Maltreatment
• Principles of Psychology: Neuropsychological and Psychological Testing
• Principles of Psychology: Child and Adolescent Development
• Conference Series: Evidence Based Literature Review
• Conference Series: Child PRITE Review
• Conference Series: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Journal Review
• Conference Series: Review of Historical and Classical Perspectives in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Conference Series: Mock Oral Boards
• Conference Series: Multidisciplinary Outpatient Conference
• Conference Series: Child and Adolescent Case Conference
• Conference Series: Psychiatry Grand Rounds
• Conference Series: Business Meeting and Administrative Conference
• Conference Series: Scholarship Retreat

Scholarly Activity

The fellows are required to participate in the annual off-campus two day  Research  Retreat  where they choose a research project and a mentor and are required to present the outcomes at the School of Medicine’s Van Lier Research Day. The  monthly Journal club encourages critical thinking and appreciation of research methods, and to review scientific data knowledgably. Grand Rounds, which occur weekly, also serve as a forum to interact with visiting speakers. Annual continuing medical education conference on child and adolescent psychopathology hosted by our department provides additional opportunities for learning. Research methods and scholarly activities are further enhanced via an abundance of seminar presentations led by our child psychologists, who are also the co-directors of the Department’s Health Research Center.

Faculty

Melissa A. Albert, MD Assistant Professor Psychiatry and Pediatrics WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY malbert@hsc.wvu.edu	Carole V. Harris, PhD Professor UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA charris@hsc.wvu.edu
Andrew S. Bradlyn, PhD Professor UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI abradlyn@hsc.wvu.edu	Janie L. Howsare, ACSW Assistant Professor WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY jhowsare@hsc.wvu.edu
Marissa Carey, PhD Assistant Professor Child Neuropsychology WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY mcarey@hsc.wvu.edu	Kara Lonser, PsyD Assistant Professor Child Neuropsychology WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY klonser@hsc.wvu.edu
Christi Cooper-Lehki, DO   Assistant Professor WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE ccooper-lehki@hsc.wvu.edu	Siham Muntasser, MD Assistant Professor WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY smuntasser@hsc.wvu.edu
Bharati S. Desai, MD  Associate Professor Director, Child and Adolescent Program Fellowship Program BARODA MEDICAL COLLEGE  bdesai@hsc.wvu.edu	Lauren W. M. Swager, MD   Assistant Professor WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY lswager@hsc.wvu.edu
Toni B. Goodykoontz, JD, MD Assistant Professor WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY tgoodykoontz@hsc.wvu.edu	Dianne W. Trumbull, MD   Professor UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA dtrumbull@hsc.wvu.edu
2008-2010 Fellows • Sonja Juneja, MD TIRUNEL VELI MEDICAL COLLEGE sjuneja@hsc.wvu.edu	2009-2011 Fellows • Bahar Altaha, MD UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG baltaha@hsc.wvu.edu
•Stephen M. Neal, DO LAKE ERIE SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE sneal@hsc.wvu.edu	• Richard Mullin, MD MARSHALL UNIVERSITY rmullin@hsc.wvu.edu

 

About Morgantown

Application and Interview

Applicants may apply for the fellowship after completing two years of a psychiatric residency and be eligible to obtain a West Virginia license in their third year. Those currently in a residency program must be in good standing. Application deadline is November 15, 2009. Once a completed application with letters and transcripts is received, candidates will be contacted to arrange an interview. The Child Division will provide accommodations on the evening before the interview day. Please call Andrea Clemmer, 304-293-5251 for assistance in the application process.

Information about all WVU programs can be obtained from the Graduate Medical Education website.

Download Application

Address correspondence to:
Bharati S. Desai, MD
Director of Child & Adolescent Fellowship Program
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
930 Chestnut Ridge Road
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505-2854

Telephone: 304-293-5251
Fax: 304-293-8724

E-mail: Andrea Clemmer at aclemmer@hsc.wvu.edu