University of Maryland School of Medicine

The University of Maryland program is one of the oldest and most well-established forensic training programs in the country. It is fully accredited by the ACGME. Our graduates include many successful and highly regarded forensic clinicians throughout Maryland and the country. Former fellows serve as clinicians, educators, and hospital administrators. Previous fellowship program directors have served in leadership positions in national and state organizations, including the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. The program is rigorous and well-received by trainees.

Fellows divide their time between Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, the state’s only maximum-security forensic hospital; the Medical Office of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City; and the Howard County Detention Center. The fellows perform evaluations under supervision, participate in some treatment settings, and provide forensic reports and testimony.
Offers forensic elective for residents at the University of Maryland, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins University. Contact program director for details.

University of North Carolina Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program

The University of North Carolina Hospitals Forensic Psychiatry Residency Training Program is a 12-month educational program with the aim of preparing psychiatrists for a career in forensic psychiatry through a combination of supervised clinical experiences and didactic programs. The program has an emphasis on producing forensic psychiatrists for the public sector. The program provides educational opportunities in a wide range of criminal and civil settings. Residents will receive opportunities to engage in supervised evaluations of individuals involved with the criminal justice system in both pre-trial and post-conviction settings. In addition, residents will obtain training in courtroom testimony, family law, child forensic issues, and civil litigation. Residents will rotate on the forensic unit for the State of North Carolina, the mental health services in a nearby prison, the forensic unit of the Federal Medical Center in Butner, and the child forensic team at the University of North Carolina. They will receive opportunities to provide consultation and liaison to hospitals and work with a preceptor on civil cases. Residents will be expected to engage in scholarship and teaching. The forensic board-certified faculty members and invited speakers provide the didactic portion of the training.

University of Rochester, New York + Charles E. Steinberg Fellowship, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program

The University of Rochester fellowship program is organized to provide a balance of forensic psychiatric evaluations, consultations, clinical care, didactic seminars, and supervision. These experiences take place in a number of settings: (1) The Rochester Regional Forensic Unit, a 115-bed facility delivering evaluations and treatment to mentally disordered, unsentenced defendants and individuals found NGRI; (2) The Monroe County Sociological Center providing consultations to local state courts, and community Departments of Correction; (3) Wayne County Behavioral Health Center and Jail; and (4) The University of Rochester Medical Center.

The training experience includes supervised forensic psychiatric evaluations, consultations and treatment, and didactic seminars including: (1) Legal seminars conducted by faculty composed of a judge and attorneys; (2) Landmark Cases seminar; and (3) Psychiatry & Law seminar. The fellows will evaluate individuals involved in civil and criminal litigation and provide expert witness testimony. Fellows will also have the opportunity to perform risk assessments, participate in a program that follows post-insanity acquittees now residing in the community, and law enforcement examinations. Throughout the year, the fellows are expected to teach psychiatric residents, contribute to a JAAPL Legal Digest Case Report, with the option for additional supervised scholarly projects. Opportunities exist for fellows with special interests in Child & Adolescent, Addiction, or Geriatric psychiatry to participate a specialized track.
Fringe benefits include travel stipend to the Annual AAPL Meeting and Forensic Psychiatry Review Course.
Offers forensic electives for psychiatric residents. Contact program director for details.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a one year training program in Law and Psychiatry offered by the AECOM Division of Law and Psychiatry. The program combines a comprehensive didactic curriculum with an extensive and varied array of forensic experiences.
The didactic work includes a year-long lecture series which covers all aspects of forensic psychiatry. In addition, fellows will participate in seminars on legal philosophy, landmark cases, psychiatric and forensic ethics, and case reviews. A civil forensic preceptorship is also provided by senior faculty.
The experiential component of the fellowship includes supervised site placements at Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx Criminal Court Clinic and Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Westchester Jewish Community Services, the EAC-Bronx Mental Health Court Diversion, Bellevue Hospital Center Division of Forensic Services and the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation Correctional Health Services (Riker’s Island) where the fellow gains experience in the following areas: 1) court-ordered forensic evaluations of adult and child cases; 2) examination and treatment of criminal offenders in prison and jail settings (including insanity acquitees and sex offenders); 3) dangerousness assessments; 4) civil assessments for involuntary hospitalization, treatment over objection, outpatient commitment and guardianship; 5) child custody; 6) mental health court-based diversion, 7) immigration, 8) veterans affairs and 9) correctional health administration. All of the above provide ample opportunity for consultation with attorneys and courts, as well as courtroom testimony.
Fellows are active participants in the division’s medical student and resident teaching program. Research activity is expected, either through participation in ongoing division work or through the development of an independent project, with the anticipated goal of a year-end presentation.
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is located in a quiet, residential section of Bronx, just minutes from both Manhattan and Westchester County. Fellows can, therefore, choose between an exciting big city or a more gentle suburban setting for living and recreating. All fellowship sites are easily accessible by public transportation, though a car is helpful.
Full program brochure, application instructions and application materials are available under “Program Requirements” on the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship website at the URL address noted above. Residents with additional training in child and adolescent psychiatry are encouraged to apply.