Selection Process/Application

Residency Training - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Selection Process

Trainees interested in joining the NYP Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program must meet the minimum requirements for sub-specialty training, including the completion of one year of internship and either two or three years of general psychiatry residency training. Most residents accepted to the program begin our program at the PGY-IV or PGY-V level of postgraduate training.

The NYP Child & Adolescent Psychiatry program requires a completed application packet alongside a full battery of required documents to be eligible for consideration. NYP also welcomes international medical graduates who are required to include a copy of the ECFMG certificate in addition to the other application requirements. The program director, associate program directors, and program administrators review each application in its entirety. Timely submission of application materials is important, but specific cut-off dates are not used in the evaluation of applications for interviews.

Interviews for selected applicants are conducted from September-December during the year before training is set to begin. Candidates will interview at both the Columbia and Weill Cornell campuses in Manhattan.

Application

A complete application will include the following items (*indicates items to be included by foreign medical graduates only):

NYP Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program Application (Download the Application)
Training Documentation Form (Download the Training Documentation Form)
Personal Statement
3 Letters of Recommendation, Including One From Your Training Director
Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Official Medical School Transcript
Copy of the Dean's Letter
Copy of Current Medical License
Official USMLE Score Reports (Steps 1, 2, 3 or Equivalent)
*Copy of ECFMG Certificate
*Proof of Visa Status (If Not US Citizen)

Completed applications should be received no later than November 1, 2011 for the 2012-2013 academic year. Applicants will be invited for interviews following the review of completed application packets.

Applications and inquiries regarding the selection and application process should be addressed to:

Elisabeth Guthrie, MD
Program Director
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program
1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 78
New York, NY 10032
Telephone: 212-543-0919
Fax: 212-543-5966
E-Mail: guthriee@childpsych.columbia.edu