'Direct' Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship For IMGs

To understand what I mean by "Direct", Read this first.

The prestigious Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center at Houston, TX offers a year-long Addiction Psychiatry fellowship which will for IMGs who have completed residencies in either US or have equivalent training from outside US, in either psychiatry, internal medicine, Family medicine or Adolescent medicine. This fellowship can be especially good offering both one year hands-on clinical experience as well as great research experience for IMG psychiatry residents who are looking for getting into Phychiatry residencies in the US.

As posted by the prorgam executive:

"We have a new fellowship at the VA in Houston, Texas, which is mostly geared to international medical graduates who have done some kind of residency in their country and want to get into US psych residencies but haven't yet.

At the conclusion of the training, fellows will be able to screen, diagnose, and treat patients with substance abuse and mental health disorders; conduct translational research in the area of addiction medicine and apply those results to improving clinical treatment; and understand the special needs of addiction patients from a systems perspective (i.e. care delivery models)"


Contact Information:

Kimberly A. Arlinghaus, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Baylor College of Medicine
Email: Kimberly.Arlinghaus@va.gov
Phone: 713-794-7561

You may find the posted message here


Also Read:

- Psychiatry Salaries in USA
- Psychiatry Residency and IMGs
- Direct Fellowships without Residency in USA

NEW YORK (NY)

CLERKSHIPS / ELECTIVES
( For 3rd / 4th Year International Medical Students)


University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester
Application + Requirements


Albany Medical College
Application + Requirements


Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Electives for Foreign Medical students
They also sponsor your J1 visa for the electives

New York University (NYU)
Specialties: Multiple
Application Forms


Columbia University College of Physicians + Surgeons
Only for students of these 23 Medical Schools around the world.


SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn
Fee: $175 1st Elective : $100 per additional Elective
Visas: Students are responsible for their own B1 visitors visa
Duration: 12 Weeks Maximum
Application Form & Instructions


Weill Cornell Medical College
Specialty: Multiple
Fees: 2000$ per month
Application Information




EXTERNSHIPS



Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica, NY
(Don't confuse this with the country Jamaica..LOL)
Specialty: Psychiatry
Duration: 5 Months
Call: 718-291-0764 or See more Contacts
Requirements: Must be ECFMG Certified, and have your own Visa / Green Card

Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Cabrini) Program
Specialty: Psychiatry
As their Residency Program Website Says: "We have in the past offered externships, but they are offered at the discretion of the Program Director.You may fax your resume and cover letter regarding externships to (212) 995-7031."
Thus - its worth a try :-)

New York Medical College (Westchester Medical Center), Valhalla, NY
Specialty: Psychiatry
Duration: 8 Months !
Click Here for IMG externship selection & policies
Click Here for IMG externship application form
Email inquiries: wmcexternship@hotmail.com



North Short LIJ, Long Island
Specialty: Psychiatry Externship for a Year
Contact: Externship Coordinator at : 718-470-7992




OBSERVERSHIPS



Beth Israel Medical Center
Specialty: Pain Medicine & Palliative Care
Application Information


Hospital for Special Surgery
Specialty: Radiology (For Current Radiologists)
Fees :

• $500 per 1/2 day
• $1000 per day
• $4500 for one week (10% discount applied)

Expensive Affair ! Read more here

Hospital for Special Surgery

Specialty: Anesthesiology

1. Two days only

2. Only for Attending Physicians - yes, IMG attendings outside US allowed

Read More here

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
Specialty: General Surgery
Click Here for Eligibility Requirements
Click Here for Application Information



New York Eye Center
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Application Information


New York University (NYU)
Specialty: Dermatology
Click Here for Description
Duration: 1 Month, 6 Months or 1 Year
Fees: This is a very comprehensive Observership Program and carries a hefty Tution:
1 Month: $3000
6 Months: $15,000
12 Months: $30,000
"Participants in the Program will receive a certificate from the Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine verifying their observership as an International Dermatology observer."


New York University Medical Center
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Visa: If you need a visa, the University does do a J-1 Visa for the Observership, though it may not be compulsorily be a J1 - in that event, I would recommend going with a Visitors or F1 visa instead.
Application Form and Links


St. Lukes Roosevelt Medical Center

Specialty: Multiple

Application Information - Click Here or call Graduate Medical Edu. Office at (212)523-2154 

Unity Health System and it's ring of hospitals e.g.: Park Ridge Hospital
Specialty : Primary Care / Internal Medicine
Residency Contact Information : Individual Hospital Contacts


Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn
Specialties: Internal Medicine (I know IMGs have done it in Internal Medicine - other specialties may be possible)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC)

EXTERNSHIPS


St. Elizabeth Hospital
Specialty: Psychiatry
Duration: 4 Months + More if extern is good
Application + Contact Information


Providence Hospital, DC
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Cost: Don't have to pay anything - just work for them, they need people due to lack of enough staff (Understaffed hospitals normally offer Externships to get free-labor in high-patient load cities)
Contact: Program Coordinator at : (202) 269-7747
Duration: 3 Months busy Externship for hands-on experience : Needs minimum 3 months for
Requirements: ECFMG Certification | 'High' USMLE scores | 3 LORs | Copies of Medical Diploma + ECFMG Certificate | Resume
Send materials by post to : Program Director (Internal Medicine Residency Program)
Providence Hospital, 1150 Varnum Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20017 - 2180




OBSERVERSHIPS


George Washington University Medical Center
Specialties: Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Medicine and specialties, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology, and Surgery
Cost: $800 per week
Application Info


Washington Hospital Center
Specialties: Multiple
As the website says:
"Upon approval of the Hospital Center’s clinical department director, international physicians may participate in observerships to observe clinical activities and participate in academic discussions with Hospital Center physician colleagues." - Thus a start would to be contact faculty in various departments listed on their website

CALIFORNIA (CA)

CLERKSHIPS / ELECTIVES



David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Specialties: Multiple
Application Request Form


University California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Specialties: Multiple
Application Information

University California San Francisco
Specialties: Anesthesiology + Radiology
Fees: $500.oo per 4-week elective + 300$ Homeland Security Fee
Application Information




EXTERNSHIPS

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Specialty: Psychiatry
Click Here for Contact Information





MINI-RESIDENCY



Vision International Eye Missions, Santa Rosa
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Application Information



OBSERVERSHIPS



David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Specialty: Family Practice Observership program for Latino IMGs
Read About This in the News !



Stanford University
Specialty: Emergency Medicine (Visiting IMG Observational Fellowship Program)
Program + Application Information



UC Davis Network of Affiliated Family Practice Programs
Specialties: FP, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
Application information


UCSF - Fresno
Specialty: Family Medicine
Note: This is what the website says:
"UCSF Fresno Family & Community Medicine offers observerships on a very limited basis. Once your residency program application has been submitted via ERAS, and you have been invited for an interview, you will have the opportunity to apply for an observership. Participants are selected by the Program Director."

Well, even if you do not match there, you can still use the experience elsewhere..
Read here


UCLA IMG Program for English-Spanish speaking Hispanics and other minority IMGs
Specialty: Family Medicine
Application Information