Combined Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Residency Program
For more information, please contact either Kellie Clearo at kclearo@emory.edu or Raymond Young at ryoung2@emory.edu or our recruitment coordinator, Addie Byrd, at abyrd2@emory.edu.
TRAINING DIRECTORS:
Kellie Clearo, MD, RPh
Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
49 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Faculty Office Building, 4th floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone (404)778-1624
Fax (404)778-1602
e-mail: kclearo@emory.edu
http://www.medicine.emory.edu/divisions/genmed/faculty/
Raymond Young, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
1841 Clifton Road
Wesley Woods Health Center
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone (404)728-4969
e-mail: ryoung2@emory.edu
http://psychiatry.emory.edu/faculty.htm
COORDINATOR: Addie Byrd
Glenn Memorial Building
69 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE, Suite 210
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-616-6141 - office
404-525-2957 - fax
abyrd2@emory.edu
OVERVIEW:
The Combined Internal Medicine and Psychiatry residency is a five year program which integrates the categorical Internal Medicine residency program and the General Psychiatry residency program. Residents who complete this residency will be eligible for both the American Internal Medicine Board and Psychiatry Board exams. The five year residency is divided equally between Internal Medicine and Psychiatry rotations. Rotations are as follows:
| Year 1 |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
2 Months |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
2 Months |
| Medicine Wards |
Neurology Inpatient |
Medicine Elective |
Inpatient Psychiatry (Grady) |
Psychiatry ER |
MICU |
Ambulatory Care Outpatient Medicine
|
Medicine Wards |
Psychiatry CSU |
Inpatient Psychiatry (Grady) |
| 12 months of one-half day of medicine continuity care |
| Year 2 |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
2 Months |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
2 Months |
| Medicine Wards |
SIS - Special Immunology Service/ Inpatient Infectious Disease Wards |
Ambulatory Care Outpatient Medicine |
Inpatient Psychiatry (Emory or VA) |
Geriatric Psychiatry (Wesley Woods) |
Cardiology Wards |
Medicine Elective |
Medicine Wards |
Neurology Outpatient |
Consult Liaison Psychiatry (Emory or Grady) |
| 12 months of one-half day of medicine continuity care |
| Year 3 |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 month |
2 months |
| Medicine ER |
Medicine Wards |
Ambulatory Care Outpatient Medicine |
Inpatient Psychiatry |
Psychiatry Elective |
Substance Abuse Clinic Outpatient |
MICU |
Medicine Subspecialty |
Medicine Wards-Night Float |
Psychiatry Elective split with Child Psychiatry |
Consult Liaison Psychiatry (Grady) |
| 12 months of one-half day of medicine continuity care |
| Year 4 |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
2 Months |
6 Months |
| Medicine Subspecialty |
Medicine Wards |
Medicine Ambulatory |
Medicine Wards |
Medicine Electives |
Psychiatry Outpatient Continuity Clinics: includes psychotherapy and psychopharmacology clinics with 1/2 day child psychiatry clinic per week |
| 12 months of one-half day of Psychiatry continuity care |
| Year 5 |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
1 Month |
2 Months |
6 months |
| Medicine Geriatrics |
MICU or CCU |
Medicine Ambulatory |
Medicine Wards |
Medicine Electives |
Psychiatry Outpatient Continuity Clinics: includes psychotherapy and psychopharmacology clinics with 1/2 day child psychiatry clinic per week
|
| 12 months of one-half day of Psychiatry or Medicine continuity care per resident choice |
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS:
The Combined Medicine and Psychiatry residents will rotate through during their residency training are the same as the Emory Internal Medicine residents and General Psychiatry residents. These include the following:
Emory University Hospital
1364 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Grady Memorial Hospital
80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Crawford-Long Hospital
550 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
1670 Clairmont Road
Decatur, GA 30033
Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital
1825 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30329
Visiting medical student information link:
http://med.emory.edu/admissions/howtoapplyvisitingmedstudents.cfm
Application Information
We offer 2 first year positions in this program. We only accept PGY1 applications for the NRMP Match through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS): (http://www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm). All applications are reviewed for consideration of invitation to interview. The deadline for applications is the end of January. Applications will be downloaded beginning in September 1. Interviews are scheduled by invitation in November, December, January and early February.
For information about our 4 year Psychiatry Residency program, go to this link: http://www.psychiatry.emory.edu/residents.htm
For information about our 3 year Internal Medicine Residency, go to this link: http://medicine.emory.edu/residency/index.cfm
International Medical Graduates (IMGs), please see below for additional information for IMGs.*
In summary, criteria for all applicants:
Application material including:
- Application
- Dean’s Letter
- Medical School Transcript
- Personal Statement
- USMLE, COMLEX, or FLEX scores
- CV
- Three letters of reference
* IMGs applying to our program must be ECFMG certified by the time we submit our rank list in February each year. Emory University currently sponsors J-1 visas. We do not have any particular USMLE score at which we do/do not grant an interview, but those with the best scores have a better chance of getting invited. We do not require clinical experience in the US (such as an elective, externship or observership). We do not offer externships or observerships through the Residency Education Office.
Our current residents:
Entering Class 2007
Tamara Shaw-Lutchman
Yale University School of Medicine
Career Interests: substance abuse, clinical and research
Hobbies: painting, swimming, running, foreign movies, fusion cuisine
Tamara is also an avid parent and Reed College graduate.
Martha Ward
Emory University School of Medicine
Career Interests: research, academics, HIV, geriatrics, cardiology
Hobbies: travel, literature, art, architecture, cooking, yoga, meditation, hiking
Entering Class 2008
Chevelle Brudey
Tulane University School of Medicine
Career Interests: primary care, underserved, health care policy
Hobbies: movies, reading, riding my bike
Jennifer Dulin
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Career Interests: primary care, psychiatry consult liaison, rural, underserved, palliative care, geriatrics
Hobbies: habitat for humanity, reading, animal therapy
Entering Class 2009
David Mays
Emory University School of Medicine
Career Interests: primary care, addiction medicine, academics, underserved, health care policy
Hobbies: listening to and playing music, outdoors (backpacking, hiking, camping), watching and playing sports
David also studied neuroscience and English literature at U of Pittsburgh.
DeJuan White
Florida State University College of Medicine
Career Interests: psychiatry consult-liaison, academics
Hobbies: music, movies, spending time with family and friends, playing the trumpet