Emory Consultation-Liaison Service

Emory Consult Attendings:

Bernard Frankel, M.D.
Edward Norris, M.D.
Jared Putnam M.D., Chief Resident

The Work Setting:

The Emory Consultation-Liaison Service (C-L) is based on the sixth floor of the Emory Clinic B Building in Suite 6100 (The Psychiatry Suite of Emory Clinic). Members of the C-L service respond to requests from other medical teams throughout the Emory Hospital to provide psychiatric consultations on their medically inpatients. Examples of patients requiring consults would include heart and liver transplant candidates, patients with mood disorders, delirium, dementia, somatoform disorders, impaired decision-making capacity, and other psychiatric problems.

Attendings Expectations of the Students:

On the C-L service students are expected to develop mastery of the skills and knowledge related to the diagnosis of delirium and depression in the medically ill and to develop competence in evaluating other psychiatric disorders in this population. Students are expected to read extensively, actively participate in teaching rounds, didactic seminars, case presentation, and interview and write up patients.

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