Program Director:  Mustafa Husain, M.D.

Applications are now being accepted for a one-year advanced-residency training program in Geriatric Psychiatry. This clinically oriented program satisfies the prerequisites for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology's examination for Certification in the Subspecialty of Geriatric Psychiatry. Applicants must have successfully completed a four-year program in general adult psychiatry before entering the program. Three (3) residency positions are available, and while every consideration is given to our own UT Southwestern program graduates, all three slots are filled on a competitive basis.  Clinical experiences include inpatient care, outpatient care, home visits and hospital, consultation to non-psychiatric physicians, consultation to Adult Protective Services,  and nursing home consultation. Patient settings include both private and public sector facilities such as Walnut Place Nursing Home, Parkland Memorial Hospital and its outreach clinics, the Dallas VA Medical Center, Terrell State Hospital and UT Southwestern Alzheimer's Disease Center. Trainees participate in the evaluation and management of patients as part of geriatric assessment teams, in consultation with geriatric primary care providers and nursing home staff, and have direct patient care responsibilities.Research opportunities include Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), Magnetic Stimulation Therapy (MST), brain imaging such as MRI and SPECT, cognition-enhancing drugs, and behavioral and pharmacological interventions for behavioral disturbances in Alzheimer's disease and other dementing illnesses.

The present stipend is $51,812 per year. There are three weeks of paid vacation.

The Program Director is Mustafa M. Husain, M.D., Chief of the Geriatric Psychiatry Division at UT Southwestern and Chief of ECT Services at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Other faculty members include Myron F. Weiner, Past Program Director, Vice Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and head of the Clinical Core of the UT Southwestern Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rajbir S. Bakshi, M.B.B.S., Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry Service and Director of Geriatric Training at the Dallas VA Medical Center, Kevin F. Gray, M.D., Attending, Geriatric Service at the Dallas VA Medical Center, Kip Queenan, M.D., Geriatric Consultation Liaison Service, Mary Ellen Bret, M.D., Assistant Medical Director Parkland Memorial Hospital Inpatient Unit, Cindy Marshall, M.D., attending Psychiatrist Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and coordinator for Nursing Home/Extended Care Training, Anthony Claxton, M.D., Director of Geriatric Training and Medical Director and Aileen Fisher, M.D., Attending, Geriatric Training at Terrell State Hospital.

The fellowship application can be found at this link: Geriatric Fellowship Application

Items to be included in your application packet:

Application
Photo
CV
Personal Statement
Official medical school transcript
Copy of Medical School Diploma
Copy of Residency Training Program Diploma
Copies of USMLE Step I, II, III Score Reports
ECFMG Certificate
Visa
3 Letters of Recommendation

All Items in the application packet should be sent to:

Shaniquwa Patrick
Fellowship Coordinator
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-9070
(214) 648-7392
shaniquwa.patrick@utsouthwestern.edu


Geriatric Psychiatry Faculty

Myron F. Weiner, M.D.
Professor
Director, Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Research Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Mustafa M. Husain, M.D.
Professor
Director, Geriatric Fellowship Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Rajbir Bakshi, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor

Kevin F. Gray, M.D.
Associate Professor
Attending, Geriatric Psychiatry Service
Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Cindy Marshall, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Nursing Home Training
Attending Psychiatrist, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas

Kip Queenan, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Geriatric Consultation Liaison Service
Parkland Memorial Hospital

Mary Ellen Bret, M.D.
Assistant Professor
U.T. Southwestern Medical Center

Anthony Claxton, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Director, Geriatric Training and
Medical Director, Terrell State Hospital