Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship

Description

The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center offers advanced clinical and academic training in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. The fellowship is accredited by ACGME and leads to eligibility for Board certification in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Fellows receive intensive supervision from highly experienced faculty members who have held numerous local and national leadership roles in the field while seeing a broad range of patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Inpatient work at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, our tertiary/quaternary care hospital, includes consultations to general medical, surgical, and neurology services, as well as consultations to sub-specialty services including 9 intensive care units, cardiology, oncology, HIV/infectious disease, obstetrics, and solid organ and bone marrow transplant.  Fellows will also have the opportunity to rotate at NYP-Allen Hospital, a small community hospital. The outpatient experience, comprising 20% of our fellows’ time and following a collaborative care model, includes experiences in transplant psychiatry (liver, lung, kidney, heart), palliative care, psycho-oncology, and interventional psychiatry experiences in ketamine administration, TMS, and ECT. 

Other components of the fellowship include supervised research, teaching, resident supervision, graduated administrative responsibility, journal club, lectures and classes. The didactic program includes classes in psychopharmacology, substance use disorders, applied neuroscience, HIV psychiatry, administrative psychiatry, medical ethics, end-of-life psychotherapy, and minority mental health.  In addition, there is a comprehensive text review to help prepare fellows for the Board examination in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.  There are opportunities for collaboration with research faculty at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

There is occasional weekend call with supervisory responsibility, but no night call.

Program Tracks

For the 2027-2028 academic year we are excited to offer our Clinical Track, which is described above. 

We will not be offering a Research Track for the 2027-2028 academic year.

Core Faculty

Sara Siris Nash, MD, Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Paula Askalsky, MD,  Program Director; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Liaison to the Neurology Service

Jon A. Levenson, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; Director of Medical Student Education in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry; Psychiatric Consultant, Psycho-Oncology and HIV Services; Psychiatric Consultant, Pancreas Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center

Adrienne D. Mishkin, MD, MPH, Director of Scholarship, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Liaison to the Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program

Philip R. Muskin, MD MA, Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; Senior Consultant, Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center

Luis F. Pereira, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Director, Substance Use Disorders Program

Peter A. Shapiro, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Transplant Faculty

David A. Fedoronko, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; Psychiatric Consultant, Lung Transplant Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center

Akhil Shenoy, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; Psychiatric Consultant, Liver and Kidney Transplantation Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center

 Adiba Anam, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; Psychiatric Consultant, Heart Transplant Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center

Eligibility

Completion of accredited U.S. or Canadian psychiatric residency training program is required.

Please note that additional requirements apply for Canadian applicants—you can check the ACGME rules or contact us for more information.

We accept J1 but not H1 visas

New York state medical licensure is required.

To Apply

Applications are accepted from July 1st to September 15th, with interviews taking place between September and November. 

All interviews in 2026 (for fellowship in the 2027-2028 academic year) will be conducted virtually.

To apply to our program, you may submit an application either through ERAS or provide a CV, personal statement, and the Common Application form provided by the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the “Career” tab at www.clpsychiatry.org. 

If applying through the Common Application, please arrange to have 3 letters of recommendation addressed to Dr. Paula Askalsky, pa26442007@cumc.columbia.edu, and sent to Ms. Lucia Sanchez-Diaz, lucia.sanchez@nyspi.columbia.edu.

Contact

Program Director: Paula Askalsky, MD
Email: pa2644@cumc.columbia.edu

Coordinator: Ms. Lucia Sanchez-Diaz
Email: Lucia.Sanchez@nyspi.columbia.edu

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center
622 W. 168 St., Box 427
New York NY 10032

Fellowship Information Telephone: 646-774-6342
Clinical Service Telephone: 212-305-9985
Clinical Fax Number: 212-342-1115