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, 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 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 2026-2027 academic year we are excited to offer our Clinical Track, which is described above.
We will not be offering a Research Track for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Core Faculty
Sara Siris Nash, MD, Program Director; 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, Associate 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, 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; Liaison to the HIV/Infectious Disease Service
Peter A. Shapiro, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University
Transplant-Faculty
David A. Fedoronko, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; Psychiatric Consultant, Heart and Lung Transplant Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center
Akhil Shenoy, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; Psychiatric Consultant, Liver and Transplantation Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center
Ilona Wiener, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University; Psychiatric Consultant, Kidney disease and Renal Transplant Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center
Eligibility
Completion of accredited US 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.
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 2025 (for fellowship in the 2026-2027 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 (link is external and opens in a new window).
If applying through the Common Application, please arrange to have 3 letters of recommendation addressed to Dr. Sara Siris Nash, sas2007@cumc.columbia.edu, and sent to Ms. Lucia Sanchez-Diaz, lucia.sanchez@nyspi.columbia.edu.
Contact
Director: Sara Siris Nash, MD
Email: sas2007@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