McLean Women’s Mental Health and Psychiatry Fellowship

Overview

The Division of Women’s Mental Health Psychiatry Fellowship is a full-time, 12-month PGY-V clinical fellowship at McLean Hospital designed to provide training in multimodal and evidence-based treatments for the major mental health issues facing women today. These include trauma, eating disorders, substance use disorders, borderline personality disorder, and mood and anxiety disorders.

Working in different levels of care—inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, and outpatient—with women often with co-occurring disorders and at different points in their treatment, the fellowship provides in-depth exposure to the mental health challenges unique to women. Led by Amy Gagliardi, MD, clinical director of the Division of Women’s Mental Health, the fellowship aims to provide outstanding training in women’s mental health to future clinical and academic leaders.

The fellowship rotations include the Gunderson Residence, the Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Inpatient Program, 3East (an adolescent DBT program), and the Klarman Eating Disorders Center. The fellow meets weekly with individual clinical supervisors and with program leadership on each rotation, weekly with Dr. Amy Gagliardi for clinical case review, and monthly with Dr. Shelly F. Greenfield, chief of the Division of Women’s Mental Health and chief academic officer of McLean Hospital.

The fellow participates in at least one outpatient longitudinal experience in evidence-based treatments designed for women, including co-leadership of the outpatient Women’s Recovery Group, an empirically-validated, gender-specific group therapy for women with substance use disorders. The fellow also gains experience in the medical aspects of women’s mental health (including pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause) through a two-month part-time rotation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

At McLean, the fellow has the opportunity to provide cross-divisional clinical consultations and engage in a scholarly project. Professional conferences, divisional educational meetings and trainings, and other relevant learning opportunities at McLean are also included as a part of the fellow’s curriculum of learning.

Requirements

Applicants must have completed or plan to complete an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited psychiatry residency by the fellowship start date (July 1).

They must be able to be licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts by the start date.

Potential applicants who do not have US citizenship or permanent residency in the US should contact us before submitting their application.

How to Apply

Documents needed:

• CV
• Personal statement
• At least Three letters of recommendation

Applications are accepted starting April 1 and final determinations are made in October.

Fellowship and Faculty Contact

Amy Gagliardi, MD
McLean Hospital
agagliardi@mgb.org

Amy Gagliardi, MD, is associate medical director of The Pavilion where she directs the evaluation and treatment of patients with complex psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders. Her clinical responsibilities include the coordination of multidisciplinary psychiatric evaluations, diagnostic clarifications, medication evaluation and management, and leadership of treatment conferences. She is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has been immersed in clinical care of patients with major psychiatric illnesses for more than ten years.

Dr. Gagliardi is clinical director of the Division of Women’s Mental Health and has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of trauma-related disorders, including advanced training in dialectical behavior therapy. She is also devoted to the teaching and supervision of medical students and psychiatric residents. Dr. Gagliardi has served as a consultant to multiple psychiatric practitioners throughout the Boston area.