Our Psychiatry Residency provides a clinically stimulating and academically challenging curriculum with supportive, individualized attention to help you achieve a fulfilling career in Psychiatry.
Residency Director: Steven Fischel, MD email: Steven.Fischel@bhs.org
Residency Coordinator: Debra Bibeau email: Debra.Bibeau@baystatehealth.org phone: 413.794.2535
Program & Department Statistics
- Length of program: 4 years
- Number of residents/class: 4 | Total number of residents: 16 (by 2012)
- Number of Faculty: 28
- Faculty sub-specialties include: Psychosomatic Medicine, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
Baystate Statistics
- Number of hospital beds: 659
- Number of residencies: 10
- Number of fellowships: 16
Resident Benefits & Facilities
- Salary - PG1: $54,800, PG2: $56,600, PG3: $59,200, PG4: $61,800
- 4 weeks vacation/year, meal subsidy, free parking
- Disability/Malpractice/Health/Life Insurance
- Electronic Medical Record
- Excellent library and online resources
Curriculum Information
- PGY1: Internal Medicine (3), Emergency Medicine (1), Neurology (2), Substance Abuse (1), Inpatient Psychiatry (3), Emergency Psychiatry (1), Geriatric Psychiatry (1)
- PGY2: Inpatient Psychiatry (6 months), Consultation Psychiatry (3 months), Child PHP(3 months 3/4 time) and Outpatient Psychiatry (3 months, 1/4 time)
- PGY3: Outpatient Psychiatry (12 months, 80% Adult; 20% Child), Forensic Psychiatry (1 day/week for 1 month)
- PGY4: Outpatient Psychiatry (12 months—half-time), Elective: Administrative Psych, Student Health, Crisis Intervention, Research (12 months—half-time)
