Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship
The Consultation-liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School has been in existence for nearly fifty years, providing the highest quality education and training in the knowledge base and clinical practice of consultation-liaison psychiatry. This Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited fellowship provides a strong learning environment with dedicated and knowledgeable faculty while simultaneously maintaining individual autonomy for the fellows in the evaluation and management of patients on whom they consult.
A desire to learn the subspecialty of consultation-liaison psychiatry and a mature willingness to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team are predictors of success in the fellowship. We have more than 20 inpatient and 12 outpatient faculty members who each have strong backgrounds in general consultation-liaison psychiatry as well as niche areas of interest and expertise.
Why Brigham?
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is one of the leading academic tertiary care medical centers in the United States and is consistently recognized among the nation’s top hospitals by US News and World Report. BWH is a founding member of the Mass General Brigham (MGB) hospital system, and our fellowship is embedded within the integrated MGB Department of Psychiatry, which provides clinical care across Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, and McLean Hospital. This unique structure enables fellows to train in a setting that combines rigorous academic standards and world-class research with the delivery of exceptional patient-centered care.
Medical training at MGB is grounded in a deeply collaborative and nurturing learning philosophy, where trainees are mentored by engaged faculty within a culture of shared intellectual curiosity and continuous growth. The Longwood Medical Area is an exciting setting for physicians in training. Harvard Medical School, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Countway Library and multiple other affiliated research and clinical institutions are all a short walk from the Brigham and Women's Hospital's medical psychiatry offices. Situated within this leading academic medical community, we benefit from robust opportunities for innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration that enrich clinical training. The Department of Psychiatry is also deeply committed to physician wellness and sustainability, recognizing that outstanding training requires both professional development and personal well-being.
About the Fellowship
During this one-year fellowship, fellows will have the opportunity to rotate through services across BWH, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH), a community teaching hospital 3 miles from BWH in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. At all locations, fellows will obtain medical psychiatry training in a high-quality tertiary or secondary care hospital under the supervision of experienced CL faculty. The medical psychiatry service at BWH sees approximately 3500 new consults per year while the service at BWFH sees approximately 2000 new consults per year, both covering patients on the medical/surgical floors and in the emergency department. Collectively, these experiences provide fellows with exposure to a broad spectrum of clinical complexity, robust consultation-liaison psychiatry training, and the opportunity to collaborate closely with diverse medical and surgical specialties across multiple healthcare settings.
We accept six fellows per year, split between two tracks. In the general track, fellows develop subspecialty expertise through an inpatient liaison experience and a variety of ambulatory clinic options. All fellows work with oncology patients, as this patient population is admitted to Brigham medical floors. The psycho-oncology track offers additional specialization, combining robust general consultation-liaison training with focused expertise in psycho-oncology and strong exposure to palliative care primarily through DFCI.
In addition to core consultation-liaison training, fellows participate in longitudinal experiences designed to foster both clinical expertise and professional development. Fellows complete a year-long inpatient liaison experience, selecting from areas such as transplantation, neuropsychiatry, OB/Gyn, Trauma, psycho-oncology, or emergency psychiatry. These experiences allow fellows to develop sustained relationships with multidisciplinary teams while cultivating expertise in a focused area of medical psychiatry. Fellows also participate in ambulatory consultation-liaison clinics across a wide range of specialty settings, including oncology, HIV/ID, neuropsychiatry, women’s mental health, cardiac psychiatry, cancer and transplant psychiatry, and gastroenterology. Through these longitudinal clinical experiences, fellows gain advanced skills in collaborative care, systems-based practice, and the management of complex patient populations. Beyond clinical training, the fellowship is committed to developing future leaders in C-L psychiatry, preparing graduates to build and expand innovative clinical services, advance education and scholarship, and serve as advocates for the field at institutional, regional, and national levels.
Fellows participate in daily teaching rounds, weekly teaching case conference or bedside rounds, journal club and weekly didactics. Fellows receive individual supervision both at the bedside and in formal sessions. Fellows also participate in a scholarly project during their time in fellowship and have an opportunity to present this work at the end of the academic year. Within the Division of Psychiatry in Medicine, fellows are valued educators and take part in the training and supervision of psychiatry residents as well as Harvard Medical School students. The fellowship program is affiliated with the Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Residency Program. Through intentional mentorship and sponsorship, we strive to cultivate each fellow’s unique career path, providing thoughtful guidance, advocacy, and opportunities that prepare trainees to become leaders in the field.
"As a medical student, I was able to pursue the advanced psychiatry clerkship elective at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on the consult and liaison service. This rotation, with Dr. Adrienne Taylor, as my assigned fellow, cemented my love of psychiatry and ignited my desire to become a C/L psychiatrist. I completed my residency training at Boston Medical Center, where I served as the Chief Resident.
I then returned to the BWH C/L service as a fellow. It was my dream to be a part of this fellowship as I admired the liaison organization of the service and the encouragement to deepen our individual academic interests. I served as the inpatient liaison to the Obstetrics and Gynecology service and provided outpatient consultation in the Women’s Mental Health clinic, developing my expertise as a reproductive psychiatrist. Additionally, I appreciated the opportunity to gain leadership skills through the role of administrative fellow where we were taught to manage a large consultation service and represent psychiatry at system-wide hospital meetings. Most of all, I am grateful to the C/L fellowship at BWH as I met some of my favorite people among my co-fellows and mentors. Following fellowship, I stayed on as a faculty member on the BWH C/L service where I am developing my expertise taking care of patients with cystic fibrosis, HIV, or other infectious diseases and those who have experienced sexual assault, identify as gender diverse, or have reproductive psychiatry needs."
- Katherine Crist, MD
Class of 2025
Our Current Fellows
AY 2026-2027
General Track Fellows
Stephanie Fagbemi, MD
Medical School
Temple University
Residency
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Clinical Interests
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Women's mental health
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Underserved populations
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Proactive psychiatry
Daniel Harris, MD
Medical School
Wayne State University
Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical Interests
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Patients experiencing homelessness
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Emergency psychiatry
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Psych-oncology
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Psychotherapy
Kathryn Lee, MD
Medical School
Georgetown University
Residency
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Clinical Interests
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Palliative care
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Neuropsychiatry
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Perinatal psychiatry
Sunita Singh, MD
Medical School
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Residency
Tufts Medical Center
Clinical Interests
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Women’s mental health,
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Transplant psychiatry
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Eating disorders
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) Fellows
Christina de Fontnouvelle, MD
Medical School
Yale School of Medicine
Residency
University of Virginia Health System
Clinical Interests
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Serious mental illness (SMI)
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The intersection of SMI and psycho-oncology
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Transplant psychiatry
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Substance use disorders
N. Olivia Zhao, MD
Medical School
UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School
Residency
UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School
Clinical Interests
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Psycho-oncology
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Women’s mental health
AY 2025-2026
General Track Fellows
Our Past Fellows
Kathryne Adams, MD
Position After Graduation
Consultation-Liaison & ED Psychiatrist
Melrose Wakefield Hospital
Tufts Medical Center
Laura Marengo, MD
Position After Graduation
Consultation-Liaison & ED Psychiatrist
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Avneet Soin, MD
Position After Graduation
Consultation-Liaison & Outpatient Psychiatrist
Boston Medical Center
Emma Torncello, MD
Position After Graduation
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) Fellows
Sean Oldak, MD
Position After Graduation
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist
Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center
Jamie Osinovsky
Position After Graduation
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist
Tufts Medical Center
AY 2024-2025
General Track Fellows
Nadia Cacodcar, MD
Position After Graduation
Consultation-Liaison Attending
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University
Anisha Chava, MD
Position After Graduation
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist
Boston Medical Center
Katherine Crist, MD
Position After Graduation
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Elisabeth Dietrich, MD
Position After Graduation
Associate Director of
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
University of Virginia
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) Fellows
Adam Ketron, MD
Position After Graduation
Inpatient Psychiatrist
Western State Hospital
J. Cody Naughton, MD
Position After Graduation
Attending Psychiatrist & Senior Instructor in Psychiatry
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Employment Compensation
Clinical fellows receive appointments to Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. All trainees shall be employees of Brigham and Women's Hospital and will receive salary, benefits and liability insurance coverage. Visit the Mass General Brigham site for more information pertaining to graduate medical education. The Mass General Brigham Office of Resources for Trainees provides further details surrounding salary, benefits and employee services.
Psycho-Oncology Research Fellowship
The Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is pleased to offer an optional one-to-two-year research fellowship following the fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry along the clinical psycho-oncology track. Psychiatrists with a demonstrated interest in psycho-oncology research are encouraged to apply using a separate application from the general clinical one. The primary goal of this fellowship is to advance independent investigators in psycho-oncology.
How to Apply
We will be selecting 6 fellows into the following tracks:
General Track PGY5 Brigham and Women's Hospital/Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Positions (Four positions available)
DFCI Track PGY 5 Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Psycho-Oncology Positions (Two positions available)
The Brigham and Women’s/Harvard Medical School CL Psychiatry fellowship is excited to announce that we are accepting applications either through ERAS, or directly via email using the ACLP common application. All applications will be reviewed and considered equally regardless of how the application is submitted. Our goal is to make the application process as inclusive and smooth as possible for everyone.
For more information on CL Psychiatry fellowships, please visit ACLP's website: Information for Psychiatry Residents
Application Timeline
Application Period:
Applications are accepted from July 1 through October 1.
Interview Invitations:
Invitations are extended on a rolling basis, with interviews conducted September through December.
Match Process:
The fellowship partakes in the National Resident Match Program (NRMP) or “The Match”
“Match Day” typically occurs in early January.
For applicants submitting by ERAS
Further information on ERAS and submission timelines: ERAS Fellowship Timeline
ERAS token: https://www.erasfellowshipdocuments.org/application-process-token-info
For applicants submitting by email
Required items:
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ACLP Common Application
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Updated CV
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USMLE Transcript
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Personal Statement
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Training Director Reference Form (request from the fellowship coordinator via the email below after submitting the items above)
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One LOR from PD
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One LOR from CL Faculty
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One LOR from Clinical or Research Faculty/Mentor in any area
Please note: Applications will only be reviewed once all required materials, including letters of recommendation, have been received.
Submission & Inquiries:
Submit all materials and request the Training Director Reference form at:
