Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
Mission & Vision
The overall goal of the training program is to prepare the fellow to function independently as a forensic psychiatrist. The fellow’s competency will be achieved through supervised clinical experiences and didactic instruction by the faculty, and demonstrated by examinations and proficiency in daily work.
Mission & Vision
The overall goal of the training program is to prepare the fellow to function independently as a forensic psychiatrist. The fellow’s competency will be achieved through supervised clinical experiences and didactic instruction by the faculty, and demonstrated by examinations and proficiency in daily work.
Program Director’s Welcome
We appreciate your interest in our program and look forward to showing you what makes us proud of the integrated University of Miami/Jackson Health System and Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship.
With the combined academic resources of the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and School of Law, complemented by the VA Veterans Justice Outreach and Suicide Prevention programs, our graduates have unrivaled clinical and didactic experiences. Furthermore, the fellowship’s close proximity to the Miami-Dade Criminal Court is an ideal setting for training in forensic psychiatry.
Recent program graduates are board certified in forensic psychiatry and hold University of Miami faculty positions at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, as well as at hospitals throughout South Florida.
-Christopher Sterwald, M.D.
Program Director’s Welcome
We appreciate your interest in our program and look forward to showing you what makes us proud of the integrated University of Miami/Jackson Health System and Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship.
With the combined academic resources of the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and School of Law, complemented by the VA Veterans Justice Outreach and Suicide Prevention programs, our graduates have unrivaled clinical and didactic experiences. Furthermore, the fellowship’s close proximity to the Miami-Dade Criminal Court is an ideal setting for training in forensic psychiatry.
Recent program graduates are board certified in forensic psychiatry and hold University of Miami faculty positions at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, as well as at hospitals throughout South Florida.
-Christopher Sterwald, M.D.
Fast Facts
Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Number of Fellows per Year?
2
Duration of Fellowship?
1 year
Clinical Experience
Accordion
The Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship is a full-time, 12-month program that encompasses didactic and supervised clinical experiences with a Jackson Memorial Hospital county jail diversion and competency restoration psychiatry unit; in a VA Medical Center justice outreach and veterans court; risk-management activities; VA forensic evaluation clinic; suicide prevention and University of Miami School of Law clinics.
Opportunities abound for fellow participation in teaching psychiatry residents and medical students. Resources for the fellowship program include Jackson Memorial Hospital, Bruce W. Carter Department of VA Medical Center, the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and forensic psychiatrists and attorneys affiliated with the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry and School of Law who will engage the fellows in apprenticeship and tutorial activities. Forensic psychiatry fellows will be supported to attend the annual meeting and review course of the American Academic of Psychiatry and the Law. Fellows will also have protected time in order to conduct an academic project involving research, publication or teaching under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
Your Faculty
Mousa Botros, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Director of Medical Student Education
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Spencer Eth, MD
Chief, Mental Health, Miami VA Healthcare System
Associate Program Director and Professor, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Natalie Martinez Sosa, MD
Staff Psychiatrist
Bruce W. Carter VA Healthcare System
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Amanda Hecker, MD
Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist
Broward Clinic
Miami VA Healthcare System
Kristi Wintermeyer, MD
Staff Psychiatrist
Bruce W. Carter VA Healthcare System
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Rebecca Stenersen
Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist
Broward Clinic
Miami VA Healthcare System
Christopher Sterwald, MD
Program Director for Forensic Psychiatry
Medical Director, Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, Bruce W. Carter VA Healthcare System
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Alumni Placements Include:
Correctional systems in addition to teaching hospitals and private practices in South Florida
Alumni Placements Include:
Correctional systems in addition to teaching hospitals and private practices in South Florida