Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship
Mission & Vision
Our mission is to provide a comprehensive and fulfilling training program in the field of geriatric psychiatry and aging by means of diverse clinical care, individual supervision, small group seminars and case conferences, as well as clinical and scholarly research participation.
Mission & Vision
Our mission is to provide a comprehensive and fulfilling training program in the field of geriatric psychiatry and aging by means of diverse clinical care, individual supervision, small group seminars and case conferences, as well as clinical and scholarly research participation.
Program Director’s Welcome
Here at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, we have a long and proud history of training outstanding geriatric psychiatrists to target the needs of this rapidly growing population. Our graduates count themselves among the best-trained geriatric psychiatrists in the country, and all will agree that they feel more-than-confident entering the workforce with the skills and expertise acquired over the course of our University of Miami/Jackson Health System Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program.
Program Director’s Welcome
Here at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, we have a long and proud history of training outstanding geriatric psychiatrists to target the needs of this rapidly growing population. Our graduates count themselves among the best-trained geriatric psychiatrists in the country, and all will agree that they feel more-than-confident entering the workforce with the skills and expertise acquired over the course of our University of Miami/Jackson Health System Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program.
Jackson Memorial Hospital is a large, university-affiliated county hospital and is the perfect sponsor for your geriatric psychiatry training. Here you will help manage a 20-bed geriatric acute-care inpatient unit with a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist. As part of your training, you will help lead second year general psychiatry residents, as well as third-year medical students on their psychiatry clerkship, in a team-based academic environment.
Across the street from Jackson Memorial Hospital, you will also gain experience at the Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, with a rich diversity of aging veterans. You will learn from several geriatric psychiatrists’ consultation-liaison work in both the acute care hospital as well as in long-term care settings. You will also take part in a successful outpatient model that imbeds psychiatric care in geriatric medicine primary care clinics.
Our program is intimately involved with the University of Miami’s Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging (CNSA), a world-class center focused on state-of-the- art education, research and clinical care in Alzheimer’s disease and related cognitive disorders, as well as other aging issues. The CNSA supports the University of Miami Health System’s, state of Florida-funded, Memory Disorders Clinic. You will gain valuable clinical and research experience within the clinic where I serve as the medical director and as one of your main individual supervisors.
The surroundings in which you train is also an important aspect of selecting a residency program and Miami is a wonderful place to both live and work. Situated in one of the world’s premier destinations, we invite you to come see for yourself why patients, faculty and students from across the country and world are drawn to Miami and the UM/Jackson Health System.
-Elizabeth A. Crocco, MD
Description
Our program is intimately involved with the University of Miami’s Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging (CNSA), a world-class center focused on state-of-the- art education, research and clinical care in Alzheimer’s disease and related cognitive disorders, as well as other aging issues. The CNSA supports the University of Miami Health System’s, state of Florida-funded, Memory Disorders Clinic. You will gain valuable clinical and research experience within the clinic where I serve as the medical director and as one of your main individual supervisors.
The surroundings in which you train is also an important aspect of selecting a residency program and Miami is a wonderful place to both live and work. Situated in one of the world’s premier destinations, we invite you to come see for yourself why patients, faculty and students from across the country and world are drawn to Miami and the UM/Jackson Health System.
-Elizabeth A. Crocco, MD
Fast Facts
Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Number of Fellows per Year?
2
Duration of Fellowship?
1 year
Clinical Experience
Year 1
Our one-year program includes clinical rotations in the Jackson Memorial Hospital acute geriatric psychiatry inpatient unit, UM Memory Disorders Clinic and VA Medical Center, as well as community outpatient, hospice, long-term-care nursing, primary care and rehabilitation clinics and facilities.
Trainees will also benefit from case conferences, CNSA symposia, didactic lectures, individual supervision, psychiatry/neurology grand round series and small group seminars, as well as scholarly and research participation related to clinical activities.
Opportunities for active participation in the development and implementation of scholarly research are available at the CNSA, UM Memory Disorders Clinic and the subdivision of geriatric psychiatry.
Your Faculty
Elizabeth A. Crocco, MD
Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program
Medical Director, University of Miami Memory Disorders Clinic
Luminita E. Luca, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Inpatient Unit
Radu V. Saveanu, MD
Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Professor and Vice Chair (Interim), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Jackson Health System and UHealth System
Rosie Curiel Cid, Psy.D
Associate Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
Chief, Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Leader, Outreach, Recruitment and Engagement Core
Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (1FL ADRC)
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging (CNSA)
David Loewenstein, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Neurology
Director, Cognitive Neurosciences and Aging (CNSA)
Associate Director of the Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Director of the UM Clinical Core
Adriana Cortes, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
Alumni Placements Include:
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University
Jackson Behavioral Health
Loyola Medicine
St. Catherine Hospital
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Alumni Placements Include:
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University
Jackson Behavioral Health
Loyola Medicine
St. Catherine Hospital
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine