The outpatient department sees over 10,000 visits per year and has two dedicated practice sites on the Mount Sinai campus. Residents' offices are located in a modern renovated space on Fifth Avenue. Treatment is overseen by both the extensive voluntary faculty and by dedicated full-time faculty directed by Dr. Andrew Aronson. A dedicated facility, adjacent to the medical ER, the psychiatric ER provides rapid assessment and treatment to nearly three thousand patients per year. Director Jorge Petit, M.D. instructs residents in the practice of assessment, crisis management, and community psychiatry.
Residents can expect a focused learning experience and the acquisition of critical skills.
PGY IIIs cover the ER nights and weekends under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist. The Bronx VAMC has 30 acute inpatient psychiatry beds. Residents can expect exposure to a broad array of comorbid psychopathology including substance abuse, PTSD, personality disorders, and schizophrenia. Originally created as a model facility for the treatment of nervous and mental disorders, the Bronx VAMC has a world-renowned attending staff who conduct research in the origin, natural history, and treatment of these disorders. This provides an opportunity for expanded responsibilities.