Program description
The University of Rochester fellowship program is organized to provide a balance of forensic psychiatric evaluations, consultations, clinical care, didactic seminars, and supervision. These experiences take place in a number of settings: (1) The Rochester Regional Forensic Unit, a 115-bed facility delivering evaluations and treatment to mentally disordered, unsentenced defendants and individuals found NGRI; (2) The Monroe County Sociological Center providing consultations to local state courts, and community Departments of Correction; (3) Wayne County Behavioral Health Center and Jail; and (4) The University of Rochester Medical Center.

The training experience includes supervised forensic psychiatric evaluations, consultations and treatment, and didactic seminars including: (1) Legal seminars conducted by faculty composed of a judge and attorneys; (2) Landmark Cases seminar; and (3) Psychiatry & Law seminar. The fellows will evaluate individuals involved in civil and criminal litigation and provide expert witness testimony. Fellows will also have the opportunity to perform risk assessments, participate in a program that follows post-insanity acquittees now residing in the community, and law enforcement examinations. Throughout the year, the fellows are expected to teach psychiatric residents, contribute to a JAAPL Legal Digest Case Report, with the option for additional supervised scholarly projects. Opportunities exist for fellows with special interests in Child & Adolescent, Addiction, or Geriatric psychiatry to participate a specialized track.
Fringe benefits include travel stipend to the Annual AAPL Meeting and Forensic Psychiatry Review Course.
Offers forensic electives for psychiatric residents. Contact program director for details.