Psychiatry Fellowships

Residency Program Directors: Dr. Nancy Low & Dr. Marie-Christine Noël
Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Ruben Martins
Email: residency.psychiatry [at] mcgill.ca
Candidates who do not have proof of external funding will not be considered for Fellowships in Psychiatry unless they also apply for the Fellowship Scholarship for Canadian and International Students.

• ADHD Fellowship
  Length: 1 year (if primarily clinical), 1-2 years (if primarily research)
  Number of positions: 2
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Lily Hechtman
   
• Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 2
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Dara Charney
  Completion of a Psychiatry residency training preferred.
  Will consider Family Medicine residents with specific interest in mental health and addictions.
   
• Assertive Community Treatment ACT Fellowship (Suivi intensif en milieu (SIM)
  Length: 1 year
  Type of fellowship: Clinical
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Katherine Steger
   
• Autism Fellowship 
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 2
  Type of Fellowship: Clinical
  Fellowship Director: TBD
  *This fellowship is not open for applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.
   
• Bipolar Disorders Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 2
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Serge Beaulieu
   
• Child Psychiatry Fellowship in Complex Care
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of Fellowship: Clinical allowing for a research component
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Martin Gignac
  *This fellowship is not open for applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.
   
• Clinical Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Length: 2 years
  Number of positions: 2
  Type of Fellowship: Clinical 
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Lily Hechtman
   
• Clinical Fellowship at the Center for Teaching and Research of Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, MUHC
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1-2
  Type of fellowship: Clinical
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Tewfik Said
   
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 2
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Gail Myhr
  Candidates must secure funding in order to apply for this Fellowship.
   
• Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1-2
  Type of fellowship: Clinical
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Annette Granich & Dr. Leon Tourian 
   
• Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship
  Length: 2 years
  Number of positions: 1-2
  Type of Fellowship: Clinical
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Annette Granich & Dr. Leon Tourian
   
• Couple and Family Therapy Fellowship
  Number of positions: 1
  Length: 1 year
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Paola Habib
   
• Depressive Disorders Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship  Director: Dr. Gustavo Turecki
   
• Douglas Emergency Short Stay Unit Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Johan Cohen
  
   
• Douglas Institute ADHD and Severe Disruptive Behaviour Disorders Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. N. Grizenko
  *This fellowship is not open for applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.
   
• Eating Disorders Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Mimi Israel
  Candidates must secure funding in order to apply for this Fellowship.
   
• Emergency Psychiatry and Crisis Service Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Fellowship with the possibility of a research component
  Fellowship Director: TBD
  *This fellowship is not open for applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.
   
• First Episode Psychosis Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 2
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Shah & Dr. Joober
   
• Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship - St Mary's Hospital
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Michel Elie
  *This fellowship is not open for applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.
   
• Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship - Douglas Institute
  Length: 2 years
  Number of Positions: 2
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Rene Desautels
   
• Neuroscience and Psychiatry Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Ridha Joober
   
• Neuroscience of Individual Differences Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Sherif Karama
  Candidates must secure funding in order to apply for this Fellowship.
   
• Personality Disorders Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Rosemarie Chénard-Soucy
  Candidates must secure funding in order to apply for this Fellowship.
   
• Suicide Studies and Intervention
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Johanne Renaud
  *This fellowship is not open for applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.
   
• TMS/Inpatient Services/Mood Disorders Program. ECT - Electroconvulsive Therapy (TIME) Fellowship
  Length: 1 or 2 years
  Number of positions: 1 position for the 1 year program and 1 position for the 2-year program
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Thomas Milroy
  *This fellowship is not open for applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.
   
• Transcultural Psychiatry Fellowship (Adult)
  Length: 1 year (with the possibility of extending to 2 years)
  Number of Positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Jarvis & Dr. Kirmayer
  English and French required
  Candidates must secure funding in order to apply for this Fellowship.
   
• Transcultural Psychiatry Fellowship (Child)
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 1
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Will consider applicants with a specialty certificate in Family Medicine
  Bilingual candidates only
  Fellowship Director: Dr. Cécile Rousseau
  Candidates must secure funding in order to apply for this Fellowship.
  *This fellowship is not open for applications for the 2024-2025 academic year.
   
• Women's Mental Health Fellowship
  Length: 1 year
  Number of positions: 2
  Type of fellowship: Clinical Research
  Fellowship Co-Directors: Dr. Zoë Thomas (JGH) Clinical Director & Dr. Vi Nguyen (MUHC)