University of Maryland Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship

The University of Maryland Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship is an ACGME-accredited one-year fellowship that provides the experience and training necessary to provide consultation, liaison and treatment for patients with complex medical conditions in a wide variety of medical treatment settings.

The fellowship includes outpatient consultation experiences emphasizing integrated care models and include training in:

• Primary care centers
• HIV clinics
• A vocational rehabilitation center
• Other specialty medical and surgical clinics

Inpatient consultation focuses on both consultation and liaison aspects of psychiatric treatment of patients with complex medical and psychiatric conditions as they occur in a diverse tertiary treatment setting. Sites include, but are not limited to:

• The R Adams Cowley Shock-Trauma Center
• The Greenebaum Cancer Center
• The Baltimore VA Hospital
• University of Maryland Medical Center, with specialty services including nephrology, organ transplantation, HIV, neurology/neurosurgery, cardiology and OB/GYN.

About the Program

The educational program consists of seminars, case conferences, and individual supervision provided for all clinical activities. Additionally, the fellow will have the opportunity to participate in the ambulatory psychiatry training program for internal medicine residents, as well as teach medical students and psychiatry residents. Research experience in conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis will be provided as part of the research curriculum.

The fellowship also includes protected didactic and research time, as well as educational days for conference attendance.

Completion of an approved psychiatric residency program is required.

Program Director: Anique Forrester, MD

Meet the Fellows

Application

For the 2026-2027 fellowship application year, the University of Maryland CL Psychiatry fellowship is excited to announce that we are accepting applications through ERAS or directly via email using the ACLP common application.

All applications will be reviewed and considered equally regardless of how the application is submitted. Our goal is to make the application process as inclusive and smooth as possible for everyone.

• For more information on CL Psychiatry fellowships, please visit ACLP's Information for Psychiatry Residents
• For more information on ERAS and submission timelines, please review the ERAS Fellowship Timeline
• Obtain your ERAS Token
• For applicants submitting by email, the ACLP common application can be found here: ACLP Fellowship Common Application

Fellowship Philosophy

This fellowship provides guided mentorship and support for fellows so that they are exposed to all the different inpatient and outpatient models of CL, complex liaison cases, rare diagnoses, and exposure to academic and administrative CL in a tertiary/quaternary care center. At the end of fellowship, we believe fellows are best prepared to step into academic CL roles and have the depth of knowledge to start new liaison programs or begin careers as clinician educators. We welcome applicants into a family of CL psychiatrists and a CL team that is supportive of their professional growth past the one year of fellowship.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What will my salary be for the year?

The 2026-2027 PGY-5 salary is $85,615. This will be updated for 2027-28 by Jan 2027.

2. Will I be part of a union?

Yes. Fellows are part of the union. For more details, please visit the Prospective Residents and Fellows page.

3. Will I have to take call?

There is no call.

4. Will I have both inpatient and outpatient experiences?

Both inpatient and outpatient experiences are emphasized throughout the fellowship. Inpatient experiences stress consultation and liaison skill development. Outpatient experiences emphasize integrated care, continuity of care and honing skills to work with patients who have multiple chronic medical conditions and co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders within the medical treatment setting.

5. What type of didactics will I receive? Is there protected time for didactics?

The educational program consists of seminars, case conferences, and individual supervision provided for all clinical activities. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to participate in the ambulatory psychiatry training program for internal medicine residents at Midtown, as well as teach medical students and psychiatry residents. There is protected time for fellow didactics on Friday afternoons.

6. What is the research experience? Is there protected time for research?

There is protected time to complete a research project and/or prepare a paper for submission or for a national presentation. Mostly focused in the second half of the fellowship year.

7. Can I moonlight as a fellow?

Moonlighting is allowed in general psychiatry but not for Consultation-Liaison work specifically. The program director’s approval is required before initiating moonlighting.

8. Will I need to own a car?

Most rotations occur at the University of Maryland Medical Center or at the VA Maryland Medical Health Care System (these hospitals are adjacent to one another).

The Midtown campus is located approx. one mile from the main medical center and is accessible via hospital shuttle which runs every 15-30 minutes.

9. What percent of fellows get jobs once they complete fellowship training? What percent have passed the ABPN Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Boards?

To our knowledge all fellows have become employed after finishing the fellowship. All fellows who have taken the CL boards have passed.

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