Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

Welcome From the Training Director

Thank you for your interest in the UC Davis Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program in Sacramento, Calif. We accept up to six new trainees each year into our two-year program (entry at PGY-4 or PGY-5). Our fellowship program aims to train fellows to be excellent, well-rounded clinicians, advocates, scholars, and leaders of child and adolescent psychiatry using an evidence-based practice model.

Fellows practice within a variety of university and community settings in clinics reflecting the needs of our far-reaching catchment area. Training in our program includes a broad clinical focus balanced with an academic orientation. Opportunities to provide care to an underserved, community mental health population are abundant, as are opportunities to train within academic clinics housing numerous subspecialty clinics. Our training sites reflect the varied needs of our patients and the evolving interests of our trainees.

Many of our graduates pursue community-based and/or academic work upon completion of their training. Fellows are provided ample opportunity to pursue research and other academic interests. Our fellows’ interests reflect our service and mission-driven division and incredible community at UC Davis.

Our fellowship program aims to train fellows to be excellent, well-rounded clinicians, advocates, scholars and leaders of child and adolescent psychiatry using an evidence-based practice model.—Melissa Hopkins, M.D., Fellowship Training Director, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry