Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

Program Overview

The UC San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program is primarily based at Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego, the largest designated children's hospital in the State of California. We are deeply grateful and thankful for our highly talented fellows, committed faculty attendings, skilled interdisciplinary staff, collegial community partners, and mostly importantly, our patients and their families.

• First Year: Our fellowship offers inpatient, consultation-liaison, pediatric emergency psychiatry, community-based outpatient, and full-spectrum eating disorder (inpatient, IOP/PHP, outpatient) experiences in the first year. Fellows also have organized experiences in group and individual psychotherapy, including a psychotherapy clinic at the Rady Children's Hospital Center for Gender Affirming Care and a psychotherapy experience at Family Health Centers of San Diego (a federally qualified health center). 
• Second Year: Traditional Track Fellows rotate through a variety of outpatient clinical settings, including our mental health integration clinics in partnership with pediatrics, a behavioral health urgent care, and a multi-system county-contracted clinic for underserved youth and families. Community Track Fellows rotate through clinics for specialized community populations, including youth at risk for sex-trafficking, sexual and gender minority youth, and a residential treatment center experience with some multi-system involved families. Second year selectives include neurotypical childhood development, early childhood intervention (0-6), juvenile justice, school-based health, autism and intellectual disabilities, substance use disorders, and a tele-consultation program for urban and rural pediatric providers. Fellows also have organized experiences in individual psychotherapy with weekly supervision.

We participate in the NRMP Match, and we accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

Tracks

We are proud to offer two customized educational tracks to both our fellows and prospective applicants! Each track can be selected through ERAS, and please see the How to Apply section regarding NRMP numbers for each track. Applying to BOTH the Traditional Track and the Community Track increases the chances of receiving an interview! The first year of training is identical for both Traditional Track and Community Track Fellows (inpatient, C/L, pediatric psych ED, full-spectrum eating disorders, and outpatient experiences), while the second year experiences are quite different. Both tracks include ample opportunities for psychotherapy. Both first and second year of fellowship in all tracks include an off service day weekly that includes 6 hours of didactics and 2 hours of psychotherapy. 

• Traditional Track: The Traditional Track offers exposure to an innovative mental health integration collaborative care clinic, large interdisciplinary teams in county-contracted clinics, and a behavioral health urgent care experience. We typically offer 4 Traditional Track positions per year. 
• Community Track: The Community Track offers exposure to specialized community populations, including youth at risk for sex-trafficking, sexual and gender minority youth, and a residential treatment center experience with some multi-system involved families. Community Track fellows also get to participate in additional community-based systems of care didactics, and also participate in additional advocacy and scholarship opportunities. We typically offer 2 Community Track positions per year. 

2025-2026 Fellow Salary

*See Salary and Benefits Page for more information

Questions?

How To Apply

If you would like further information contact:

Sabina Perez
Program Administrator
sperez@rchsd.org 
(858) 966‒7759