Whether you apply by Early Match or the regular process, you will need the following items.
Please complete an Application Packet with these contents:
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Updated Curriculum Vitae
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Medical School Transcripts
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USMLE/COMPLEX Scores Steps 1, 2, & 3
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3 Letters of Recommendation (one from current Training Director)
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ECFMG Certificate (when applicable)
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CAP Transfer letter if indicated
These items can be sent in one packet or separately to the program.
Early Match deadline is 7/1 and must be completed during your 3rd year of residency.
Applications open on August 12, 2020; regular application deadline is November 1, 2020.
For the combined residency/Child fellowship option, applications will be through the ERAS general residency process.
Please send your packet to:
Kristina Sowar, MD
C/O Gabrielle Trujillo
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
MSC09 5030
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
First Year
- Inpatient Child Psychiatry at Children's Psychiatric Hospital (UNM) - ages 5-17
- Consult-Liaison at UNM Main Hospital, Pediatrics division
- Outpatient Urgent Evaluation (ABC) Clinic (UNM Children's Psychiatric Center)
- Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic (UNM Children's Psychiatric Center)
- Emergency Psychiatry (On Call, from home)
Second Year
- 0-5 Clinic
- Disruptive Behavior/Disorders Clinic
- Group Therapy
- Early Psychosis Clinic
- Eating Disorder Clinic
- Elective time, for Track pursuit, Therapy, and Rural or Away Rotations
- Emergency Psychiatry (On Call, from home)
- Family Therapy / Family Support Clinic
- Juvenile Justice / Detention Home
- Perinatal/Infant Mental Health Clinic
- Psychological Testing
- School-Based Health Clinic
- Substance Abuse Treatment (STAR) for Adolescents
- Telehealth to Indian Health Service Locations
- Autism Training and Education
- Emergency Psychiatry
- Neuromodulation (ECT, TMS)
- Research
- Scholarly Pursuits
- Quality Improvement
- Community/Media Presentations
- Academic/Research
- Clinical/Psychotherapy
- Eating Disorders
- Emergency Psychiatry
- Infant Mental Health
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Rural/Telehealth
- Trauma-Informed Care
Kristina Sowar, MD
Program Director
Residency/Fellowship: University of New Mexico
Medical School: University of Colorado
Professional Interests: Education and mentoring for Psychiatric and other medical trainees; program development; care for patients with eating disorders; emergency psychiatry; neuromodulation for adolescents (ECT.)
Kimothi Cain, MD
Associate Program Director
Residency/Fellowship: University of New Mexico
Medical School: University of New Mexico
Professional Interests: Infant mental health, family therapy, consult-liaison psychiatry, education for Psychiatry and other medical trainees; psychotherapy.
Our graduates practice in an impressive variety of settings and locations! Many remain here in New Mexico. Others move on to other locales.
Recent graduate pursuits include
- Academia (UNM, University of Nevada-Reno, University of Oregon, Virginia Tech)
- Community Psychiatry (private hospitals, federally qualified health sites)
- Private Practice
- Rural Health Care
- Telehealth
Apply for Early Match
Are you ready to match to UNM? You’ll need to interview and commit by 7/1 of your third year.
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Fellowship Contact
Program Coordinator
Gabrielle Trujillo
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
2400 Tucker Avenue NE
1 University of New Mexico
MSC09-5030
Albuquerque, NM 87131
GTrujillo@salud.unm.edu