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General Psychiatry Residency Program

TRAINING SITES

The following is a list of our training locations.

LSU Interim Hospital and DePaul Hospital Campus
Ochsner Medical Center
Children's Hospital, Main Campus and Calhoun Campus
LSU Behavioral Sciences Center - Mood and Anxiety Disorders Clinic
Community Mental Health Clinics

The Department of Psychiatry is associated with a variety of academic facilities and teaching hospitals that provide diverse clinical care.

LSU INTERIM HOSPITAL

LSU Interim Hospital, formerly University Hospital, is a 250-bed general hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center. LSU Interim Hospital treats a wide variety of medical and surgical illnesses. It is the tertiary care center for the region, and renowned for its care and history of training physicians. LSU Interim Hospital, located in downtown New Orleans, is in close proximity to the LSU Health Sciences Research Center the Medical Educational Building. DePaul Hospital is the 38 bed psychiatric unit for LSU Interim Hospital, located in uptown New Orleans, near Audubon park.

OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER

Dean Hickman, M.D.
Associate Training Director
Ochsner Department of Psychiatry

Ochsner Medical Center is widely recognized as a leader in education, patient care, and research. The 441-bed teaching hospital serves the needs of the New Orleans community, the Gulf South region, as well as a large international population. Ochsner Clinic is one of the nation’s largest multi-specialty health care groups with more than 30 locations throughout Southeast Louisiana. Ochsner boasts a broad array of services from primary to specialty care, including many pediatric, surgical, and cardiovascular subspecialties.

The hallmark of Ochsner care is a multispecialty approach to solving patients’ problems. The close collaboration between clinicians and skilled scientists helps bring medical discoveries from the laboratory to the bedside. Over the years, U.S. News and World Report has consistently named Ochsner one of America’s Best Hospitals. Ochsner has also received the National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Award for the New Orleans region, and Ochsner Clinic was honored as Consumer Choice for outstanding heart care services.

The Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant team continues to be a leader in organ transplants in the Gulf South. Ochsner hepatologists are leading the nation in clinical research, while surgeons are breaking new ground by performing Louisiana’s first split liver transplant and leading the region in reduced-size liver transplants and living-related liver transplantation.

The Ochsner Cancer Institute offers progressive clinical therapy and a multidisciplinary approach to cancer patient care. Highly trained, specialized physicians and nurses work with a broad range of support staff dedicated to addressing the needs of the cancer patient and family. This team concentrates on achieving success in the fight against cancer in all facets of patient care.

Autumn 2000 inaugurated the Ochsner Critical Tower, which houses the new Emergency Department, Intensive Care, and Surgery Units. This facility offers the latest in breakthrough, high-level technology, including digital x-ray stations, wireless patient registration, and an electronic medical record system.

Ochsner Clinic and Hospital’s dedication to research, patient care, and education continues into the future.

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Children's Hospital is Louisiana's only full-service hospital exclusively for children, offering a full range of inpatient and outpatient care in multiple specialties. The general residency works with the section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the emergency room, on general hospital consults and at the behavioral health unit on the Calhoun Campus, which is on the same grounds as the LSU Interim Hospital's DePaul Campus adult psychiatry units.

LSU BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES CENTER

The Behavioral Sciences Center is a facility that provides a full range of outpatient treatment for adults and children with emotional or behavioral problems. Working within a multidisciplinary team, our physicians are able to provide state-of-the-art diagnostic evaluations and effective interventions for a wide variety of psychiatric disorders. The range of expertise available by our staff allows them to match the optimum form of treatment to each person’s particular problem. Available treatment modalities include pharmacotherapy, short and long term psychotherapy, individual/couples/group psychotherapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Members of our staff include nationally recognized experts in the fields of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.