Adult Psychiatry Residency
Program Coordinator
Office: 504.568.7912
Fax: 504.568.6006
Please apply through ERAS as interviews for the
intern class of 2012-2013 academic year
will begin in the fall, 2011
Applicants' Corner
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Overview
Interviews begin in October, and will generally take place on Fridays.
The interview day begins at Ochsner, meeting with faculty members, followed by a tour of the hospital and clinic with a resident.
The applicant has lunch at 'Restaurant Patois,' in uptown New Orleans, with two other residents.
The day continues in the afternoon at the Depaul Hospital campus, with a tour and interviews with LSU faculty.
Tentative Itinerary 2011-2012 Interviews
8:00 - 8:15am Register with Beth Sekinger OCF Program Manager &
Sedette Skaggs LSUHSC Program Coordinator
504.842.4178
8:30-10:45am Interview with Dean Hickman, M.D.
Associate Training Director, Ochsner
11-11:30am Tour of Campus / Interview with a resident
12:00-1:00pm Lunch off site with 2 residents
1:15-1:40pm Presentation/Tour of program at DePaul Hospital by resident
2:00-3:30pm Interview with Erich Conrad, M.D.
Program Director, LSU - Ochsner
Psychiatry Residency
Interview with Margaret Baier, M.D.,
Associate Training Director, LSU
3:30pm Interview Ends
Note: -Traveling time from New Orleans to Airport <1hour.
(Average 40min)
-Transportation to airport or hotel
United Cab: 504-522-9771
Yellow Cab: 504-525-3311
-Lodging on Thursday evening provided by the Ochsner Brent House.
-Please contact Sedette Skaggs for arrangements at
sskagg@lsuhsc.edu.