Tulane Medical Center (TMC)
Tulane Medical Center is an acclaimed teaching, research, and medical facility, serving the greater New Orleans area. The hospital is jointly owned by Tulane University and Hospital Corporations of America (HCA). Psychiatry residents will be stationed here as part of their 4-month medicine rotations during intern year as well as working on the ED and Consult-Liaison service during their PGY2 year. As a PGY3 and PGY4 you will also get to work in the Tulane University Behavioral Health Clinic (TUBC) on the fourth floor of the hospital. Residents create their own census of therapy and/or medication management patients based on their own individual patient preferences, picking up patients from a master referral list.
Quick Facts:
- Founded: 1834
- Current location built: 1976
- Number of inpatient beds (medicine): 235
- Number of inpatient beds (psychiatric): None
- EMR: Meditech (inpatient), eClinicalWorks (outpatient)
Resident Highlights:
- Meal card
- Free coffee (using meal card)
- Free parking
- Walk bridge to medical school / library
- One block away from Tidewater building where didactics are held
- Food trucks (temporarily unavailable 2/2 COVID)
- Your own office (shared with 1-2 other residents) during outpatient year
Website: www.tulanehealthcare.com
Address: 1415 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-988-5800
Google Map (link) https://goo.gl/maps/zZJsZqb9NUMrAZHC6
University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO / "UMC")
University Medical Center New Orleans is a $1.1 billion state-of-the-art hospital containing the city's only Behavioral Health Emergency Room (ER). The hospital is affiliated with several graduate programs including Tulane University, LSU, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Delgado Community College, Dillard University, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Southern University at New Orleans, and Xavier University of Louisiana creating a culture that not only values and promotes, but relies on academic medicine. Residents will have the opportunity to rotate through here during each year of their residency, gaining experience working on the inpatient general medicine service (PGY1), inpatient neurology service (PGY1), inpatient behavioral health units (PGY1, PGY2 +/- PGY4), and numerous electives including, but not limited to Palliative Care, ECT, and serving as Junior Attending.
Quick Facts:
- Founded: 1736 (as Charity Hospital)
- Current location built: 2015
- Number of inpatient beds (medicine): 446
- Number of inpatient beds (psychiatric): 60
- EMR: Epic
Resident highlights:
- Well-stocked 24hr resident lounge with plenty of snacks and drinks
- Meal card (usable on Fro-Yo, sandwich shop, and cafeteria with rotating menu)
- PJs coffee shop (accepts meal card)
- Amazing nursing staff
- $11 million allocated to commission local New Orleans artists to provide artwork for hospital (aka beautiful work environment)
- Lush outdoor spaces with water feature for eating and relaxing
Website: www.umcno.org
Address: 2001 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-702-3000
Google Map (link) https://goo.gl/maps/sxkwxiSqj7qqoQiRA
Southern Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS) / New Orleans Veterans' Affairs Hospital (VA)
The New Orleans VA Hospital provides care to nearly 70,000 veterans in the region, ranging from Western Mississippi to Eastern Texas. This beautifully constructed facility provides both inpatient and outpatient mental health services as well as other specialized Mental Health Programs including Geriatric Psychiatry, PTSD treatment, Group Therapy, Homeless Services, Substance Abuse Treatment, home-based management of chronic mental illnesses (Mental Health Intensive Case Management / MHICM), and a compensated work therapy program. During their PGY1 year residents will experience working both on the inpatient general medicine floor as well as the inpatient psychiatric unit ("5D"), as a PGY2 you will get to experience working with some of the above mentioned specialized Mental Health Programs including MHICM and Geriatric Psychiatry, and as a PGY3/PGY4 you will work in our ambulatory mental health clinic providing both medication management and therapy to our veterans.
Quick facts:
- Founded: 1946
- Current location built: 2016
- Number of inpatient beds (medicine): 200
- Number of inpatient beds (psychiatric): 20
- EMR: Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS)
Special features:
- 20-bed inpatient psychiatric unit
- Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM)
- Community Living Center (CLC) providing VA Nursing Home care and Hospice services
Resident highlights:
- Fantastic inpatient social workers
- Best employee gym
- Best-stocked resident lounge providing free meals, drinks, and rotating snacks
- Your own resident office on the inpatient unit
Website: www.neworleans.va.gov
Address: 2400 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70119
Phone: 504-507-2000
Google Map (link) https://goo.gl/maps/XqE3K7tZeufSxBx98
St. Charles Parish Hospital - Ochsner Health ("St. Charles”)
St Charles Parish Hospital is an Ochsner Health affiliated hospital with both an inpatient General Psychiatric- and Med-Psych unit. The Med-Psych unit, consisting of 10 beds, is the only unit of its kind in Louisiana providing an experience unparalleled by other residency programs in the area. Rotating here also provides trainees with experience working in a community hospital as opposed to the other hospitals we work at which are all located around New Orleans’ city center. Residents will rotate on both the General Psychiatric- and Med-Psych units during their PGY2 year and are able to do optional internal moonlighting on weekends during their PGY3 and PGY4.
Quick facts:
- Founded: 1959
- Current location built: 2010
- Number of inpatient beds (medicine): 27
- Number of inpatient beds (psychiatric): 20
- Number of inpatient beds (med-psych): 10
- EMR: Epic
Resident highlights:
- Fantastic inpatient social workers
- Free breakfast and coffee from the hospital cafe
- Free lunch
- Free “physician” parking
- Mix of regular psychiatric and med-psych patients
Website: https://www.ochsner.org/locations/st-charles-parish-hospital
Address: 1057 Paul Maillard Road, Luling, LA 70070
Phone: 985-785-6242
Google Map (link) https://goo.gl/maps/vosgTsyDnLi4QCeW7
Children's Hospital New Orleans (CHNOLA)
Children’s Hospital New Orleans is a state of the art 222-bed pediatric medical center which serves as the first and largest full-service hospital in Louisiana and the Gulf South. In addition, the hospital has 10 dedicated behavioral health emergency room beds and serves as one of the largest pediatric inpatient psychiatric units in the country. The hospital’s partnership with both Tulane University and LSU Health promotes a culture of educational enhancement, innovation, and improved access to high quality pediatric care. Residents will get the opportunity to rotate through the behavioral health ER and Consult-Liaison service during their PGY2 year, working alongside Tulane’s Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellows, and depending on resident’s professional interests there are also elective opportunities to work on their inpatient psychiatric unit as early as intern year.
Quick Facts
- Founded:1955
- Current location built: 2020 (inpatient psych unit opened Spring 2020)
- Number of inpatient beds (medicine): 222
- Number of inpatient beds (psychiatric): 51
- EMR: Epic
Resident Highlights
- Emphasis on faculty teaching
- State of the art facility
- Large diversity of mental health pathologies
- Free parking
Website: https://www.chnola.org
Address: 200 Henry Clay Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: 504-899-9511
Google map (link): https://goo.gl/maps/AzHUQF4RRacMJ3T58
