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

Tulane University Behavioral Health Clinic (TUBC)

Tulane University Behavioral Health Clinic is located on the fifth floor of what used to be Tulane Medical Center. Tulane Medical Center closed in January 2024, with academic programs transitioning to East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie.  TUBC serves the greater New Orleans area. This clinic is operated under LCMC Health, a hospital system based in Southern Louisiana. Psychiatry residents will have clinic time at TUBC in PGY-3 and PGY-4 years where they will primarily take referrals for medication management; however residents are able to take on psychotherapy cases at their own initiative. 

Quick History of TMC:

• Tulane Medical Center Founded: 1834
• Current location built: 1976
• EMR: EPIC

Resident Highlights:

• Free parking
• Walk bridge to medical school / library
• One block away from Tidewater building where didactics are held
• Food trucks 
• Wave City Market (Subway, PJ's coffee, outdoor seating area)
• Your own office (shared with 1-2 other residents) during outpatient year

Website: https://www.lcmchealth.org/east-jefferson-general-hospital/

Address: 1415 Tulane Avenue 5th Floor New Orleans, LA 70112

Phone: 504-988-1001

Google Map (link) https://goo.gl/maps/zZJsZqb9NUMrAZHC6

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. At St. Charles, residents also have the opportunity to participate in providing ketamine therapy to patients. 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

Manning Family Children’s

Manning Family Children’s 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.manningchildrens.org/
Address: 200 Henry Clay Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: 504-899-9511

Google map (link): https://goo.gl/maps/AzHUQF4RRacMJ3T58