Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
About Our Program
Located in the heart of Riverside, our program offers a rich variety of clinical experiences across a broad spectrum of settings. Fellows receive close mentorship and supervision from dedicated faculty who are passionate about teaching and committed to each fellow’s personal and professional growth.
Our program is deeply rooted in a commitment to community mental health, health equity, and service to the underserved. We embrace a biopsychosocial and developmental perspective that acknowledges the complex interplay of individual, familial, cultural, and societal factors that shape the emotional lives of children and adolescents. We also emphasize the importance of wellness and professional identity development, helping fellows grow not only as clinicians but also as advocates, leaders, and human beings.
We are particularly proud of our emphasis on social determinants of health, trauma-informed care, and advocacy. Fellows are encouraged to engage in scholarship and community partnerships that reflect our program’s deep commitment to serving underserved and historically marginalized populations.
"Our program is deeply rooted in a commitment to community mental health, health equity, and service to the underserved."
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Director’s Invitation
Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the Riverside University Health System (RUHS)’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program in Riverside, California.
As Program Director, it is my privilege to invite you to explore a fellowship that is as rewarding as it is rigorous. Our mission is to train the next generation of child and adolescent psychiatrists to provide compassionate, culturally responsive, and evidence-based care to the young people and their families of Southern California’s Inland Empire and beyond.
We welcome applicants who are eager to learn, driven by purpose, and inspired to make a difference in the lives of children, adolescents, and families. I invite you to learn more about who we are, what we stand for, and how you can be part of this transformative journey.
Anish R. Dube, MD MPH MLS FAPA DFAACAP
Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Contact:
Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health
4095 County Circle Drive
Riverside, CA 92503
Associate Professor, Loma Linda University
[email protected]
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship – Block Rotation Schedule
Riverside University Health System (RUHS)
| Block | Day | AM Rotation | PM Rotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Monday | PCLS | ETS |
| Tuesday | Continuity Clinic | Continuity – PTX | |
| Wednesday | JH/School/JV220 | Didactics | |
| Thursday | Continuity Clinic | FQHC | |
| Friday | LLU Pediatric Neurology | Admin | |
| B | Monday | FQHC | Continuity Clinic |
| Tuesday | PCLS | ETS | |
| Wednesday | JH/School/JV220 | Didactics | |
| Thursday | Continuity Clinic | Continuity – PTX | |
| Friday | LLU Autism COE | Admin | |
| C | Monday | Continuity Clinic | FQHC |
| Tuesday | Continuity Clinic | Continuity – PTX | |
| Wednesday | JH/School/JV220 | Didactics | |
| Thursday | PCLS | ETS | |
| Friday | Elective | Admin |
| Day | AM Rotation | PM Rotation |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Inpatient Psychiatry | Continuity Clinic |
| Tuesday | Inpatient Psychiatry | Continuity – PTX |
| Wednesday | Inpatient Psychiatry | Didactics |
| Thursday | Inpatient Psychiatry | FQHC |
| Friday | Inpatient Psychiatry | Chief Time |
| Monday | Emergency Department | Continuity Clinic |
| Tuesday | Emergency Department | FQHC |
| Wednesday | Emergency Department | Didactics |
| Thursday | Emergency Department | Continuity – PTX |
| Friday | Emergency Department | Chief Time |
| Monday | Elective | FQHC |
| Tuesday | Elective | Continuity – PTX |
| Wednesday | Elective | Didactics |
| Thursday | Elective | Continuity Clinic |
| Friday | Elective | Admin |
- PGY5 Salary: $82,441
- PGY6 Salary: $85,504
- Protected time for AACAP conference
- CME – 5 Days available per year
- No call schedule, providing balanced work-life experience
- Fellows receive a half-day per week dedicated to didactic instruction
Every Tuesday morning: Core Didactics
Every Thursday afternoon: Psychotherapy
About RUHS
The RUHS Medical Center is a 520,000 square foot state-of-the-art tertiary care, level II adult and pediatric facility, licensed for a total of 439 beds, with 362 licensed beds in the main acute-care hospital. It has been in operation since 1893 as Riverside County’s first general hospital and has over 60 hospital-based primary and specialty care clinics that have been recognized for the delivery of high-quality care.
It has academic affiliations with several medical and academic institutions, including University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine (SOM), Kaiser Permanente and Loma Linda University SOM and Medical Center. It provides a wide range of services to a large volume and a very diverse patient population. For example, the medical center Emergency Department receives approximately 100,000 patient visits a year.
Fellows on rotation at the medical center will have rich and diverse educational experience. They will have ample opportunities to learn to evaluate, diagnose and treat a wide array of medical and psychiatric disorders, and presentations commonly encountered in an acute care setting in an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary team environment, learning to work collaboratively toward optimal patient care.
Mission
The Riverside University Health System (RUHS) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program is committed to developing compassionate physicians who are exemplars of clinical excellence, leadership and scholarship. Child and adolescent psychiatrists matriculating from the comprehensive learning experiences offered by the program are prepared to practice in under-resourced settings.
Our educational curriculum and clinical experiences emphasize the physician's relationship to their patients and patients' families as central to healing. Patients are situated within a larger sociohistorical context, with change effected through treatment of the patient and their family, and through interventions directed at the systems within which patients are embedded.
RUHS fellows embrace intellectual curiosity, champion social justice and pursue mastery of medical knowledge and clinical skills.