Where Experience Meets Purpose
Welcome to the Marshall University Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program! We are proud to offer an ACGME-accredited, one-year fellowship designed to prepare physicians for rewarding careers caring for older adults.
Our fellowship combines diverse clinical experiences, dedicated faculty mentorship, research opportunities, and close collaboration across specialties. Fellows work alongside experienced, board-certified geriatric psychiatrists who are passionate about both patient care and education. With exposure to a wide range of clinical settings and patient populations, our fellows graduate with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to practice geriatric psychiatry and successfully pursue board certification.
A Diverse Clinical Experience
One of the strengths of our fellowship is the opportunity to care for older adults across a variety of settings throughout the Huntington community and surrounding region.
Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry
Fellows gain dedicated experience on the 20-bed Geriatric Psychiatry Unit at Mildred Mitchell Bateman Hospital, working alongside psychiatry residents and medical students. Fellows also have opportunities to collaborate with other hospital teams caring for geriatric patients, providing a broad perspective on the complex medical and psychiatric needs of older adults.
Long-Term Care
Fellows work with older adults in long-term care at a local community nursing facility, where they have the opportunity to collaborate with the Marshall Geriatric Medicine Fellowship.
Hospice, Home Visits & Adult Day Care Rotation
The Hospice, Home Visits & Adult Day Care Rotation provides residents with meaningful experience caring for older adults and medically complex patients across a variety of community-based settings. Residents will develop an understanding of the psychiatric, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of patients and their families while gaining firsthand experience with hospice, palliative care, home-based care, and adult day care.
This rotation allows residents to experience psychiatry beyond the traditional hospital and outpatient settings while developing the skills necessary to provide compassionate, holistic care to patients and families throughout serious illness, aging, and the end-of-life process.
Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Care
Fellows provide comprehensive outpatient care through the Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, developing skills in the assessment and treatment of the unique psychiatric, cognitive, and behavioral needs of older adults.
Consultation-Liaison, Emergency & Home-Based Care
At the Hershel “Woody” Williams VA Medical Center, fellows gain experience in inpatient psychiatric consultation, emergency psychiatric care, and home visits. These experiences allow fellows to see firsthand how geriatric psychiatric care can be adapted to different patient needs and environments.
ECT Experience
Fellows receive experience with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at St. Mary’s Medical Center, providing additional exposure to an important treatment option for older adults with severe or treatment-resistant psychiatric illness.
Geriatric Neurology & Neuroradiology
Our fellowship also provides opportunities to develop a deeper understanding of the neurological conditions frequently encountered in older adults. Fellows gain experience in geriatric neurology, with an emphasis on vascular disease and movement disorders, as well as neuroradiology through experiences at Cabell Huntington Hospital and Marshall outpatient neurology clinics.
Research & Scholarly Development
Research and scholarly activity are an important part of the fellowship experience. Each fellow will work closely with faculty to develop a scholarly research project with the goal of presenting the work at a national meeting and pursuing publication.
Faculty mentorship throughout the process helps fellows develop skills in research design, project development, presentation, and academic writing.
Prepare for What Comes Next
Our goal is to graduate confident, well-rounded geriatric psychiatrists who are prepared to care for older adults in a variety of clinical settings and pursue meaningful careers in the field.
At Marshall, you won't experience geriatric psychiatry from just one perspective. You'll learn across hospitals, outpatient clinics, long-term care facilities, the VA, community settings, and specialty services—all while working closely with faculty who are invested in your growth.
If you're looking for a fellowship that offers broad clinical exposure, personalized mentorship, meaningful research opportunities, and a supportive learning environment, we invite you to discover what Marshall Geriatric Psychiatry has to offer.
