Medical College of Wisconsin APP Psychiatry and Mental Health Fellowship

• Structured experiences are great for new graduates or practitioners transitioning to a new practice area.
• Clinical rotations include:
  • General Psychiatric Ambulatory Clinics
  • General Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Toxicology
  • Child and Adolescent
  • Child Development
• Embedded Psychiatry Ambulatory Clinics may include:
  • HIV
  • LGBTQ+
  • Internal medicine integrated behavioral health
  • Substance use disorders
  • Perinatal
    
    
• APP fellow receives stipend, educational funds, standard MCW APP benefits, and post-fellowship recruitment incentives
• The program integrates additional multi-faceted didactic opportunities to enhance the clinical learning experience including:
  • In-person lectures
  • Case presentations
  • Online didactics and learning modules
  • Self-reflective gratitude journaling
  • Specialty focused didactics including lectures and journal clubs

Fellowship Program Director
Jason Ipsarides, DNP, PMHNP-BC

Fellowship Associate Program Director
Judy Evenson, PMHNP-BC

APP Vice Chair
Colleen Ballbach, CPNP-PC, PMHS

Coordinator
Cory Hagen, Education Program Coordinator II

APP Recruiter
Lauren Martin
laumartin@mcw.edu

Physician Champion
Himanshu Agrawal, MD

Program Inquiries
psychAPPfellowship@mcw.edu

Nurse Practitioners

• Completion of an accredited nurse practitioner master’s or doctoral program
• Eligible to be certified as a Nurse Practitioner (to be considered on an individual basis by program leadership)
• Eligible for licensure as a NP in Wisconsin
• Eligible for a DEA license
• Acceptable criminal background check
• Must be board certified by program start date

Physician Associate/Assistant

• Completion of an accredited physician associate's/assistant's master’s program
• Has PA License by program start date
• Eligible for NCCPAs certification
• Eligible for licensure as a PA in Wisconsin
• Eligible for a DEA license
• Acceptable criminal background check

Start date: September 1

Length of fellowship: 12 months

Cohort size: 4 fellows per year

Credentials awarded: Certification of completion (Note: this does not take the place of a post-master's certification program)

Application Deadlines: March 15 for start date September 1

Interviews

• Candidates who have completed their entire application will be reviewed by the fellowship selections committee
• Top candidates will be identified for an HR interview
• In-person or virtual interviews with fellowship leadership team to be conducted in early April for select candidates

Application

• Complete the Human Resources application.
• Submit to Human Resources:
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Education Transcripts from the masters/doctorate nurse practitioner or physician associate/assistant program
  • Copy of BCLS card (must be American Heart Association issued)
• Three letters of recommendation:
  • Reference letters should address clinical experience, clinical knowledge & critical thinking, professionalism, and learning ability
  • If you have graduated within the past two years, submit one letter from your program director or clinical faculty
  • Preference for one letter submitted by a physician or APP who has worked with you clinically
• One-page statement of interest in postgraduate fellowship training within this specialty

If you have any questions, please contact fellowship leadership at psychAPPfellowship@mcw.edu.

• Immersion in specialty clinical practice and education
• Professional mentorship and networking
• Stipend to be discussed during interview process by HR
• NP and PA MCW benefits
• Continuing education stipend
• Recruitment incentive and post-graduate placement support