LSU Psychiatry Residency Program

Welcome to LSU Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC)

Psychiatry Residency Program in Baton Rouge

We are delighted to welcome you to learn more about our program and our culture. We are a program whose values are based on respect, integrity, intellectual curiosity, diversity, creativity, and a holistic understanding of our patients and their medical needs as well as ourselves. We have dynamic energy here – meaning that we are constantly evaluating where and how we can improve. We don’t sit still.

Our educational focus is on understanding the pathogenesis of disease, the social determinants of health, and the psychological components. For that reason, we endeavor to focus evenly on psychopharmacology and psychotherapy in your training as well as on neuromodulation and emerging treatments for psychiatric illness of all kinds.

Here are some highlights about our program:

98% board passage rate!
We have 69 inpatient beds: 2 adult inpatient units, a geriatric unit and a child and adolescent unit
We have a busy psychiatric emergency room
We have a thriving adult Consult and Liaison Psychiatry service
We have TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) and nasal esketamine treatment in our resident clinic
Our residents have access to ECT treatment with one of our partner hospitals
We have expanded our suicide-specific treatment program in inpatient and outpatient settings
We have a medication assisted therapy clinic for opiate use disorder
We have developed a Child and Adolescent consultation service for the free standing OLOL Children's hospital.
We have a strong focus on psychotherapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Supportive Therapy as the focus. We also teach: Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness techniques, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, group therapy, and couple’s therapy.
We have a process group for our PGY-2-4 residents to help with wellness.
We have dedicated teaching in reproductive psychiatry, quality improvement, patient safety, narrative medicine, ethics, the history of psychiatry, and more.
We have a thriving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee run by our residents. The members of this committee help us with curriculum evaluation, recruitment, advocacy, and get together frequently to appreciate diversity through discussion of film, articles, and art.
Greater Baton Rouge has a population of over 800,000 people. There is no other psychiatric residency program in the city. We see patients with Medicaid/Medicare, private insurance, and those who are uninsured.

We are excited to start recruiting for our 5-year combined adult/child and adolescent psychiatry track this year! Applicants can apply to the general adult residency program and/or the 5-year combined track through ERAS.

We are excited to help you become the best psychiatrist you can be. You will work hard, have fun, make lasting relationships, and explore human nature, the brain, and your specific interests through teaching and healthcare. We have a respectful, warm environment and look forward to meeting you!