Greetings from the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Training Program in Portland, Oregon. We hope you will consider OHSU in your search for C-L training. To help you decide, we are listing 6 reasons to consider training with us.

1. Training in Two Major Hospital Systems Encompassing Subspecialties 
   1. Our fellows are well prepared for the full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient CL work. Rotations at the Portland VA and at OHSU Hospital give balanced exposure to the most high-complexity patients receiving specialized care, balanced with ‘bread and butter’ cases.
   2. OHSU
      1. OHSU is the only academic health center in the state of Oregon
      2. OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, where our CL fellows train in Psycho-Oncology, is nationally ranked higher than all other cancer centers in the Pacific Northwest and serves Oregon, Southwest Washington, and parts of Idaho. 
      3. OHSU consistently ranks by US News as the #1 hospital in Oregon, and among the best hospitals in the nation in Cancer, Cardiology, Endocrinology, ENT, Geriatrics, Nephrology, and Neurology/Neurosurgery
      4. We lead diversity initiatives, including LGBT healthcare equality.
   3. Portland VA
      1. Serves more than 95,000 veterans in Oregon and Washington
      2. Has 12 national-level Centers of Excellence including the Portland Alcohol Research Center, Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, and the Methamphetamine Research Center
2. Breadth of C-L Training Opportunities
   1. Inpatient C-L Psychiatry training at multiple settings, including OHSU, VA hospital, and Unity Center for Behavioral Health.  
   2. Robust mix of inpatient and subspecialty outpatient experiences (about 50% each). Our subspecialty C-L rotations include psycho-oncology, perinatal psychiatry, general women’s mental health, integrated psychiatry in primary care, pain, addiction psychiatry, movement disorders, functional neurological disorders, Long COVID, HIV psychiatry, and emergency psychiatry. 
3. Emphasis on Academic and Scholarly Excellence 
   1. Required year-long didactic series focused on C-L Board preparation, delivered by internal and sometimes external faculty 
   2. Required year-long weekly C-L case conference, led by the C-L fellows, in addition to department grand rounds 
   3. Joint Fellow Seminar: Practice-focused modules along with geriatric and addiction psychiatry fellows 
   4. Routine engagement of fellows in scholarly work including conference presentations and quality improvement projects 
   5. Protected academic time
4. Emphasis on Trainee Wellness
   1. All OHSU trainees have access to the Resident and Faculty Wellness program, with free services to increase clinician wellness and reduce burnout. The program is often used as the model program for medical training sites around the country
5. Cutting Edge Neuroscience, Cancer Research and Prominent Leadership
   1. OHSU Brain Institute is one of the top NIH-funded neuroscience research centers in the country, with strengths in neurodevelopment, neuroimaging, addictions, and psychoneuroimmunology
   2. Knight Cancer Institute is an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, pioneering in early detection and advanced targeted treatment, with a major extension of research with the biggest single-person grant (to any academic institution) by Phil Knight in 2025
   3. Many of the faculty involved in the C-L fellowship are national subject-matter experts, researchers, and advocates, and national level leaders in the APA and ACLP
6. Geographic Location
   1. Portland is home to the world’s largest bookstore, more microbreweries than any other city in the world, an incredible food and wine scene (that is also affordable), and within hours of the Oregon Coast and alpine mountains: an outdoor lover’s paradise

Please feel free to reach out to Trey Branch (branct@ohsu.edu) with any questions that you may have.