Rotation Sites

Rotations: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Emergency Psychiatry 

University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital is a 500-bed hospital and is a site for the Consultation-Liaison and Emergency Psychiatry (CL-ER) rotation for PGY-2 residents.

Rotations: Inpatient Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Emergency Psychiatry

This is a 150-bed community hospital within which our 19-bed adult and 12-bed adolescent psychiatric units are located. PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents rotate through the adult unit. This is also a site for a second Consultation-Liaison and Emergency Psychiatry rotation for PGY-2 residents.

Rotations: Outpatient Clinics, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinics, Suboxone Clinic, Psychotherapy, TelePsychiatry

The University of Kentucky Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic is located approximately four miles from the main campus in a spacious, attractive facility with large meeting rooms, group rooms, a play therapy room, and library. Approximately 100 patients per day are seen at this facility in a variety of special clinics including child team clinics, forensic clinics, adult team clinic, and psychopharmacology clinic. State-of-the-art telemedicine equipment links the clinic with main campus and a variety of distant sites for clinical, administrative and educational purposes. Also located in the building is the department of psychiatry research program offices. The Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS program) is an assessment and intervention program for neglected and abused children funded by the state and administered by the department of psychiatry. CATS is located nearby at 3470 Blazer Parkway.

Rotations: Inpatient Psychiatry

Eastern State Hospital opened in 2013 and provides recovery-focused, individualized care in a supportive environment that features the latest in mental health treatment. The original Eastern State Hospital opened in 1824 and cared for individuals for 189 years, making it the second-oldest psychiatric hospital in the country until the opening of the new Eastern State Hospital. Building on that legacy, the new 300,000-square-foot, 239-bed facility provides an extensive range of inpatient mental health services to adults living within the 50 counties surrounding and including Fayette County.

Rotations: Outpatient Clinics and Suboxone Clinic

The Veterans Affairs Hospital is a 333-bed acute care facility adjacent to the University of Kentucky Hospital that contains a 19-bed acute care psychiatry unit. Inpatient rotations for residents include the inpatient unit and a CL-ER psychiatry service. The VA also includes an outpatient facility five miles away that provides outpatient services for substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a wide variety of general psychiatric illnesses.

Rotations: Outpatient clinics, Psychotherapy

PGY-3 and PGY-4 residents rotate in the University Student Mental Health Clinic, an outpatient service providing services to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Kentucky.  An additional student health opportunity is also available through the Eastern Kentucky University Student Mental Health in Richmond, which is 30 miles south of Lexington.

PGY-3, PGY-4 and PGY-5 residents in all three of our programs rotate through this comprehensive care system that serves Fayette and neighboring counties. New Vista provides outpatient psychiatric services to patients of all ages with a diverse list of needs. More information can be obtained through their website.

Woodlawn serves boys, ages 6-18, with severe emotional and behavioral problems that need more long-term, comprehensive care, but do not require hospitalization.  The Woodlawn Campus is located in Danville, Ky., approximately 38 miles southeast of Lexington.  PGY-4 and PGY-5 residents in the child and adolescent psychiatry and triple-board programs have opportunities to rotate at Woodlawn. 

The Jesse G. Harris, Jr., Psychological Services Center (Harris Center) is a university-based clinic designed to provide affordable psychological therapy and assessment services to the community. Psychiatry residents at the PGY-4 residents rotate at the Harris Center.