The primary training site is the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), a tertiary care, free-standing children's hospital serving a referral population of over 1,500,000. CHEO will provide high patient volume and clinical diversity on inpatient and outpatient services. The Youth Program at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Care Center will also provide clinical education in psychotherapy and is one of Canada’s foremost specialized mental health centres serving youth ages 16 years and older with complex or persistent severe mental illness.

To be accepted, an applicant must meet the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) Faculty of Medicine Post-Graduate Education Departments’ eligibility criteria. Candidates will be required to demonstrate strong skills in oral and written English and have had some previous training in psychotherapy. Preference will be given to those who have had experience in the North American health care system through observerships or direct care clinical experiences.

In order to train in Ontario, an international medical graduate must be officially sponsored by a funding source from their country of origin. Acceptable funding sources are strictly limited to government agencies or health-related charitable organizations. Private or personal funds are neither acceptable nor permissible. Before any applicants can be accepted by our programs, the sponsor must sign a formal agreement with the University of Ottawa. The agreement provides both parties with clear, written arrangements for training residents and fellows at the University of Ottawa. By and large, the agreement stipulates that sponsors:

• agree to financially support their trainees to the completion of their residency or fellowship program.
• agree to pay, for each of their trainees, the annual training fee of $100,000 CAD per year as well as provide them with a salary and benefits. The salary and benefits for residents must be equivalent to the PARO-CAHO Agreementnorth_eastexternal link.
• guarantee a position to their trainees once they return to their country of origin upon completion of training.

If interested, please use the uOttawa Fellowship Application System for International Medical Graduates. Feel free to contact me with any questions at the email address below.

Marijana Jovanovic, MD, FRCPC
Fellowship Director – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
uOttawa Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
Work E-mail: [email protected]

The Royal’s Integrated Schizophrenia Recovery Program provides specialized services to adults with schizophrenia spectrum illnesses requiring a tertiary level of care. Currently, there are over 1400 patients enrolled in the outpatient program with a growing number of new assessments. The program also offers inpatient care, day hospital and recovery inpatient stays.

To be accepted, an applicant must meet the eligibility criteria of the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) Faculty of Medicine Post-Graduate Education Department. Canadian graduates must hold a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certification in psychiatry prior to starting their fellowship and be eligible for an unrestricted license to practice in Ontario. We encourage all eligible PGY4s and PGY5s to apply. IMG candidates will be required to demonstrate strong skills in oral and written English and have a demonstrated interest in psychotic disorders. Preference will be given to those who have had experience in the North American health care system through observerships or direct care clinical experiences. Our program hires on the basis of merit and is committed to equity and diversity.

If interested, Canadian graduates: please correspond to the email below for further information.  IMGs: please use the uOttawa Fellowship Application System for International Medical Graduates. Feel free to contact me with any questions at the email below.

Naista Zhand, MD, FRCPC
Fellowship Director for Schizophrenia
Work E-mail:[email protected]

The primary training site is On Track Early Intervention Service for Psychosis, the Ottawa Hospital. There will be the opportunity to also rotate in inpatient unit, The Ottawa Hospital.

To be accepted, an applicant must meet the eligibility criteria of the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) Faculty of Medicine Post-Graduate Education Department. Canadian graduates must hold a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certification in psychiatry prior to starting their fellowship and be eligible for an unrestricted license to practice in Ontario. We encourage all eligible Canadian PGY4s and PGY5s to apply. IMG candidates will be required to demonstrate strong skills in oral and written English and have a demonstrated interest in psychotic disorders. Preference will be given to those who have had experience abroad, including in the North American health care system through observerships or direct care clinical experiences. Our program hires based on merit and is committed to equity and diversity.

If interested, Canadian graduates: please correspond to the email below for further information.  IMGs: please use the uOttawa Fellowship Application System for International Medical Graduates.  Feel free to contact the program director Dr. Marco Solmi with any questions at the email below.

Marco Solmi, MD, FRCPC
Fellowship Director for Early Intervention in First Episode Psychosis Fellowship Program
Work E-mail: [email protected]

Fellows will have the opportunity to work with clinical supervisors at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre’s (ROMHC) Mood and Anxiety Program, ECT service, TMS service, ketamine service, and with The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) ECT service. In addition, fellows will have the opportunity to work with clinical supervisors at the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR) Neuromodulation Research Clinic, where there are ongoing rTMS clinical trials and other IPP-related trials. Fellows will be provided with teaching through case-oriented learning with individual supervisors and individual teaching sessions covering a variety of topics related to interventional psychiatry.

To be accepted, an applicant must meet the eligibility criteria of the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) Faculty of Medicine Post-Graduate Education Department. Fellows must abide by the rules and regulations set by the University of Ottawa, the Ontario Ministry of Health, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and the Royal College of Physicians of Surgeons of Canada throughout the program.

Canadian Medical Graduates must hold a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certification in psychiatry prior to starting their fellowship and be eligible for an unrestricted license to practice psychiatry in Ontario for the duration of the program. They must also demonstrate strong oral and written English skills and have a demonstrated interest in psychiatric disorders.

International Medical Graduates must also maintain an independent licence to practise psychiatry in Ontario for the duration of the program. They must also demonstrate strong oral and written English skills and have a demonstrated interest in psychiatric disorders.

Canadian Medical Graduates: please correspond to the emails below for further information. International Medical Graduates: Please use the uOttawa Fellowship Application System for International Medical Graduates.

Ruxandra Antochi, MD, FRCPC
Interventional Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
[email protected] , [email protected]

Interventional Psychiatry Program (IPP)
[email protected]