A Message from the Program Director
The best career advice I ever received was to do something so intriguing that it didn’t feel like work. Thirty-plus years later, I’m still grateful that those words of wisdom led me to a career in psychiatry. After all, what could be more fascinating than the human brain…the mysteries of consciousness and the soul…the therapeutic miracles catalyzed by talking cures and psychopharmacologic agents… Never boring, each day brings fresh clinical challenges, unexpected learning opportunities, rewarding interpersonal connections and more. I am the new Crozer Psych Program Director--my name is Dr. Anne Stoline.
Thank you for checking out the Crozer Health Psychiatry Residency Program, now in its second year. Crozer Psychiatry participated in Match 2022-2023, adding a strong group of PGY1 residents to our current PGY2s and PGY3s. We are eager to meet this year’s group of applicants! Though I’m new to the role of PD, psychiatrists Dr. Juan Gan (PD emeritus and now department chairman) and Dr. Mildred Fajardo (Associate PD) continue in their roles. Our chief resident, Dr. Talmage Nielsen, knows the ins and outs of our program and is ready to answer questions about the residency. Our program coordinator, Ms. Kelli Taylor (PC) facilitates applicant-program communication and scheduling.
The bedrock of our program is its community setting in Chester, PA, a diverse population with many in underserved demographics with significant psychiatric and psychosocial challenges. We also attract psychiatric patients from urban and suburban Philadelphia. With so many patients to see, residency at Crozer is busy: emergency room, short-stay psychiatric crisis unit, inpatient adult and geropsychiatry units, outpatient community psychiatry clinic. Psych residents also rotate through the internal medicine, family medicine and neurology services. Residents can explore areas of interest through independent scholarly activity and electives. As an ACGME-certified program, services not currently active at Crozer are provided in collaboration with area facilities. To say this is a rich clinical environment is an understatement-- in 10 months at Crozer I've seen patients until now I’d only read about in textbooks (e.g., catatonia, Cotard Syndrome) and some I’d never heard of, such as polyembolokoilamania. It is an ideal environment to learn the art and craft of psychiatry.
Crozer faculty share a teaching emphasis on mastery of clinical fundamentals, but residents also benefit from our diversity. From my old-school standards for written and spoken communication (about as demanding and annoying as your high school English teacher) to Dr. Mitchell Kho’s mastery of cutting-edge assessment and documentation--so necessary to obtain reimbursement in today’s third party-dominated medical marketplace—we are dedicated teachers committed to the next generation of psychiatrists.
Crozer Psychiatry seeks well-prepared, passionate applicants who are dedicated to life-long learning and eager to become excellent psychiatrists. Our goal is to prepare well-rounded residents for independent practice. If this interests you, come explore all Crozer has to offer.
How to Apply
Applications can be made on Electronic Residency Application Services (ERAS).
Contact Us
Applicants can direct questions and other inquiries regarding the program to Kelli Taylor at kelli.taylor@crozer.org.