Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship

About the program

What the program states

Program length

1 year

“The Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West is a one-year program that teaches psychiatrists how to assess and treat substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders in specialized inpatient and outpatient settings.”

Positions

Up to 4 positions a year

“We accept up to four fellows per year for the one-year fellowship.”

Visa sponsorship

J-1

“Our hospital sponsors J1 visas, if all the necessary criteria are met.”

International graduates

Considered

“Graduates from medical schools outside the United States or Canada must also provide an Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certification Status Report”

DO applicants

Considered, COMLEX accepted

“COMLEX scores are an acceptable substitute for USMLE”

Quoted from the program's own page, read October 4, 2026. More Addiction Psychiatry programs for international graduates

Before you contact the program

1. 01

   Find the application route

   Fellowships recruit through ERAS, a specialty match such as the SF Match, or directly with the program. The program's page gives its route, deadlines and the number of places.

2. 02

   Check eligibility first

   Look for the program's visa policy, licensing and exam requirements (USMLE or COMLEX), any limit on years since graduation, and for a fellowship, the training it expects you to have completed.

3. 03

   Need a place sooner?

   Programs also fill places outside the regular cycle, when a trainee leaves or a new position is funded. Those are listed on ResidencySpot as vacancies, and a saved search tells you the day one is posted.

4. 04

   Where training happens

   The program is listed in New York, New York. Some programs rotate trainees across several hospitals, so confirm the main training site and any required moves.