UCONN Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship

We are now interviewing for the UConn/HH geriatric psychiatry fellowship year 2025-2026! Come join our fun and dynamic team for a year immersed in all things Geripsych! Reach out to us using the link below if you’re a psychiatry resident interested in applying.

Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship | Graduate Medical Education Welcome from the Training DirectorsThis is an exciting time for geriatric psychiatry! Our understanding of mental illness in elders grows each day, fueling ...

What an amazing year at the AAGP for UConn! Dr Fahed won the prestigious Educator of the Year award, Dr. Zdanys chaired an incredible annual meeting, and our team presented so many wonderful posters and sessions!!

Graduation night- welcoming Dr Sarah Kwok to our faculty!

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UConn Health Psychiatry Department Holiday party! A fun time was had by all.

Team UCONN presenting on the topic of Telepsychiatry in older adults at the annual AAGP conference in Orlando, Florida. Come say hello if you are here!!

A lovely send off for our graduating fellow Dr Rath and a warm welcome to our incoming fellow Dr Kluewer-D’Amico!

Dr Zdanys on the cover of the AAGP!

Our intrepid team!

The Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Behavioral Health is well-represented this week at the virtual Connecticut Alzheimer's Association Annual Dementia Education Conference. Speakers include:

o Chief Resident Dr. Danielle Tolton, who is giving a solo presentation on Parkinson's Disease Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia (way to go Danielle!)

o Dr. Neha Jain and Dr. Lisa Holme, who together with colleagues from Geriatrics are giving the keynote on Friday "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Taking Care of Older Adults with Dementia"

o Dr. Kristina Zdanys (and husband Algis Kalvaitis), who will be giving their talk on Architectural Solutions in Dementia Care

o Drs. Beth Springate and Alice Perez, who will be giving a talk on Frontotemporal Dementia

Many congratulations to Dr. Kristina Zdanys and Dr. Beth Springate for being the founding Chiefs of our Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Behavioral Health!! We are so proud.

Our very own Dr. Kristina Zdanys is now co-director of the James E. C. Walker MD Memory Assessment Program at UConn Health along with Dr. Yazeed Maghaydah! Congratulations and very well deserved. Would you like to train with a team as wonderful as this?

New Leadership for Memory Assessment Program - UConn Today Dr. Yazeed Maghaydah and Dr. Kristina Zdanys have been named co-directors of the James E. C. Walker M.D. Memory Assessment Program in the UConn Center on Aging at UConn Health. The Memory Assessment Program provides a full range of diagnostic services for patients who are concerned about memory rela...