Triple Board Program

Trainees

PGY-3
Celine Hamilton

celine.hamilton@mssm.edu

Celine was born in New York and grew up in northern New Jersey. During high school she spent a year in the former Yugoslavia and several months in the Dominican Republic. She attended Grinnell College in Iowa and then medical school at Mount Sinai. During college she majored in Spanish and Women's Studies with a focus on economic development and human rights. Celine is dedicated to improving women's health in this country and abroad. She has worked in women's centers in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Bejing, and as a reproductive health educator at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center.

Why triple board? "I want to develop expertise in both physical and psychiatric illness because I believe that a child and adolescent psychiatrist must understand both the incredible range of normal child development and the impact of medical illness on a child. I also believe that understanding children is a prerequisite to understanding adults and so this program is a great fit."

Advice for interviewees: "Many people will challenge you for selecting a training program that provides training in fields that you will not practice exclusively. Just keep in mind that medicine is complex, as will be your future patients."