Advanced Therapy Externships


Liver/Renal Transplant and Diabetes Management

Externship Supervisor

Todd Doyle, PhD

Todd Doyle, PhD

Associate Professor

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Externship Location

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences 
Loyola University Medical Center 
Fahey Building, Room 227 
2160 S. First Ave. 
Maywood, IL 60153

Externship Start Date

July 1, 2021 (start date is negotiable) – 2.5 days per week

The behavioral medicine program will offer the extern clinical experiences in psychological assessment and treatment among adult patients within an inpatient/outpatient medical setting. Specific opportunities will include:

  • Conducting pre-transplant psychosocial evaluations for patients preparing for liver transplant (inpatient & outpatient) and renal donation; providing follow-up psychotherapy services to patients with liver disease; participation in multidisciplinary meetings to provide feedback to physicians, surgeons, social workers, and nurses about patients’ candidacy for organ transplant; medical report writing.
  • Providing clinical assessment and psychotherapy to outpatients attending appointments in the Department of Endocrinology for diabetes management; learning CBT-based strategies for management of diabetes as well as exposure to state-of-the-art, manualized treatments for depression.
  • Providing general outpatient psychotherapy services to patients presenting with common medical diagnoses and co-morbid mental health problems.
  • Participating in weekly journal club meetings with other externs to discuss research, case presentations and group supervision, as well as didactic lectures.
  • Opportunities are available for mentoring in research and several databases are available for secondary data analysis for highly motivated students. Opportunities to learn the art of journal article reviewing are also available to students.

This is an advanced practicum and prior psychotherapy experience is strongly recommended. Interested students should submit an application packet by 02/01/2021 that consists of:

  • Letter of interest
  • CV
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • A de-identified writing sample from a psychosocial evaluation

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis prior to the deadline.

Please submit your application packet to:

Todd Doyle, PhD 
Assistant Professor 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

Email: todddoyle1@lumc.edu 
Phone: 708-216-4303