Our new Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry (BNNP) Fellowship Program, in collaboration with the Department of Neurology, approaches brain-behavior relationships in a transformational way.
Neurologists and psychiatrists need to be well-versed in the growing knowledge of brain-behavior relationships to diagnose patients in the borderland between neurology and psychiatry. This patient population is growing and requires physicians with subspecialty training to care for these complex disorders. These disorders include the neuropsychiatric complications of traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, brain tumors/paraneoplastic syndromes, movement disorders, demyelinating and inflammatory brain diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders as well as the neuropsychiatric side effects of psychiatric, neurologic, and medical/oncologic treatments.
BNNP Fellows complete a 1-year clinical fellowship or 2-year clinical-research fellowship and qualify for board certification in BNNP by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS). Fellows work at the Memory and Brain Wellness Center at Harborview Medical Center. Upon graduating, they are able to manage an array of BNNP disorders. Over time, we hope to develop a cohort of experts who work well together to deliver exceptional patient care.