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The DO

A day in the life of a consult-liaison psychiatrist

By The DO Staff

12.08.23

The senior residents were touring medical students around the inpatient psychiatric unit when they came upon my office. “And this is Dr. LeFay, our CL psychiatrist,” one of the residents announced. “A seal psychiatrist?” one of the students asked with wide eyes.