She is Director of the Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service at the West Haven VA, a position she has held since 1995. She trains Yale medical students, residents and fellows in the art of psychiatric practice at the interface with other medical and surgical services. She is active in the education missions of the VA and the Yale School of Medicine where she serves on psychiatry curriculum review and YSM admission committees. Dr. Chiles has won national awards for education, including the Leah Lowenstein Award for Humane and Egalitarian Education twice. She has won the Yale Psychiatry Residents Association Teaching Award 4 times.