diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74c4c454..d882703b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 * Adds missing `pos` attribute to GearNet `required_batch_attributes` (fixes [#73](https://github.com/a-r-j/ProteinWorkshop/issues/73)) [#74](https://github.com/a-r-j/ProteinWorkshop/pull/74)
 * Fixes PDB download failure due to missing protein data [#77](https://github.com/a-r-j/ProteinWorkshop/pull/77)
+* Add support for handling training/validation OOMs gracefully [#81](https://github.com/a-r-j/ProteinWorkshop/pull/81)
 
 ### Framework
 
diff --git a/proteinworkshop/models/base.py b/proteinworkshop/models/base.py
index 3c0149d0..b45cb9dd 100644
--- a/proteinworkshop/models/base.py
+++ b/proteinworkshop/models/base.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import hydra
 import lightning as L
 import torch
+import torch.distributed as torch_dist
 import torch.nn as nn
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 from beartype import beartype as typechecker
@@ -598,9 +599,89 @@ def _do_step(
         self.log_metrics(loss, y_hat, y, stage, batch=batch)
         return loss["total"]
 
+    @typechecker
+    def _do_step_catch_oom(
+        self,
+        batch: Batch,
+        batch_idx: int,
+        stage: Literal["train", "val"],
+    ) -> Optional[torch.Tensor]:
+        """Performs a training/validation step
+        while catching out of memory errors.
+        Note that this should not be used for
+        test steps for proper benchmarking.
+
+        1. Obtains labels from :py:meth:`get_labels`
+        2. Computes model output :py:meth:`forward`
+        3. Computes loss :py:meth:`compute_loss`
+        4. Logs metrics :py:meth:`log_metrics`
+
+        Returns the total loss.
+
+        :param batch: Mini-batch of data.
+        :type batch: Batch
+        :param batch_idx: Index of batch.
+        :type batch_idx: int
+        :param stage: Stage of training (``"train"``, ``"val"``)
+        :type stage: Literal["train", "val"]
+        :return: Loss
+        :rtype: torch.Tensor
+        """
+        # by default, do not skip the current batch
+        skip_flag = torch.zeros(
+            (), device=self.device, dtype=torch.bool
+        )  # NOTE: for skipping batches in a multi-device setting
+        
+        try:
+            y = self.get_labels(batch)
+            y_hat = self(batch)
+
+            loss = self.compute_loss(y_hat, y)
+            self.log_metrics(loss, y_hat, y, stage, batch=batch)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            skip_flag = torch.ones((), device=self.device, dtype=torch.bool)
+
+            if "out of memory" in str(e):
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Ran out of memory in the forward pass. Skipping current {stage} batch with index {batch_idx}."
+                )
+                if not torch_dist.is_initialized():
+                    # NOTE: for skipping batches in a single-device setting
+                    if self.training:
+                        for p in self.trainer.model.parameters():
+                            if p.grad is not None:
+                                del p.grad  # free some memory
+                    return None
+            else:
+                if not torch_dist.is_initialized():
+                    raise e
+                
+        # NOTE: for skipping batches in a multi-device setting
+        # credit: https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/issues/5243#issuecomment-1553404417
+        if torch_dist.is_initialized():
+            # if any rank skips a batch, then all other ranks need to skip
+            # their batches as well so DDP can properly keep all ranks synced
+            world_size = torch_dist.get_world_size()
+            torch_dist.barrier()
+            result = [torch.zeros_like(skip_flag) for _ in range(world_size)]
+            torch_dist.all_gather(result, skip_flag)
+            any_skipped = torch.sum(torch.stack(result)).bool().item()
+            if any_skipped:
+                if self.training:
+                    for p in self.trainer.model.parameters():
+                        if p.grad is not None:
+                            del p.grad
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Failed to perform the forward pass for at least one rank. Skipping {stage} batches for all ranks."
+                )
+                return None
+
+        return loss["total"]
+
     def training_step(
         self, batch: Union[Batch, ProteinBatch], batch_idx: int
-    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+    ) -> Optional[torch.Tensor]:
         """
         Perform training step.
 
@@ -616,13 +697,13 @@ def training_step(
         :param batch_idx: Index of batch.
         :type batch_idx: int
         :return: Loss
-        :rtype: torch.Tensor
+        :rtype: Optional[torch.Tensor]
         """
-        return self._do_step(batch, batch_idx, "train")
+        return self._do_step_catch_oom(batch, batch_idx, "train")
 
     def validation_step(
         self, batch: Union[Batch, ProteinBatch], batch_idx: int
-    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+    ) -> Optional[torch.Tensor]:
         """
         Perform validation step.
 
@@ -638,9 +719,9 @@ def validation_step(
         :param batch_idx: Index of batch.
         :type batch_idx: int
         :return: Loss
-        :rtype: torch.Tensor
+        :rtype: Optional[torch.Tensor]
         """
-        return self._do_step(batch, batch_idx, "val")
+        return self._do_step_catch_oom(batch, batch_idx, "val")
 
     def test_step(
         self, batch: Union[Batch, ProteinBatch], batch_idx: int