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Kenneth Morford, MD, FASAM

Assistant Professor
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Additional Titles

Program Director, Collaborative Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine in Primary Care (CHAMP), Program in Addiction Medicine

Associate Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program

Program Director, Substance Use Skills Training to Advance Integrated Care (SUSTAIN), Program in Addiction Medicine

Medical Director, Physician Associate Program

Medical Director, Physician Assistant Online Program

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Titles

Assistant Professor

Program Director, Collaborative Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine in Primary Care (CHAMP), Program in Addiction Medicine; Associate Program Director, Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program; Program Director, Substance Use Skills Training to Advance Integrated Care (SUSTAIN), Program in Addiction Medicine; Medical Director, Physician Associate Program; Medical Director, Physician Assistant Online Program

Biography

Kenneth Morford, MD is an Assistant Professor and clinician educator at Yale School of Medicine. He trained as a general internist in the Yale Primary Care Residency Program, served as chief resident, and completed addiction medicine fellowship at Yale. He provides primary care and addiction treatment at a community-based opioid treatment program and cares for patients on the addiction medicine consult service at Yale New Haven Hospital. He directs two HRSA-funded interprofessional addiction training programs, called CHAMP and SUSTAIN. He also serves as an associate program director for the Yale Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program and medical director of the Yale Physician Associate Program and Yale Physician Assistant Online Program. He is passionate about medical education, interprofessional collaboration, substance use disorders research, and integrating addiction medicine into primary care.

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Postdoctoral Associate
Yale School of Medicine (2019)
Clinical Fellow
Yale University School of Medicine (2018)
Chief Resident
Yale Internal Medicine Primary Care Program (2017)
Resident
Yale Internal Medicine Primary Care Program (2016)
Intern
Yale New Haven Hospital (2014)
MD
George Washington University School of Medicine (2013)
BA
Vassar College, Neuroscience and Behavior, Correlate in Art (2006)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Kenneth Morford's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2022

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Medical Education Day Recognition of Excellence Award (Poster Presentation)

  • honor

    Advancement of Clinician-Educator Scholarship (ACES)

  • honor

    Charles W. Bohmfalk Teaching Award in Clinical Sciences (Nominee)

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    Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award (Nominee)

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    TEACH Certificate Program

Clinical Care

Overview

Kenneth Morford, MD, is an internal medicine and addiction medicine specialist who treats patients with addiction disorders, including alcohol and opioid use disorders, alongside general medical conditions. His mission is to integrate addiction medicine into primary care and improve medical education surrounding addiction.

Additionally, Dr. Morford is the program director of the Collaborative Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine in Primary Care (CHAMP) Program. CHAMP aims to enhance behavioral health and addiction medicine training for Yale health professional students, primary care residents, and faculty. He also serves as an associate program director for the Yale Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program.

Dr. Morford is an assistant professor and clinician educator at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Addiction Medicine; Internal Medicine

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Board Certifications

  • Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine)

    Certification Organization
    AB of Preventive Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2019

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