The two-year Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program at Yale School of Medicine offers robust clinical and research training in Addiction Medicine. This novel program builds on Yale’s preeminence in the fields of substance abuse, clinical research, and medical education and its international reputation for expanding addiction treatment into general medical settings.
Education
The Yale Program in Addiction Medicine provides clinical training in addiction medicine to medical students and advanced practice nursing and physician associate students, as well as residents in Internal Medicine (Traditional, Primary Care, and Medicine-Pediatrics), Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Emergency Medicine. Fellowship training is provided to physicians through a two-year American Board of Addiction Medicine-accredited Fellowship in Addiction Medicine, as well as a one-year Fellowship in Addiction Medicine for advanced-practice providers. Junior faculty support and training are provided through a NIDA-funded K12 career development award, with a focus on Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Obstetrics & Gynecology. Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds are held bimonthly, are open to the public, and cover a broad range of topics.
Core Educational Initiatives
Addiction Medicine Physician Fellowship Addiction Medicine APP Fellowship (SUSTAIN) The HRSA-funded Substance Use Skills Training to Advance INtegrated care (SUSTAIN) training program provides one Physician Assistant (PA) or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with a one-year postgraduate clinical fellowship in Addiction Medicine.Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds The Yale Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds (AMGR) are held virtually on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Presentations are open to the public and cover a range of topics relevant to Addiction Medicine including research, education, training, policy, and clinical care. As the field of Addiction Medicine continues to evolve, AMGR provide a venue for discussion and interaction among students, residents, fellows, as well as junior and senior faculty at Yale and beyond.
AMGR are CME accredited. Each session is assigned 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.
Collaborative Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine in Primary Care (CHAMP) Training Program The HRSA-funded Collaborative Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine in Primary Care (CHAMP) training program provides Yale Primary Care (YPC) residents, physician associate students, and faculty with enhanced training and professional development in behavioral health, addiction medicine, and provider wellness.Yale-University of Jordan (UJ) Joint Training Program in Addiction Medicine The Yale-UJ Joint Training Program in Addiction Medicine, with generous support from the US Embassy in Amman, aims to bilaterally share expertise and provide the opportunity of exchange between academic institutions for faculty, students, and other key stakeholders on the identification and treatment of substance use disorder while paying specific attention to cultural competency and interprofessional training.
External Collaborations
Drug use, Addiction and HIV Research Scholars (DAHRS) The Yale-Drug use, Addiction, and HIV Research Scholars program is a K12 sponsored fellowship that provides a comprehensive three-year, post-doctorate, interdisciplinary, mentored career development program. The aim of the program is to prepare investigators for careers focusing on improving medical outcomes for patients with, and at risk for drug abuse, addiction, and HIV, by integrating prevention and treatment in general medical settings including emergency departments and primary care, and HIV, adolescent, and women’s health clinics.
Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) The NIDA-funded Research in Addiction Medicine Scholars (RAMS) Program aims to develop skills in addiction medicine research among physicians from ABAM Foundation-accredited addiction medicine fellowship programs or addiction psychiatry fellowship programs across the United States. The RAMS Program is intended to make important contributions to the development of the next generation of addiction physician researchers in order to provide better care for patients with and at risk for addictive diseases.
Yale Internal Medicine HIV Training Track The mission of the Yale Internal Medicine HIV Training Track is to provide necessary knowledge, attitude, and skills to future physicians who have a special interest in HIV medicine and through this enhance the capacity of qualified physician-leaders to meaningfully care for people living with HIV/AIDS. The HIV Training Track is a three-year track and is available to residents in the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program.
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment in the Emergency Department We have developed behavioral and medication treatments for patients presenting to the Emergency Department who use tobacco and engage in unhealthy alcohol and drug use.