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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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    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

    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)

    • honor

      Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award (Nominee)

    • honor

      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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