Mountain Area Health Education Center Fellowship – Program Overview

MAHEC is the knowledge hub for addiction medicine and technical assistance in Western North Carolina and a national leader in medical education and clinical practice for the treatment of opioid use disorder in primary care settings.

Our faculty has created a strong and supportive curriculum to ensure physicians are comfortable and knowledgeable in treating substance use disorders in primary care settings. Our fellowship provides a unique opportunity to practice team-based care across a variety of settings and populations.

The goal of our fellowship is to train physicians to provide addiction treatment services in rural and medically underserved communities in Western North Carolina where these services are needed most, and overdose rates are higher than state and national averages and rising.

Fellows will train at inpatient and outpatient sites that provide treatment and recovery services for vulnerable populations. Interdisciplinary training includes medical detoxification, pharmacotherapy, motivational interviewing, psychosocial approaches, harm reduction, 12-step facilitation, working with peer support specialists, and providing consultative services.

Upon successful completion of our program, fellows will be well prepared to apply for board certification and practice in addiction medicine.

For more information about this fellowship, visit:https://mahec.net/addictmed-fellowship 

Mountain Area Health Education Center Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship – Program Overview

As the only addiction psychiatry fellowship in the state of North Carolina, we are committed to training clinical psychiatrists in becoming proficient in preventing, recognizing, and treating addictive disorders. In particular, we strive to provide graduates with a strong background in both knowledge and experience in treating patients with comorbid mental health and addictive disease.

We strive to provide fellows with a high level of didactic training along with supervision of their patient care by experts in this field of addiction psychiatry and medicine. These ongoing efforts will remain in place to graduate well-trained leaders in the field of addiction psychiatry with a firm foundation in the current evidence of care delivered both equitably and with compassion for those suffering from the disease of addiction.

Our fellowship, located in beautiful Asheville, NC, will give the fellow an opportunity to work with nationally recognized faculty in addiction psychiatry and medicine. There is an emphasis on working with a diverse rural population. The fellow will have the opportunity to rotate through residential, inpatient, and outpatient settings. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual that is looking for an intensive, individualized, hands-on program with a strong series of didactic offerings. There will also be opportunities to participate in a clinical research project.

We invite you to explore our program, contact us with any questions, and submit your application for consideration.

For more information about this fellowship, visit: https://mahec.net/psychiatry-addict-fellowship

Wake Forest University Addiction Medicine Fellowship – Program Overview

Wake Forest Addiction Medicine Fellow is a two-year multisite, multidisciplinary program to provide a diverse, thorough and rigorous educational experience so our physician fellows become leaders in clinical addiction services and research. Wake Forest University School of Medicine has two longstanding (approximately 25 continuous years) clinician-scientist training grants (T32) that support graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the pursuit of substance use and addiction research.

Addiction Medicine fellows will join Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialists (PhD and MS), professional counselors, Certified Peer Support Specialists and Wake Forest University Addiction Research and Clinical Health graduate students (WF ARCH) as key members of the Wake Forest Treatment Research Addiction Integrated Network. Fellows will have a rich, in-depth exposure to clinical, didactic and research training in Addiction Medicine and will work on interdisciplinary teams in residential, outpatient and hospital inpatient settings (Burn ICU, Level I Trauma Center and medical units) to provide efficient, effective, individualized guideline-based care. As new fellows, they will help build, implement, lead and teach evidence-based treatment strategies in our health system and the communities we serve. Our fellows will interact with a diverse number of interprofessional teams dedicated to preventing, evaluating, treating and monitoring persons with substance use disorders and/or co-morbid psychiatric/medical/surgical problems. Moreover, researchers in the NIH-funded basic, preclinical and population/public health science programs welcome clinician participation in their courses and will work with fellowship faculty to develop new courses for both audiences (e.g., Translational Addiction Journal Club). Fellows will have three mentors; one clinician, one MD or PhD researcher and one senior health system leader. They will conduct at least one quality-improvement project and submit one or more manuscripts for publication.

For more information about this fellowship, visit: https://school.wakehealth.edu/education-and-training/residencies-and-fellowships/addiction-medicine-fellowship

University of North Carolina Addiction Medicine Fellowship – Program Overview

The UNC Addiction Medicine Fellowship is a unique, 12-month program that crosses many disciplines with the goal of training the next generation of Addiction Medicine Specialists. The program accepts fellows from any ACGME accredited specialty, and we are strongly committed to providing an integrated training experience, treating addiction in a multitude of settings. Our faculty are leaders in their fields, with a creative spirit that allows innovation in the field of Addiction Medicine, creating a supportive environment while also expanding capacity for addiction treatment in North Carolina.

The fellows work in a variety of teams, learning firsthand how addiction interfaces with other specialties and professions. The learning environment varies from direct didactic training, case-based learning, in addition to direct patient care.

The UNC Addiction Medicine Fellowship began in July 2018 and received ACGME accreditation in April 2019. The program provides full financial support for up to 8 Addiction Medicine Fellows annually.

For more information about this fellowship, visit: https://www.med.unc.edu/psych/education/fellowships/addiction-medicine-fellowship/