Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Thank you for your interest in the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The fellowship is a one year ACGME accredited program that will lead to board eligibility in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. At completion of the fellowship, the fellow will have expertise in the full continuum of care for patients with substance use disorders and behavioral addictions, including opioid use disorder. Candidates must have completed a residency in one of the following:  Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, or Psychiatry. Candidates must also have the ability to obtain a valid Arkansas medical license and federal DEA number.

The program faculty includes three board certified addiction medicine physicians and two board certified addiction psychiatrists.  Of the above physicians, one is also board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry and one is board certified in consultation-liaison psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Additionally, we have a psychiatrist with expertise in reproductive psychiatry. All five physicians are board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Additionally, one faculty member is double board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology. The fellowship is divided between two locations:  UAMS and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System.  The fellowship participates in the National Addiction Medicine Didactic Curriculum from the American College of Academic Addiction Medicine.