Addiction Medicine Fellowship
AAMC# 15814286
NRMP# 2004404F0
The Institute for Family Health offers a one-year fellowship in addiction medicine. A need exists for qualified and well-trained addiction medicine specialist physicians who can provide specialized treatment for patients, and who can work across a variety of settings in primary care.
Our program is designed to create champions of Addiction Medicine in Primary Care.
Curriculum and Setting
- Primary care continuity clinic where Fellows will practice full scope family medicine. While patients suffering addiction will be a large part of the practice, immediate and extended family members will receive care as well. The fellow will be considered part of the provider team for their health center and participate in cross coverage of all the practice patients.
- Outpatient Addiction Consultation visits in a Community Health Center setting, as well as participation in our Addiction Medicine Consultation Hotline, where Fellows will provide advice to their clinical colleagues on Addiction Medicine cases.
- Public Health/Epidemiology activities directed by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH)
- Inpatient rotations in the Mount Sinai Health System, focusing on Dual Diagnosis, Detox and Rehabilitation, and Inpatient Addiction Consultations.
- Outpatient addiction treatment clinical rotations, including one month at Realization Center and one month in Methadone Outpatient Treatment programs.
- Harm Reduction Rotations with the AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC), providing pharmacological treatment (MAT) from their Syringe Exchange program.
- Weekly Addiction Medicine Didactics and additional educational activities (such as NYSAM and ASAM conference attendance).
- Ongoing Management of Hepatitis C infected patients until deemed independent by Infectious Disease Specialist.
Program Leadership
How to Apply
We are actively recruiting for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years.
For candidates applying to the 2022-2023 cycle, please download the application here. Please submit your completed application to placements@institute.org, along with your CV and three letters of recommendation.
For applicants applying to the 2023-2024 cycle, we will be participating in NRMP’s 2022 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match. Please apply through the ERAS website. We will not be accepting applications separately from the Match.
There will be an information session and opportunity to learn more about the Fellowship on September 8th, from 6:00pm – 8:00pm EST. Please reach out to us at mdansky@institute.org to RSVP.
For more information about our Addiction Medicine Fellowship, please contact the Program Coordinator, Mars Dansky, at mdansky@institute.org