Addiction Medicine Fellowship

This fellowship, in collaboration with the William S. Middleton Veterans Hospital, provides clinical experience and instruction in the management of substance use disorders. Successful completion allows the trainee to sit for examination to attain Board Certification in Addiction Medicine.

The Addiction Medicine Fellowship, created in 2010, is one of the first programs in the country that provides training to family physicians with an interest in becoming Board Certified in the newly recognized specialty of Addiction Medicine. Our program was selected as a National Model Program by the American Board of Addiction Medicine.

Trainees will gain expertise in:

• Management of acute withdrawal syndromes
• Medication-assisted treatment of substance use disorders, including
  • Naltrexone, acamprosate, and disulfiram for alcohol dependence
  • Buprenorphine and methadone for opioid dependence
  • Injectable naltrexone for opioid dependence and for alcohol dependence
• Medical management of substance use disorders and their complications
• Chronic pain and addiction
• Relapse prevention

Clinical experiences will include:

• Continuity practice at the Middleton VA's Primary Care/Alcohol Disorders Clinic
• Rotations at the multi-disciplinary VA Addictive Disorders Treatment Program
• Hospital consultation on patients in acute withdrawal at the University of Wisconsin Hospital
• Outpatient Addiction Consultation clinic 1/2 day per week at Access/Wingra Community Health Center (a Federally Qualified Health Center)
• Rotations at the NewStart Addiction Consult Service at Meriter Hospital
• Rotations at the Herrington Recovery Center, residential treatment facility
• Rotations at Madison Health Services Methadone Treatment Facility

Fellows will be supervised by a variety of nationally and internationally recognized faculty with certification and expertise in Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Substance Abuse Counseling, Social Work, Pain Management, and Medication-Assisted Treatment.

Salaries of fellows selected from among current Department of Family Medicine faculty would be subject to negotiation with Department leadership. Fellows starting the fellowship immediately after residency would begin at a fourth-year resident salary as set by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, with comparable benefits.