The Medical College of Georgia fellowship is a 1-year full-time position offering robust clinical and research training in the evaluation and treatment of addictive diseases. Training locations for our program include academic, community non-profit, VA, and correctional treatment settings. This private/public partnership allows fellows to train in major tertiary teaching hospitals, academic departments and community-based treatment settings. Fellows learn how to evaluate the clinical evidence and incorporate research based innovations in everyday addiction treatment. While in training, fellows will have the opportunity to:

1. Rotate at several MCG-affiliated training sites offering training at all levels of care. Inpatient hospital, outpatient detoxification, Emergency Department, forensic evaluations, consults, medically assisted and abstinence based treatment. Experts in Addiction Medicine mentor the Fellow in directing and administering treatment in residential, outpatient, and intensive outpatient settings.
2. Take part in a robust Addiction Medicine didactic curriculum led by nationally recognized leaders in Addiction Medicine, apprentice, and receive one-on-one supervision in the bio-psycho-social treatment of patients with addiction
3. MCG 's Chief of Addiction Medicine has worked for decades training Fellows for work in academia, treatment, clinical and educational research. Several ongoing GME, CME, and research opportunities will be available for trainees, including work on pain and addiction, clinical trials, medically assisted therapies, and the evaluation, treatment and outcome of impaired physicians and other professionals.

Qualifications:

Board eligibility in another medical specialty.