ID: 4040540017
Kern Medical Center Program
Bakersfield, CA
Data Last updated: 10/23/2025
Overview
Program & Work Schedule
Overview
Overview
Kern Medical's Primary Care Based Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program's goal is to train physicians to evaluate, manage, and treat patients struggling with addiction. The fellow functions in diverse settings- inpatient, outpatient, jail health, opioid treatment program, shelter medicine and street medicine, serving a high-need population. Exposure to a wide variety of addictions and use disorders; from alcohol, substances to behavioral. All ages ranges, including adolescents.
| Program best described as | Community-based university affiliated | ||
Primary Teaching Site | Kern Medical Center | ||
| Accredited length of training | 1 | ||
| Required length | 1 | ||
| Accepting applications for training that begins in 2026-2027 | |||
| Will be accepting applications for training that begins in 2027-2028 | |||
| Program start dates | July 1 | ||
| Participates in ERAS® | |||
| Affiliated with U.S. government | |||
| Web Address | https://www.kernmedical.com/academics/residency-fellowship-programs/addiction-medicine/ | Web Address https://www.kernmedical.com/academics/residency-fellowship-programs/addiction-medicine/ | |
| Video | Not Available | Video Not Available | |
Program Director: Sarah Gracie Gonzalez
Kern Medical Center
IM Dept, Addiction Medicine Division
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306-4018
Tel: (661) 326-2200
Fax:
E-mail: [email protected]
Kern Medical Center
IM Dept, Addiction Medicine Division
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306-4018
Tel: (661) 326-2200
Fax:
E-mail: [email protected]
Person to contact for more information about the program: Jose Caballero
Kern Med Center
IM Department
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306-4018
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail: [email protected]
Kern Med Center
IM Department
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306-4018
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail: [email protected]
Survey Received: 7/9/2025
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Location
Kern Medical Center
IM Dept, Addiction Medicine Division
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306-4018
Sponsor
Kern Medical Center
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93305
Participant(s)
Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
3300 Truxtun Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Aegis Treatment Centers-Bakersfield 21st St
1018 21st St
Bakersfield, CA 93301