Addiction Medicine (P)
Specialty Description
Specialty Overview
Addiction medicine focuses on the provision of care for persons with unhealthy substance use, substance use disorders, and other addictive disorders (1).
Addiction medicine physicians work in diverse settings, including clinical medicine, public health, education, and research. Addiction medicine physicians treat patients across the lifespan who have different degrees of disease severity—from those at risk, to those with advanced and complicated disease, to those in recovery. An addiction medicine fellowship provides fellows with experience in the prevention, clinical evaluation, treatment, and long-term monitoring of SUDs.
The educational program emphasizes the management of medical, psychiatric, and social sequelae in the comprehensive care of these patients and is informed by a wide range of evidence-based interventions.
Data reflects averages reported for the 2024 academic year.
Addiction Medicine (P) Training
Graduate year 1 positions are not available immediately upon medical school completion.
Eligibility & Application Criteria
Types of Graduates
Resident Statistics
Average Number of Residents/Fellows
2.2
Resident Gender
Faculty Statistics
Faculty Distribution
Graduate Career Plans
In 2024, 171 residents or fellows completed training in Addiction Medicine (P). Program directors knew of the plans of 141 (82.5%). Please interpret the following accordingly.
Post Graduate Landing Spots in 2024
Data reflects averages reported for the 2024 academic year.
Data reflects averages reported for the 2024 academic year.