Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Medical School: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Residency: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, OBGYN 

"As an OBGYN in a small community in East Tennessee, I encountered pregnant women and their families who struggled with opioid use disorders and lacked access to treatment. Through the X-waiver training program, I was able to incorporate treatment for these women in my OB practice and prescribe buprenorphine to provide medication treatment for their opioid use disorder. During the next few years, the need of incorporating family members into recovery treatment emerged and the decision was made to expand my practice into a community office based opioid treatment program to meet the needs of these patients’ partners and family members. This was such a rewarding experience and fueled a growing desire to gain more experiential knowledge of treating various substance use disorders, management of patients at different levels of care, and those with more complicated substance use disorders. Pursuing a fellowship in Addiction Medicine would provide the opportunity to acquire this knowledge from physicians skilled in treating substance use disorders, and from the patients receiving their care. 

Carilion Clinic’s Addiction Medicine fellowship provides an opportunity to learn from faculty from various specialties, in a multi-disciplinary approach, addressing the needs of patients and communities in the Appalachian region… an area so dear to my heart. Their Emerald Clinic, a perinatal substance use program was a definite interest to me, as was the opportunity to have a broad experience in the outpatient and inpatient setting. The knowledge I am gaining in this fellowship training will equip me to provide the best care possible to my patients, their families and communities."