Addiction Medicine Fellowship

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Schedule Overview

The Virginia Tech-Carilion Addiction Medicine Fellowship will prepare physicians for clinical and academic careers in Addiction Medicine with a particular focus on developing and enhancing evidence-based addiction prevention and treatment services for all patients, including those vulnerable to health disparities because of limited proximity to care, poverty, race, culture, age, gender, disability, or stigma.

Through a combination of inpatient and outpatient care spanning diverse settings, fellows will receive training in the knowledge and skills to become expert clinicians and leaders in the field of Addiction Medicine.

The Addiction Medicine Fellowship curriculum is composed of thirteen four-week blocks. 

  • Eight of the 52 weeks will be spent at the Salem Veteran's Administration Medical Center (SVAMC) to learn to work with the stages of recovery and the medical problems that occur at different stages.
  • Eight of the 52 weeks will be spent at the Roanoke Treatment Center to learn methadone management and the logistics of an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) setting.
  • Four of the 52 weeks will be spent as an elective or research block.
  • The Fellow will have weekly continuity clinics and protected didactic time. 
Ambulatory RotationsFaculty & StaffSitesDuration
Addiction treatment in office-based addiction treatment programs (OBATs) and medication-assisted treatment programs (MATs)Dr. Akbar, Dr. Varma, Dr. Rukstalis, Dr. Wells
  • SVAMC
  • Rehab
  • OB Highland
  • Tanglewood
  • ION
  • Anderson Treatment
16 Weeks
Alcohol Use Disorder Focus ClinicTherapists
Women's SUD Group TherapyCare Coordinators
Emerald Program: Coordinated treatment and care for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders and their familiesPeer Support, Dr. Simcox, Dr. Ollendorff
Pain Management Outpatient ClinicDr. Lu, Dr. Vance
Adolescent Addiction Focus ClinicDr. Liebesny
Anderson Treatment Dr. Joshi
Virginia Harm Reduction CoalitionDr. Sweet, Danny Clawson
Inpatient RotationsFaculty & StaffSitesDuration
Consult Liaison ServiceDr. Rivelli, Dr. Ickes. Dr. Preud'Homme
  • Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
  • CRMH Emergency Department
16 weeks
5 W PathwaysCare Coordinators
CPEPPeer Support
Pain ManagementPain Management Team
The Grove on Patterson Residential Treatment (Recovery home for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders)Dr. Simcox, Dr. Bamford
The Twelve Residential TreatmentDr. Joshi
Additional RotationsFaculty & StaffSitesDuration
Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) 
Methadone Management
Brightview
Dr. Vallesteros
Dr. Bingham
Virginia Treatment Center8 weeks
Substance Use Disorders Domiciliary Treatment Program,  Buprenorphine Continuity Clinic, Mental Health Clinic, and Infectious Disease Consult ServiceDr. Paul Mcguire, Dr. Anjali Varma, Dr. Sachin Vasudeva, Dr. Shika VasudevaSalem Veterans Affairs Medical Center8 weeks + weekly continuity clinic
Scholarly Project and Research*Dr. Anita KablingerCarilion TanglewoodWeekly + 6 session introduction to research series, Grand Rounds
Elective**TBDTBD4 weeks

*Research, including quality improvement, is incorporated into all site/clinic rotations

**Fellows will have four (4) weeks of elective rotations. Electives will offer fellows an opportunity to deepen their experience in one of the areas of required training. With the help of the Program Director, fellows may create custom electives focused on their unique interests. some examples of possible electives include the following:

  • Clinical rotations in other types of community treatment programs
  • Harm reduction and community outreach
  • Obstetrics and gynecology caring for pregnant patients with addictions
  • Residential treatment programs
  • Scholarly projects/research
  • Developing and delivering addiction medicine education to other clinicians and trainees 

General Block Schedule Overview  

Block Schedule AY 2025-2026

  Fellow 1Fellow 2
BlockDatesServiceService
17/1-7/27VAMCAMB
27/28-8/24IPVAMC
38/25-9/21IPAMB
49/22-10/19AMBIP
510/20-11/16AMBIP
611/17-12/14OTPEL
712/15-1/11ELOTP
81/12-2/8AMBIP
92/9-3/8AMBIP
103/9-4/5IPAMB
114/6-5/3IPAMB
125/4-5/31VAMCOTP
136/1-6/30OTPVAMC

AMB: Ambulatory  
IP: Inpatient  
SVAMC: Salem VA Medical Center  
OTP: Virginia Treatment Center  
EL/R: Elective/Research 

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