Addiction Medicine Fellowship

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Teaching Sites

What distinguishes Carilion Clinic from many health systems is its vast geographic reach and longstanding focus on community health, its seven hospitals and dozens of clinics in the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley extending throughout southwest Virginia from the border of West Virginia to the North Carolina state line, reaching communities on the front lines of the opioid epidemic.  

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

Most of the fellows' training will take place at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, a large, not-for-profit tertiary/quaternary hospital system affiliated with Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. 

Salem Veteran's Administration Medical Center

Fellows will participate in the Domiciliary Care Program (DOM) at the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Roanoke Comprehensive Treatment Center

Fellows will gain experience in prescribing methadone at the Roanoke Comprehensive Treatment Center.

Carilion Clinic Interdisciplinary Office-Based Addiction Treatment Program (OBAT)

Fellows will gain experience treating all addictions and will work with physicians, ACPs, care navigators, therapists, peer support specialists, and clinical pharmacists. 

Carilion Clinic Emerald Program: Interdisciplinary Clinic for Pregnant and Parenting Women with Substance Use Disorders 

Carilion Women's Emerald Program focuses on helping women through pregnancy and the fourth trimester. The fellow will help provide

  • Collaborative interdisciplinary care with obstetricians, addiction medicine providers, perinatal psychiatrists, clinical pharmacy, therapists, care navigators, and peer support specialists
  • Medications for addiction treatment during pregnancy and lactation
  • On-site behavioral health management including group, individual and family therapy
  • Individualized care coordination services
  • Opportunities for learning about parenting preparedness, healthy relationship-building, stress management, effective communication and overall health and wellness in a pregnant and parenting patients
Brightview Opioid Treatment Program

Fellows will gain experience in prescribing methadone at Brightview. For more information, visit the Brightview website.

The Grove on Patterson

Fellows will be able to help educate residents and observe group therapy at this residential facility for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders. For more information, visit The Grove on Patterson website

Anderson Treatment

Fellows will be able to work in a community OBAT and see patients in residential facilities. For more information, visit the Anderson Treatment website

Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition Mobile Unit and Wound Care Clinic

Fellows at the Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition gain hands-on experience in community-based harm reduction strategies, including syringe services, overdose prevention, and outreach to people who use drugs. This clinical site emphasizes low-barrier, compassionate care and offers exposure to real-world public health interventions addressing substance use and related health disparities. For more information, visit the website

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