"ACGME A ‘Game-Changer’ For Addiction Medicine"
This year marks the first time addiction medicine fellowship programs will operate under the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Nearly 50 fellowships were started under the Addiction Medicine Foundation, many of which are now in the first round of applicants for ACGME accreditation. But with the projected need for physicians who specialize in addiction medicine, 75-80 new fellowships will need to be developed for accreditation. “ACGME as it’s known, has been a real game-changer for addiction medicine. The opioid crisis – we all read the papers – it's in every news article. The light is shining very brightly on addiction medicine, and one of the things we've seen is that America's medical schools are waking up to this problem. Not only are the medical students demanding education, but they're getting more and more interested in potentially training in the field, so the schools and the academic medical centers are very interested in creating addiction medicine fellowship programs,” said Timothy Brennan, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and director of the fellowship in addiction medicine program at Mount Sinai West.
- Timothy Brennan, MD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Fellowship in Addiction Medicine Program, Addiction Institute, Mount Sinai West