UNMC’s addiction medicine fellowship gained full accreditation in February from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
The fellowship is a partnership between the departments of family medicine, whose residency sponsors the fellowship, and psychiatry, whose department supplies faculty and clinical rotations.
The fellowship started in 2019, and the third fellow in the program will begin in July. The fellowship is a one-year training for physicians who have completed an ACGME-approved residency.
The accreditation will allow fellows who are trained in the program to become board certified in addiction medicine.
The program focuses on prevention, evaluation, management and continuing care for patients of all ages with substance use disorders, or hazardous or risky use of substances, said Kenneth Zoucha, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry and program director of the fellowship.
It will train fellows to treat all substance use disorders and addictive behavior disorders from childhood to the geriatric population, Dr. Zoucha said.
Fellows can come from all residency specialties, with most fellows being trained in family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry, emergency medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics and preventive medicine.
Dr. Zoucha thanked other community partners without which the fellowship would not be possible.
This is a tremendous accomplishment in an area that needs our full support. Congrats Dr. Zoucha!
Congratulations, Dr. Zoucha and your team who helped bring this fellowship forward! This is awesome!
Congratulations to Dr. Zoucha and the Addiction Medicine Fellowship! This is a great accomplishment!
This is awesome news – another great resource to help people with addictions. Congrats to all!
Congratulations Dr Zoucha!!!
Congratulations Dr. Zoucha
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Dr. Zoucha is one of the best!
Congratulations Dr Zoucha on a job well done. Keep up the good work.
This is fantastic and so much needed! Congrats and well deserved Dr. Zoucha and team!