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Physician (MD, DO) Fellowship Program

Our educational purpose is to train fellows in the fundamentals of addiction medicine including (1) the elements of specific treatments for substance use disorders (SUDs) and (2) assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders in the presence of comorbid SUDs and (3) assessment, treatment, referral of medical complications of Addiction and Addiction related disorders.

  • Fellows will learn how to assess and diagnose substance use disorders (SUDs).
  • Fellows will learn the basics of inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment modalities and services, focusing on the continuum of care for SUDs, including utilization of community services.
  • Fellows will learn principles of diagnosis of addiction-related medical, surgical, and psychiatric disorders with emphasis on evidence-based pharmacologic interventions.
  • Fellows will learn various psychosocial modalities of treatment (CBT, MI, psychodynamic psychotherapy, etc).
  • At the end of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship, the fellow will be able to function independently as an Addiction Provider, able to treat Addiction related conditions including those with co-occurring psychiatric and medical disorders.

Curriculum

Fellows participate in scholarly activities involving Journal Club, Case Conferences, Didactics, and Research/ QI projects. We encourage fellows to complete research and/or QI project during their training, under the mentorship of our faculty.

  • Addiction Prevention Services: Crouse Health/ACR/Prevention Network
  • Outpatient Addiction Treatment Services Rotation: Crouse Health
  • Outpatient Co-occurring Disorder Program Rotation: Crouse Health
  • Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program: Crouse Health
  • Buprenorphine Maintenance Program: Crouse Health
  • Inpatient Addiction and Toxicology Consultation Services Rotation: SUNY Upstate/Crouse Health
  • Commonwealth Rehabilitation Program Rotation: Crouse Health
  • Emergency Department Suboxone Bridge Clinic Rotation/ Emergency Medicine: SUNY Upstate
  • Inpatient Detoxification Program: Helio Health
  • Pain Management/ Palliative Services: Crouse Health
  • Addiction Didactics/ Case Conferences/ Journal Club/Supervision

How To Apply

Applicants must be a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) who is board certified or board eligible based on completion of ACGME residency training in any of the medical specialties.

Please contact Meghan Pomeroy with any questions about the program or for an off-season application.


Physician Fellowship Program Faculty

Tolani Ajagbe, MBBS

Tolani Ajagbe

MBBS
Program Director
Associate Professor
Zsuzsa Szombathyne Meszaros, MD, PhD

Zsuzsa Meszaros

MD, PhD
Research Director
Professor
Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson

MD
Director of Educational Programs
Addiction Psychiatrist, Liberty Resources Substance Abuse Program
Addiction Psychiatrist, Crouse Health Addiction Consult Services
Ross Sullivan, MD

Ross Sullivan

MD, FASAM
Site Director, SUNY Upstate Addiction Consult Services and Helio Inpatient Rehabilitation Center
Assistant Professor
Abinahav Sharma

Abinahav Sharma

MD
Site Director, Addiction Consult Services at Crouse Health
Amanda Ray

Amanda Ray

DO
Site Director, Commonwealth Place Inpatient Rehabilitation Program and Outpatient Medical Services at Crouse Health
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