ABAM Fellowship Offers Addiction Training for New Doctors
In 2017, Rushford continued its participation in the pioneering Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program.
During the one-year fellowship, certified by the American Board of Addiction Medicine, physicians train across a broad array of clinical settings at Rushford’s five Connecticut campuses and other institutions within the Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network, including The Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital.
Fellows gain exposure to traditional addiction specialty and related inpatient and outpatient programs, including detoxification, dual diagnosis, acute intoxication and withdrawal syndromes, medication-assisted treatment for opiate and alcohol use disorders, and collaborate with various clinicians in team case conferences.
J. Craig Allen, MD, Rushford Medical Officer; Vincent McClain, MD, Associate Medical Director for Residential Addiction Services and Assistant Program Director for the Addiction Medicine Fellowship; and Samuel Silverman, MD, Medical Director of Addiction Services and the Program Director for the Addiction Medicine Fellowship.
Upon completion, participants receive a diploma in completion of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship, and are eligible to sit for the American Board of Addiction Medicine certification.
Rushford’s Addiction Medicine Fellows:
Brian Murray, MD: July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015
Mohammed Ahmer Siddiqui, MD; Christopher Reveley, MD: July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016
Isteaq Ahmed, MD: July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017
Kira Bleecher, MD: August 1, 2017-expected to complete fellowship in 2018
Dr. Daanish Shaikh, MD July 1, 2016- June 30, 2017