The Addiction Medicine Residency Program trains individuals who have shown compassion and readiness to serve the indigent patients, education in available community services and resources, education in public policies, and improve understanding of health care disparities.
The residency program aligns with CDU’s mission of cultivating diverse health professional leaders who are dedicated to social justice and health equity for underserved populations through outstanding education, research, clinical service, and community engagement.
Program Goals
The goal of the addiction medicine program is to train culturally and clinically competent clinicians using the “CDU Advantage,” a curriculum based on five specific pillars – research, social justice, international exposure, experiential education, and health policy, dedicated to serve the primary care needs of the underserved and under-resourced communities. The overall educational goals for the fellowship program will be obtained through longitudinal continuity of care experiences and learning experiences, clinical core rotations, program specific rotations, elective rotations and scholarly activities. Upon completion of the fellowship, the graduates will develop competency in the following areas:
- Assessment and evaluation of substance use disorders across a variety of treatment settings.
- Withdrawal management in inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Medically managed addiction care in outpatient and residential treatment settings.
- Delivery of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral of Treatment.
- Provision of Addiction Medicine Consultative Care.
- Possession of the scientific, socioeconomic and behavioral knowledge to provide care in complex conditions.
- Develop meaningful, therapeutic relationships with patients, families and other health care professionals.
- Knowledge and application of appropriate addiction pharmacotherapy.
- Recognition and management of co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions.
- Understanding of laws regarding illicit substances, controlled substance prescribing, substance use disorder confidentiality and informed consent.
- Demonstration of effective interaction with a multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, social workers, nurses, counselors and peers in recovery.
Rotation Curriculum
Required Rotations
- Addiction Medicine Consults, 6 blocks
- Rehab, 4 blocks
- Research, 1 block
- Elective, 1 block
Longitudinal Rotations
- Continuity Clinic – two – ½ days weekly
- Intensive Outpatient Program – one – ½ days weekly
- Pain Clinic – two – ½ days weekly
Clinical Sites
- Primary site: Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, Long Beach
- West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
- Tarzana Medical Center
- UCLA
Application Information
- ERAS Application
- Medical/Osteopathic School Transcript
- Dean’s Letter
- Personal Statement
- Curriculum Vitae
- Three Letters of Recommendation: At least one letter must come from a faculty member licensed in the specialty. Their recommendation should comment directly on your clinical performance in the field. Letters from individual faculty members are preferred.
- USLME Step 1 and Step 2 Transcript (or COMLEX Level I & II)
- ECFMG Certification (if applicable)
Application Deadline: October 30
Applications are accepted only through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Interviews are conducted September through November.
Fellows
Victor Nnah, MD
School Attended: American University of Integrative Sciences School of Medicine
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