Program Director: Sidarth Wakhlu, M.B.B.S.

The Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center, inaugurated in July 2000, features both enriching educational experiences as well as the opportunity to become certified as an addiction psychiatrist. The problems of substance abuse, chemical dependency, and alcoholism constitute the number one public health problem confronting us in the new century. No specialty will be in greater demand than addiction psychiatry.

Fully accredited by ACGME, sponsored by one of the great medical centers of the era, and centered in a department recognized internationally in the addictions, the UT Southwestern Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship affords PGY-5's abundant opportunities to learn, practice, and develop as a researcher if so desired.  Service rotations include inpatient, outpatient, day treatment, and community psychiatry.  Experiences include adult, adolescent, and family approaches to treatment. Didactic seminars and close 1:1 supervision with key faculty are important features of the program.  Those interested in research careers in Addiction Psychiatry have access to a two year research fellowship that includes work with outstanding basic scientists focused on addictions and well established clinical researchers.

Dr. Bryon Adinoff, Distinguished Professor of Addictions Research, is internationally known in the addiction field. Contact between fellows and other distinguished faculty is abundantly available, including internal medicine, family practice, forensic and adolescent psychiatry, and other specialties.

With an abundance of clinical opportunities available in the Dallas Metroplex, the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship has wider horizons each year. Examples of the special experiences available include a rotation in a nationally recognized community psychiatry program designed for dual diagnosis patients; a rotation with one of the most effective methadone programs in the Southwest; experiences with psychiatrists and staff managing follow-up for prestigious programs like Betty Ford and Hazelden; specialized experience in consulting on addicted patients with non-psychiatric physicians, a program that specializes in addiction treatment for women including adolescents and pregnant patients, and side-by-side work with Drs. Adinoff, Talmadge and Wakhlu at the VA Medical Center, which offers veterans up to a year of treatment across the entire continuum of care.

The present stipend is $53,884 per year. There are three weeks of paid vacation.

Admission Criteria:

Fellowship candidates must have satisfactorily completed an ACGME accredited psychiatry residency prior to entering the program. We accept three PGY-5 residents each year on a competitive basis. Eligibility for Texas medical licensure is a prerequisite for all candidates.

Our fellowship application can be found at this link: Addiction Fellowship Application

Items to be included in your application packet:

Application
Photo
CV
Personal Statement
Official medical school transcript
Copy of Medical School Diploma
Copy of Residency Training Program Diploma
Copies of USMLE Step I, II, III Score Reports
ECFMG Certificate
Visa
3 Letters of Recommendation

All Items in the application packet should be sent to:

Lucy Dodd
Education Coordinator
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas TX 75390-9080
Lucy.Dodd@utsouthwestern.edu

Addiction Psychiatry Faculty

Bryon Adinoff, M.D.
Distinguished Professor in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Sidarth Wakhlu, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor, Director, Addiction Psychiatry Training Program
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

John M. Talmadge, M.D.
Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Susan Best, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Staff Physician
VA Medical Center of Dallas

Celia Jenkins, M.D.
Associate Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Department of Psychiatry

Carlos Tirado, M.D.
Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Department of Psychiatry

Michael Rafferty, M.D.
Staff Physician
Assistant Professor
VA Medical Center of Dallas

Leslie Secrest, M.D.
Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and Presbyterian Hospital
Department of Psychiatry

Addiction Fellowship Didactic Schedule

From: July 2009 – June 2010

We are using the APA Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment (Galanter/Kleber) for the didactics.