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. Eric Nestler, Department Chairman, and Dr. Bryon Adinoff, Distinguished Professor of Addictions Research, are 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 $51,812 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:

Shaniquwa Patrick
Education Coordinator
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas TX 75390-9080
shaniquwa.patrick@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 PSYCHIATRY FELLOWSHIP DIDACTIC SCHEDULE JANUARY – JUNE 2008

January 8: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

January 8: 2:30- 4pm Journal Article “Urine Drug Testing in Clinical Practice” with Dr Wakhlu

January 15: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

January 15: 2:30-4pm ASAM Book Chapter “The Role of the Medical Review Officer” (Section 9, Chapter1) with Dr Wakhlu

January 22 3:30-5pm Psychodynamic Theories of Addiction with Dr Gromov

January 29: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

January 29: 2:30-4pm ASAM Book Chapter “Enhancing Motivation to Change” (Section7, Chapter 1) with Dr Talmadge

February 5: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff February 5: 2:30-4pm

Psychotherapeutic Management of Co-Occurring Disorders & Relapse Prevention Strategies, Discussion with Dr Dohoney

 February 12: 2:30-4pm Treatment of Impaired Professionals with Dr Montgomery (Santé Center)

February 19: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

February 19: 2:30-4pm

ASAM Book Chapter Co-occurring Addictive and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Section11, Chapter 5) with Dr Talmadge

February 26: Visit to Bonham VA Facilities to meet with Dr Bain and staff

March 4: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

March 4: 3:30-5pm Screening Instruments in Addictive Disorders with Dr Gromov

March 11: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

March 11: 2:30-4pm ASAM Book Chapter “The Family in Addiction” (Section 3, Chapter 7) with Dr Talmadge

March 18: No Didactics, Dr Cather on AL

March 25: 2:30-4pm Journal Article “Bacterial Infections in Drug Users” with Dr Best

April 1: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

April 1: 2:30-4pm Journal Article “Drug Abuse Treatment as AIDS Prevention” with Dr Wakhlu

April 8: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

April 8: 2:30-4pm ASAM Book Chapter “Special Issues in Treatment: Women” (Section 4, Chapter 13) with Dr Wakhlu

April 15: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinof

April 15: 2:30-4pm ASAM Book Chapter “Perinatal Addiction” (Section 10, Chapter 13) with

Dr Wakhlu

April 22: 2-4pm ASAM Book Chapter “Alcohol and Other Drug Use During Pregnancy: Effects on the Developing Fetus, Neonate and Infant” (Section 10, Chapter 14) with Dr Wakhlu

April 29: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

April 29: 2:30-4pm Co-Occurring Addictive and Personality Disorders, Discussion with Dr Dohoney

May 6: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

May 6: 2:30-4pm ASAM Book Chapter “The Pharmacology of Serotonergic Hallucinogens and Designer Drugs” (Section 2, Chapter 9) with Dr Rafferty

May 13: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

May 13: 2:30-4pm ASAM Book Chapter “Community Reinforcement and Contingency Management” (Section7, Chapter 4) with Dr Talmadge

May 20: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

May 20: ASAM Book Chapter “Sleep Disorders Related to Alcohol and Other Drug Use” (Section 10, Chapter 9) with Dr Wakhlu

May 27: 2:30-4pm Addiction in the Elderly, Discussion with Dr Ibrahim

June 3: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

June 3: 2:30-4pm Pharmacological Management of Co-Occurring Disorders, Discussion with Dr Ibrahim

June 10: 1-2pm Journal Club with Dr Adinoff

June 10: 2:30-4pm ASAM Book Chapter “Network Therapy” (Section7, Chapter 6) with Dr Rafferty