Addiction Medicine
The Eisenhower Health/Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Addiction Medicine Fellowship is an ACGME-accredited, one-year program offering a rich and diverse learning experience. The program involves varied clinical rotations and incorporates practical clinical experiences, empowering physicians to effectively address all aspects of addiction medicine. The program will ensure a comprehensive, wide range, research-focused training with elective rotations concentrated on complex cases such as addiction in the elderly, HIV and addiction and pain management curriculum.
Participating sites:
Inpatient Acute Care/Emergency Treatment/Outpatient services
Inpatient Services/Day Treatment/Intensive Outpatient services
Medication-Assisted Treatment – Methadone Clinic
HIV and Addiction Elective
About the Program
The Addiction Medicine Fellowship is a one-year program that offers a rich and diverse learning experience focused on patient care. It uses clinical rotations and practical clinical experiences to create empowered positions who can effectively address all aspects of addiction medicine. These include:
- Assessing patients from admission through post discharge care and relapse prevention.
- Administering withdrawal management protocols in all substances of abuse.
- Completing addiction-focused patient histories and physical exams.
- Determining pathophysiology, medical treatment and relapse indicators.
- Developing proficiency in medical management, interview skills, patient education and oral presentations.
- Acquiring expert knowledge of the disease of addiction, family codependency dynamics, diagnostic criteria , trauma informed care, neuroscience, and psychopharmacology.
- Playing a critical role as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team.
Your rotations will also include several specialized treatment programs at the Betty Ford Center:
- Day Treatment and Intensive Outpatient Treatment
- Teens and Young Adults Addiction Treatment
- Family Program
- Professionals Program
- Medication-Assisted Treatment for Addiction, such as Methadone, Buprenorphine and XR Naltrexone
- Residential Treatment Program
- Addiction among special populations i.e. older adults, pregnant women and LGBTQIA+ communities
Dulce Maria S Oandasan, MD
Khashayar Nemovi, MD
Helen Li Mitchell, MD
Tyler Mitchell, MD
Elika Shahkamrani, MD
Maryam Shahamfar, MD
Marrey Ruby Quizon, MD
Sina Mirbagheri, MD
Saniya Malik, MD
Shaheen Lashani, MD
Arya Khoshniyati, MD
Robert Cacdac, MD
Catherine Goff, MD
Paige Dubin, MD
Dona Therese El-Khoury, MD
Raphi Hambartzhumian, MD
Arsia Jamali, MD
Caleb Bonds, MD
John Amerhom, MD
Mohammed Alani, MD
Roux Abubakar, MD
Bashar Oudah, MD
Ramanpreet Brar, MD
Rajdeep S. Brar, MD
Melissa Burman, MD
Dave Patel, MD
Xolani P. Mdluli, MD
Aarash Habibi, MD
Solomon Sebt, MD
Jonatan Rojas, MD
Iman Rasheed, MD
Arek Touloumdjian, MD
Dillonjit Singh, MD
Arta Shirkhodai, MD
Enrique Seamanduras-Navarro, MD
Nasrin Saleh Jouneghani, MD
Carlos Ramirez, MD
Bahar Parsa, MD
Junko Ohara, MD
Nami Moradi, MD
Michael Manious, MD
Jaspreet Kaur, MD
Naila Javaid, MD
Justin Ireifej, MD
Youssef Ghobrial, MD
Joline De Castro, MD
Maryam Barangi, MD
Kathreen Al Ramo, MD
Betul Bayraktutar, MD
Camellia Shoapour, MD
Amylie Rojas, MD
Daniel Lee, MD
Mary Krendel, MD
Gregory (Reid) Lancaster, DO
Neel Kotrappa, MD
Amir Jourabchi, DO
Tania Choudhary
Paris Christodoulides, MD
Pallavi Bhat, MD
Iris Baccam, MD
Nancy Armanious
Anas Aljammal, MD
Massoud G. Dezfuli, DO
K. D. Thrasher, DO
Mary Jo Groves, MD
Kulwinder K. Fayssoux, MD
Marcel Fraix, DO
Scott E. Nass, MD
Patrick St. Pierre, MD
Eduardo P. Javier, MD
Matthew V. Diltz, MD
Xingzi Shangguan, MD
Stephen R. Steele, DO
Justin M. Thomas, MD
Anil Perumbeti, MD
Joan K. Dabu, MD
Shahriyar Tavakoli, MD
Raul Mercado Garcia, MD
Henry Tung-Yun Tsai, MD
Ann Stapleton, MD
Joseph Max Sanchez, MD
Kam A Newman, MD
Keyan Matinpour, MD
Russell J. Grant, MD
Massoud G. Dezfuli, DO
Maritza D. De la Pena, MD
Rodolfo R. Batarse, MD
Robert B. Waterbor, MD
Andrew Michael Rubin, MD
Adewale B Ajumobi, MD
Samir P Macwan, MD
Camellia Kani, MD
Seymour Mehr Young, MD
Elisa M. Lindley, MD
Steve March, MD
Puri Lorena Arellano Pascual, MD
Charles Ukpong, MD
Anil Perumbeti, MD
Hamidreza Khessali, MD
Naeem Nidal Abu-Shehab, MD
Wendy Ellisse White, MD