First Nationally Accredited Residency Programs For Addiction Medicine Started July 1, 2011, At 10 Sites

New Products & Services On July 1, 2011, the first group of medical residents started training in 10 newly accredited addiction medicine residencies around the country. The goal of the program is to establish addiction medicine as a medical specialty, alongside other specialties such as oncology or pediatrics. The American Board of Addiction Medicine is providing the new national accreditation. The group hopes to have the program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The additional accreditation would allow addiction residencies to qualify as a “primary” residency, which a doctor could enter immediately upon graduating from medical school . . .