Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director
This Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director position will lead a groundbreaking initiative to address the opioid overdose crisis in urban Milwaukee, WI. This role involves directing the Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program, which prioritizes the delivery of low-threshold Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) services at the Forest Home Health Center and inpatient care at Froedtert Hospital.
This position will spearhead workforce development to alleviate the shortage of clinicians equipped to treat opioid use disorders, with a specific focus on health equity, community partnerships, and sustainable medical education. This role will involve significant teaching, advising fellows, residents, and medical students, and participating in scholarly activities.
This dynamic fellowship has been designed by Addiction Medicine Faculty at the Medical College of Wisconsin and is looking for a dynamic leader focus on implentation. Fellows will provide outpatient care at the Forest Home Health Center, a Family Medicine Residency clinic focused on caring for an underserved urban latin-x community in Milwaukee. The Forest Home Health Center has integrated behavioral health support and case management for patients with comorbid psychiatric issues and substance use disorders. Fellows will have opportunities to provide continuity methadone management at an IOP and also provide residential treatment at an established residential recovery facility focused on caring for women. Fellows will provide inpatient care at 2 large academic health centers: Froedtert Hospital and the VA Zablocki Medical center. Fellows will have the opportunity to interact with trainees in the ER toxicology fellowship, Anesthesia Pain Medicine Fellowship, and Psychiatric consultation services at Froedtert. The fellowship program has grant funds to support additional Continuing Medical Education and development activities. The program even has a website ready to go: https://carefellowship.org/ - it really just needs a leader to excute the above!
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
1) Implement a fellowship curriculum that emphasizes low-threshold MOUD services, addiction care, mental health services, and primary care, particularly for vulnerable populations in Milwaukee’s most affected communities
2) Provide full scope addiction medicine care and primary care services to people who use drugs (PWUD) at the Forest Home Health Center, as well as supervise inpatient consultation services at Froedtert Hospital
3) Precept & mentor fellows, developing their clinical & behavioral health skills and scholarship in addiction medicine and fostering a compassionate, biopsychosocial approach to care
Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is a major academic medical center, a large, multispecialty practice, and the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area. MCW is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, scientists, pharmacists and health professionals; we discover and translate new knowledge in the biomedical and health sciences; we provide cutting-edge, collaborative, patient care of the highest quality; and we improve the health of the communities we serve. The Medical College of Wisconsin is one of only two Medical Schools in Wisconsin and in partnership with Froedtert Hospital and the Froedtert Health System and Medical College Physicians, with more than 1,250 physicians serve Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, located along the Lake Michigan shoreline, is one of America’s great cities, combining a dynamic urban community with a rich cultural heritage with access to parks, rivers, and other outdoor recreation. Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and the 23rd largest city in the United States. It is home to corporate headquarters for industry leaders including Northwestern Mutual, Johnson Controls, Manpower, Harley Davidson, and others. Milwaukee is a popular venue for sailing, windsurfing, kite-surfing, ethnic dining, and cultural festivals; the city is recognized for its museums, fine dining and hotels, professional sports, gardens and parks, and Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens. The population of the City of Milwaukee is approximately 600,000 and approximately 1.8 million people live in the greater Milwaukee area.
