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American College of Academic Addiction Medicine

, Maryland, United States • 1 - 10 Employees
Education Management

The American College of Academic Addiction Medicine (ACAAM) began as the American Board of Addiction Medicine Foundation in 2007; was renamed The Addiction Medicine Foundation (TAMF) in 2015; and became ACAAM on January 1, 2019. The first decade of our activity was focused on establishing the nation's first accredited addiction medicine fellowships and bringing the specialty of addiction medicine into the "House of Medicine" by gaining membership in the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and recognition by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). TAMF also supported the American Board of Addiction Medicine in its work of setting standards, examining, and advancing a continuous certification program for over 4,000 physicians in the field of addiction medicine. In 2017, two landmark events brought our field into mainstream medicine and health care: the addiction medicine examination transitioned to the ABMS member board, the American Board of Preventive Medicine (now the sole entity examining and certifying addiction medicine physicians) and ACGME began the first accreditations of addiction medicine fellowships. By January, 2019 over 60 fellowships had been established. Additional fellowships are being accredited and a listing of the current programs can be found here. The minimal number of ACGME fellowships needed to meet the projected need for addiction medicine physicians is 125. ACAAM and its supporting organizations intend to meet or exceed this objective.