ACAAM Calendar of Events

Note: All events and presentations are subject to change.

Registration & Eligibility:
Live National Addiction Medicine Didactic Curriculum sessions are available exclusively to active ACAAM members. Registration is required for each session. 

Recurring Events

  • National Addiction Medicine Didactic Sessions: Wednesdays, 1–3 pm CT. Available exclusively to active ACAAM members. Registration is required for each session. Topics subject to change.
  • Networking Events:
    • Program Directors & Associate Program Directors: 2–3 pm CT
    • Program Administrators: 2–3 pm CT 

July 2026

DateEventDetails
8 Didactic Session Hour 1: Epidemiology of Substance Use Disorders; Hour 2: Alcohol - The Most Destructive Drug in America
15 Didactic Session Stigma and Discrimination in Addiction
22 Didactic Session Toxicology: Drug Testing in Addiction Medicine
29 Didactic Session Alcohol: Board Review
30 Networking Program Director & Associate/Assistant Program Director Virtual Convening – Limited to ACAAM Member Addiction Medicine Program Directors and Associate/Assistant Program Directors

August 2026

DateEventDetails
5 Didactic Session Working Together to Reduce Harm and Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances
6 Networking ACAAM Member Program Administrator/Coordinator Virtual Convening
12 Didactic Session Professionalism in Addiction: Ethics, Legal Issues, and Advocacy
19 Didactic Session Neurobiology of Addiction
26 Match NRMP Match Registration Opens
26 Didactic Session Pregnancy and Women's SUD: Focus on OUD Treatment Strategies

September 2026

DateEventDetails
2 Didactic Session Sedatives-Hypnotics: Board Review
8 Member Event Call for Award Nominations Opens
9 Didactic Session Hour 1: Gambling Disorder - Screening, Diagnosis, and Management; Hour 2: Street Medicine
16 Didactic Session Perioperative Care of Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
23 Didactic Session Opioid Use Disorder: Board Review
30 Match Match Rank List Opens
30 Didactic Session Vaping and Tobacco Use: Background, Epidemiology, Regulatory Issues, Safety

October 2026

DateEventDetails
7 Didactic Session Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
8 Member Event Call for Award Nominations Closes
14 Didactic Session Novel Psychoactive Substances
21 Didactic Session Screening and Brief Intervention for Substance Use
28 Match Match Quota Change Deadline (programs only)
28 Didactic Session Cannabis Use Disorder, Cannabis-Related Disorders, and Board Review

November 2026

DateEventDetails
3 Networking Program Director & Associate Program Director Virtual Convening
4 Didactic Session Call for Award Nominations Closes
11 Didactic Session No Lecture This Week
12-14 Networking AMERSA Annual Conference, ACAAM Member Meet-up (TBA), Washington, DC
18 Match Match Rank List Deadline
18 Faculty Development Hour 1: CCC Operations in Addiction Medicine Fellowships: Making Defensible Decisions and Closing the Feedback Loop; Hour 2: Professionalism in Addiction Medicine: Boundary Setting and Teaching Professional Conduct in ACGME Fellowships
25 Didactic Session Thanksgiving Holiday Break – No Lecture This Week

December 2026

DateEventDetails
2 Match Match Day
2 Didactic Session Medical Approaches to Care of Patients with SUD
9 Didactic Session Addiction Across the Lifespan 2: Geriatric Populations (tentative)
16 Didactic Session Neurodiversity and Addiction
23 Didactic Session Winter Break - No Lecture This Week
30 Didactic Session Winter Break - No Lecture This Week

January 2027

DateEventDetails
6 Didactic Session History of Addiction Medicine
13 Networking Program Director & Associate Program Director Virtual Convening / No Didactic Lecture This Week
20 Didactic Session Addiction Across the Lifespan 1: The Impact of Substance Use on the Developing Adolescent Brain
27 Didactic Session Critical Assessment of Research in Addiction

February 2027

DateEventDetails
3 Didactic Session Hallucinogen Use Disorders, and Psychedelics for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
10 Didactic Session Co-Occurring Pain Disorders in Addiction Medicine 
16 Member Event ACAAM Member Fellow Call for Lightning Round Opens
17 Didactic Session Behavioral Addictions: Beyond Gambling
24 Didactic Session Mutual Aid and Peer Support in Addiction Recovery: Foundations, Evidence, and Clinical Integration

March 2027

DateEventDetails
3 Didactic Session Social Determinants of Health: Addiction and SUD related
10 Didactic Session Tapering Strategies
16 Member Event ACAAM Member Fellow Call for Lightning Round Closes
17 Didactic Session Hour 1: Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids: Board Review; Hour 2: Substance Use Disorder Treatment for LGBTQ+ and Sexual Minority Populations 
24 Didactic Session Impairment in Health Professionals
31 Didactic Session Hour 1: Jails, Prisons, Detention Centers, and Substance Use Disorders; Hour 2: Addiction Medicine's Opportunity to Reduce Disparities in Substance Use Services in Legal System Settings among BIPOC and Minority Groups

April 2027

DateEventDetails
7 Didactic Session No Lecture This Week
8-11 Networking AMERSA Annual Conference, ACAAM Member Meet-up (TBA), Minneapolis, MN
14 Didactic Session Infections Related to Drug Use
21 Didactic Session Motivational Interviewing and other Therapeutic Modalities for Addiction
28 Didactic Session Hospice, Palliative Care, and Addiction Medicine: Common Ground

May 2027

DateEventDetails
4 Showcase Addiction Medicine Specialty Showcase, 3 pm ET
5 Didactic Session Drug Courts
11 Networking Program Director & Associate Program Director Virtual Convening
12 Presentations Fellow Lightning Round Presentations, 2–4 pm ET 
20 Networking Program Coordinators/Administrators Virtual Convening

June 2027

DateEventDetails
2 Graduation & Awards 8th Annual Addiction Medicine Fellow Virtual Graduation & ACAAM Awards Recognition Event, 6 pm ET 

Didactic Session Schedules