ACAAM Calendar of Events
Note: All events and presentations are subject to change.
October 2025
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 1 |
Didactic Session |
Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders |
| 1 |
NRMP Match |
Rank List Opens |
| 8 |
Didactic Session |
Novel Psychoactive Substances |
| 13 |
Call Closes |
Deadline Extended: ACAAM Award Nominations |
| 15 |
Didactic Session |
Vaping: Background, Epidemiology, Regulatory Issues |
| 22 |
Didactic Session |
Cannabis Use Disorder, Cannabis-Related Disorders, and Board Review |
| 27 |
REACH 2.0 |
Scholar & Program Applications Open |
| 29 |
Didactic Session |
Opioid Use Disorder: Board Review |
| 29 |
NRMP Match |
Quota Change Deadline |
November 2025
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 4 |
Networking |
Program Director & Associate Program Director Virtual Convening |
| 5 |
Didactic Session |
Medical Approaches to Care of Patients with SUD |
| 12 |
Didactic Session |
No Lecture This Week |
| 13-15 |
Conference |
AMERSA Annual Conference, Portland, OR | ACAAM Member Meet-Up on Friday, November 14 from 12:45 - 1:45 pm PT. Location details to be announced. |
| 19 |
Career Development |
Hour 1: Advocating on Behalf of Your Patients
Addiction medicine physicians do more than treat — they lead change. In this energizing session, Dr. Sarah Wakeman shares how you can become a powerful advocate for your patients, your field, and your community.
Hour 2: ACGME Basics: Addiction Medicine Edition
Are you stepping into academic medicine or curious about the structure behind your fellowship training? This session is designed just for you. Dr. Claudia Moore break down how the ACGME defines and shapes addiction medicine training — and what that means for your career trajectory. |
| 19 |
NRMP Match |
Rank List Deadline |
| 26 |
Didactic Session |
Thanksgiving Break (No Lecture This Week) |
December 2025
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 3 |
Didactic Session |
Cocaine, Methamphetamine, and Other Stimulants: Board Review |
| 3 |
NRMP Match |
Match Day |
| 10 |
Didactic Session |
Addiction Across the Lifespan 1: The Impact of Substance Use on the Developing Adolescent Brain |
| 17 |
Didactic Session |
Addiction Across the Lifespan 2: Geriatric Populations |
| 24 |
Didactic Session |
Winter Break (No Lecture This Week) |
| 31 |
Didactic Session |
Winter Break (No Lecture This Week) |
January 2026
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 5 |
REACH 2.0 |
Scholar & Near Peer Applications Close |
| 7 |
Didactic Session |
Co-Occurring Pain Disorders in Addiction Medicine |
| 14 |
Career Development |
Hour 1: Session presented by ACAAM AR-DEI Committee
Hour 2: Navigating Academic Rank |
| 15 |
Networking |
Program Director & Associate Program Director Virtual Convening |
| 21 |
Didactic Session |
Critical Assessment of Research in Addiction |
| 28 |
Didactic Session |
Hallucinogen Use Disorders, and Psychedelics for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders |
February 2026
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 4 |
Didactic Session |
Understanding Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Overview and Literature |
| 11 |
Didactic Session |
Behavioral Addictions: Beyond Gambling |
| 17 |
Call Opens |
Fellow Lightning Round Presentations |
| 18 |
Didactic Session |
Neurodiversity and Addiction |
| 25 |
Didactic Session |
History of Addiction Treatment |
March 2026
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 4 |
Didactic Session |
Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids |
| 11 |
Didactic Session |
Social Determinants of Health: Addiction and SUD related |
| 17 |
Call Closes |
Fellow Lightning Round Presentations |
| 18 |
Didactic Session |
Hospice, Palliative Care, and Addiction Medicine |
| 25 |
Didactic Session |
Impairment in Health Professionals |
April 2026
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 1 |
Didactic Session |
Drug Courts |
| 8 |
Didactic Session |
Screening and Brief Intervention for Substance Use |
| 15 |
Didactic Session |
Tapering Strategies |
| 23-26 |
Conference |
ASAM Annual Conference, San Diego, CA - ACAAM Member Meet-Up |
| 29 |
Didactic Session |
Motivational Interviewing and other Therapeutic Modalities for Addiction |
May 2026
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 5 |
Showcase |
Addiction Medicine Specialty Showcase, 3 pm ET |
| 6 |
Didactic Session |
Infections Related to Drug Use |
| 12 |
Networking |
Program Director & Associate Program Director Virtual Convening |
| 13 |
Educational Offering |
Addiction Medicine: The Canadian Perspective |
| 20 |
Educational Offering |
ASAM Criteria Determination & Levels of Care |
| 21 |
Networking |
Program Coordinators/Administrators Virtual Convening |
| 27 |
Presentations |
Fellow Lightning Round Presentations, 2–4 pm ET |
June 2026
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 3 |
Graduation & Awards |
7th Annual Addiction Medicine Fellow Virtual Graduation & ACAAM Awards Recognition Event, 6 pm ET |
Didactic Session Schedules
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