Addiction Medicine APP Fellowship (SUSTAIN)

PA Postgraduate Program at a Glance

• Specialty: Addiction Medicine
• Location: New Haven, CT
• Accreditation: Not ARC-PA Accredited
• Program length: 12
• Positions per year: “We currently accept one fellow per year, with the aim to expand fellowship slots in the future.”
• Stipend / salary: $85,000
• Benefits: “personal health insurance under the Yale Health Insurance Plan. Fellows additionally have access to funds for Continuing Education Credits, conference attendance, and other professional development opportunities.”
• Credential awarded: Check program website
• Eligibility: PA-eligible, quoted verbatim from the programme’s own page: “provides a 12-month post-graduate clinical fellowship in Addiction Medicine for one Physician Assistant (PA) or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) each year.” Eligibility block: “Physician Assistants (PA): Graduates, or in their final training year, of an accredited PA program; Current PA licensure in the State of Connecticut; Connecticut Controlled Substance Registration; Federal DEA Registration.” Past fellows include Amy Bopp, PA-C (2024-25) and Lauryn Tetreault, PA-C (2023-24).
• Application deadline: “The hard deadline for applying each year is December 20th.” Rolling review; interviews January, decisions February. “The application deadline for the 2025-26 fellowship has passed. We are currently recruiting for the 2026-27 fellowship class.”
• How to apply: Direct application; rolling review with a December 20 hard deadline, interviews in January, decisions in February. Contact [email protected]. No match.
• Start date: “Clinical fellowships at Yale traditionally begin on July 1 and conclude on June 30. However, the APP fellowship program is able to afford some flexibility on start and end dates to accommodate variable APP training program graduation dates.”
• Setting & rotations: “full-time 12-month in-person clinical fellowship based in New Haven, CT. Fellows can expect to work between 38-40 hours per week.” Sites: Yale Addiction Medicine Consult Service at YNHH (both campuses), APT Foundation Central Medical Unit, Cornell Scott Hill Health Center, Fair Haven Community Health Care (adolescents 12-21), Transitions Clinic, VA CT Chronic Pain Management Clinic-Opioid Safety, plus a 2-week elective.

Not ARC-PA accredited — which is normal for PA postgraduate programs and is not a mark against this one. This specific program is not separately listed in APPAP’s member directory; verify current status with the program.

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