ACAAM Calendar of Events
Note: All events and presentations are subject to change.
September 2025
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 3 |
Didactic Session |
Toxicology Testing in Addiction |
| 8 |
Call Opens |
ACAAM Award Nominations (Deadline: Oct 7) |
| 10 |
Didactic Session |
Sedatives-Hypnotics: Board Review |
| 17 |
Didactic Session |
Hour 1: Jails, Prisons, Detention Centers and SUDs
Hour 2: Reducing Disparities in Legal System Settings |
| 24 |
Didactic Session |
Perioperative Care of Patients with OUD |
October 2025
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 1 |
Didactic Session |
Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders |
| 1 |
NRMP Match |
Rank List Opens |
| 7 |
Call Closes |
ACAAM Award Nominations |
| 8 |
Didactic Session |
Novel Agents |
| 15 |
Didactic Session |
Vaping: Background, Epidemiology, Regulatory Issues |
| 22 |
Didactic Session |
Cannabis Use Disorder, Cannabis-Related Disorders, and Board Review |
| 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 |
| 19 |
Career Development |
Hour 1: Advocacy on Behalf of Your Patients
Hour 2: ACGME Basics |
| 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 (pending confirmation) |
| 24 |
Didactic Session |
Winter Break (No Lecture This Week) |
| 31 |
Didactic Session |
Winter Break (No Lecture This Week) |
January 2026
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|
| 7 |
Didactic Session |
Co-Occurring Pain Disorders in Addiction Medicine |
| 14 |
Career Development |
Hour 1: 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 |
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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