Addiction Medicine Interest Group (AddMed)
Addiction Medicine Interest Group
One in ten Americans struggle with addiction. Regardless of specialty, all physicians will encounter addiction in their patients during their career. Addiction is a chronic disease, much like Type II Diabetes and cancer, caused by a combination of factors, including genetic predisposition and environmental exposure.
The Addiction Medicine Interest Group (AddMed) serves to raise awareness about the disease of addiction. It is important for future physicians to reduce the stigma around using drugs and to help our patients stay as safe as possible while respecting their autonomy. Our goal is to educate physicians-in-training about the bio-psycho-social complexities of addiction, the recovery and treatment process, and harm reduction practices. Our aim is to foster empathy and understanding among students toward people who use drugs.
We promote harm reduction practices by having overdose prevention and Narcan training. We host talks with addiction medicine physicians to help students further understand the world of addiction medicine.
Contact Us
2024-2025 Board
President - Sophia Anderle, sanderle@luc.edu
Vice President - Luis Aguilar, laguilar6@luc.edu
MSU Representative - Olivia J. Ference, oference@luc.edu
Addiction Medicine Interest Group
One in ten Americans struggle with addiction. Regardless of specialty, all physicians will encounter addiction in their patients during their career. Addiction is a chronic disease, much like Type II Diabetes and cancer, caused by a combination of factors, including genetic predisposition and environmental exposure.
The Addiction Medicine Interest Group (AddMed) serves to raise awareness about the disease of addiction. It is important for future physicians to reduce the stigma around using drugs and to help our patients stay as safe as possible while respecting their autonomy. Our goal is to educate physicians-in-training about the bio-psycho-social complexities of addiction, the recovery and treatment process, and harm reduction practices. Our aim is to foster empathy and understanding among students toward people who use drugs.
We promote harm reduction practices by having overdose prevention and Narcan training. We host talks with addiction medicine physicians to help students further understand the world of addiction medicine.
Contact Us
2024-2025 Board
President - Sophia Anderle, sanderle@luc.edu
Vice President - Luis Aguilar, laguilar6@luc.edu
MSU Representative - Olivia J. Ference, oference@luc.edu