CU Anschutz Family Medicine Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Advanced training in addiction prevention, evaluation, and treatment.

The University of Colorado Addiction Medicine Fellowship (ACGME Program Number: 4040740001) is a one-year multidisciplinary program providing training in the treatment of patients with substance use disorders.

We offer two training tracks:

Denver-Based Addiction Medicine Track - NRMP #1076404F0
Rural Addiction Medicine Track - NRMP #1076404F1

Applications for the 2027-28 academic year will be accepted via ERAS beginning July 1, 2026, and all interviews will be conducted virtually in the fall of 2026. Specific dates TBD. We participate in the NRMP match process, with an anticipated match date of December 2, 2026.

The Addiction Medicine Fellowship program will provide Colorado, the nation, and the world with leaders of excellence in:

Education - through the provision of addiction medicine educational programs to medical students, allied health students, graduate students and house staff, practicing health professionals, and the public at large.

Research - through the development of new knowledge in the basic and clinical sciences, as well as in health policy and health care education.

Patient Care - through state-of-the-art clinical programs which reflect the unique educational environment of the University, as well as the needs of the patients it serves.

Community Service - through sharing the University's expertise and knowledge to enhance the broader community, including our affiliated institutions, other health care professionals, alumni and other colleagues, and citizens of the state.

The University of Colorado's Department of Family Medicine’s Addiction Medicine Fellowship holds as a core principle the advancement of health outcomes of all, bridging that gap when we fall short, and fostering a work environment that promotes belonging. 

We believe we grow richer as a department by making sure we have a diverse and inclusive environment—treating every human with respect. This allows us to expand our consciousness by learning from each other, encouraging new knowledge and beliefs, and expanding our point of view.  We are committed to attracting and training individuals whose varied backgrounds empower them to provide the best health care for their patients and communities.

As of 2025, the Addiction Medicine Fellowship consists of two distinct tracks: the Denver-based track and the new Rural track.

The NEW Rural Addiction Medicine Fellowship at CU Anschutz offers a unique opportunity to train in the San Luis Valley, where beautiful mountain landscapes and a close-knit community create an exceptional place to live and work. Fellows gain diverse, hands-on experience across the full spectrum of addiction medicine—including outpatient, inpatient, methadone, residential treatment, harm reduction, and community-based care. The training is intentionally broad and immersive to prepare fellows in becoming versatile addiction medicine physicians. With abundant opportunities to care for patients with a wide range of substance use disorders in both urban and rural settings, fellows graduate as confident, well-rounded addiction medicine physicians prepared to make a meaningful impact wherever they practice.

Curriculum

The core curriculum includes clinical rotations in a longitudinal continuity clinic, a residential treatment program, an outpatient treatment program, medication assisted treatment programs, adolescent treatment programs, and an addiction medicine consultation-liaison service. Fellows also have protected time for elective study, didactics, and scholarly work.

Residential Treatment

Center for Dependency, Addiction, and Rehabilitation, CeDAR/CU Anschutz Medical Campus

Outpatient Treatment

Denver Health Outpatient Behavioral Health Services
Addiction Research and Treatment Services (ARTS)
State of Colorado Department of Corrections MAT Program
Outpatient Addiction Medicine Clinic at CeDAR
Perinatal Addiction and Recovery (PeAR) Clinic at University of Colorado Hospital
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Stout Street Clinic

Inpatient Addiction Medicine

Inpatient Consult-Liaison Service, CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

The University of Colorado Addiction Medicine Fellowship participates in the American College of Academic Addiction Medicine (ACAAM) National Didactic Curriculum, every Wednesday afternoon from 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. (MT). Fellows who match to University of Colorado Addiction Medicine Fellowship will be provided with an individual ACAAM Membership, which includes access to current and prior national didactics, as well as several board prep resources.

In addition to the ACAAM weekly national didactic program above, our fellows participate in monthly Advanced Psychotherapy education with the AAAP.

Finally, fellows will also participate in monthly journal clubs (in person) and monthly psychodynamic case conferences/group supervision.

Sample Rotation Schedule

Jul.

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Fellow 1

Fellow 2

Rural Fellow 1

SLV

Rural Fellow 2

SLV

Key:

DH: Denver Health
IC: Integrated Care (Department of Corrections, Stout Street and street medicine outreach, integrated primary care addiction medicine clinic)
Ce: CeDAR Acute Detox and Residential
CL: Consult Service at UCH
El: Elective (includes week of Palliative Care consult service)
SLV: San Luis Valley (Rural Track only)

Details for possible Fellow training sites/Fellowship partnerships.

Experiential Training Site Name	Site Location	Facility Type
UCH Addiction Consult Service	Aurora, CO	Inpatient hospital
CeDAR	Aurora, CO	Inpatient residential treatment; Outpatient continuity clinic
Denver Health	Denver, CO	Inpatient hospital (adult and adolescent); Outpatient OTP, OBOT, adolescent clinic
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Stout Street Health Center	Denver, CO	Outpatient low barrier walk in addiction clinic; Outpatient street medicine
Rio Grande Hospital Recovery Clinic	Del Norte, CO	Outpatient integrated addiction medicine clinic
Hope in the Valley	Alamosa, CO	Residential Treatment Center
CAST Colorado	Alamosa, CO	IOP/PHP
Paul K Reed Recovery Center	Alamosa, CO	Residential Treatment Center
Crossroads Turning Points	Alamosa, CO	OTP
Center for Restorative Programs Intensive Case Management	Alamosa, CO	Diversion Program; Intensive Case Management
SHARRP harm reduction	Alamosa, CO	Needle exchange; harm reduction program in Alamosa and Del Norte
St. Benedict’s homeless camp	Alamosa, CO	Outreach primary care and addiction medicine in camp
Rio Grande Hospital	Del Norte, CO	Inpatient and ED consultation service at critical access hospital
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center	Alamosa, CO	Inpatient and ED consultation service
Valley Wide Health Family Medicine	Alamosa, CO	FQHC with integrated addiction medicine, perinatal addiction medicine services
Sol Vista Acute Treatment Unit	Salida, CO	Acute substance use withdrawal management and psychiatric crisis stabilization center and treatment unit

Faculty and Staff

Kasie Holcomb

Program Coordinator

Email: kasie.holcomb@cuanschutz.edu

Kasie graduated with an associate’s degree in business technology in applied science.

She has supported a number of programs, over the past several years, within the Department of Family Medicine including: the integrated care programs, the Advancing Care Together program, and the Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center.

Most recently, Kasie served as the Program Coordinator for the Department of Family Medicine’s Undergraduate Medical Education team - where she coordinated student events, managed student electives, and clinical rotations for medical students.

Her current role is GME Program Coordinator for Addiction Medicine, and Occupational and Environmental Health Fellowship programs.

Outside the office she volunteers at a horse ranch for people with invisible wounds and disabilities, including military veterans who struggle with PTSD. She also enjoys spending time with her family and being outdoors.

Current Fellows

Sarah Beaverson, MD

Denver-based Track

Residency: University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency

Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University

Why did you choose to do a fellowship at the University of Colorado? I chose University of Colorado for fellowship because of the diversity of training opportunities and strong faculty support. I had the benefit of going to University of Colorado for my family medicine residency and seeing firsthand how the different training sites create so many exciting learning opportunities. We have the benefit to train at Denver Health a community, safety net hospital, University of Colorado as a big academic university hospital, rehabilitation facilities, detox facilities, pregnancy-focused addiction treatment clinics, and even other community FQHCs that serve individuals experiencing homelessness. I am ecstatic to be able to stick around for fellowship and continue my career here in Denver, Colorado!

Tidbit about yourself: I enjoy hiking with my two dogs Bella and Aria, running, and listening to new podcasts!

Kira Gressman, MD

Rural Track

Residency: University of Washington, Emergency Medicine

Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Why did you choose to do a fellowship at the University of Colorado? During my interviews with faculty and fellows, it was clear that University of Colorado’s fellowship would provide unparalleled support for combining my interests in Addiction Medicine, rural health and Emergency Medicine. I was so impressed by their dedication to rural health with their new rural track and can’t wait to contribute to this new program! Impressed by the breadth of opportunities across sites, I got the sense that I will come out of this fellowship able to confidently provide care for diverse populations of all ages across any practice setting. It was also evident that faculty care about their fellows as whole people beyond academics. I recall Dr. Klie saying something along the lines of, “I want to support you in getting to be human again after residency,” during fellowship year. I am elated to move back to my home state to join a team of people who care deeply about their patients and are advancing access to addiction care across the state.

Tidbit about yourself: I was born and raised in Colorado and have lived in Chile, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Washington. I am passionate about building bidirectional partnerships between health systems and communities, with a focus on expanding equitable access to addiction care in acute, emergency, and rural settings. My career path has been shaped by prior work in HIV prevention, harm reduction, EMS, and migrant farmworker health. I have a particular interest in program development, informed by my experiences helping to launch a rural syringe access program and providing clinical support for the Seattle Fire Department’s Post-Overdose Response Team and its prehospital buprenorphine pilot. Outside of medicine, I enjoy exploring the outdoors with my husband and our dog, kayaking, nature photography, trying new recipes, and hosting pizza nights with friends. During the rural portion of my fellowship, my personal goal is to visit every hot spring in southern Colorado/northern New Mexico.

Alexa Trenschel, DO

Denver-based Track

Residency: HCA Aurora Family Medicine Residency

Medical School: Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Why did you choose to do a fellowship at the University of Colorado? Because of the multidisciplinary approach, emphasis on underserved communities, and ability to practice deeper aid in maternal/peri-natal addiction.

Tidbit about yourself: My name is Alexa and I moved around quite a bit as a kid and was lucky enough to experience a quite few different places on my way to beautiful Colorado! My professional passions lie mainly in addiction medicine but also in lifestyle medicine, sports medicine, and providing accessible and equitable healthcare. Outside of clinic I enjoy snowboarding, skating, mountain biking, rock climbing, and all things outside.

Nealy Wooldridge, MD

Denver-based Track

Residency: University of California, Davis in Family & Community Medicine/Psychiatry

Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Why did you choose to do a fellowship at the University of Colorado? I chose to come to Colorado for my Addiction Medicine Fellowship because of the breadth and depth of educational experiences offered in a myriad of inpatient and outpatient settings, and the ability to work with diverse patient populations, particularly individuals who are pregnant, adolescents, and those who are incarcerated. Additionally, I felt that the program and the University of Colorado as a whole, shared similar values to me, and that the fellows and program faculty were genuinely welcoming and excited about the patient care they were providing.

Tidbit about yourself: Outside of medicine, I love spending time listening to music, collecting vinyl records, drinking tea, reading, and hiking.

Graduates

Year	Fellow	Employment	Location
2026	Alyssa Hill, MD
2026	Jacob Okie Weiss, MD
2025	Zack Brown, DO	Denver Health	Denver, CO
2025	Aaron Szpytman, MD	Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence, MA
2024	Ethan Stortz, MD	CeDAR and Denver Health	Aurora and Denver, CO
2024	Sukhmeet Sandhu, MD	Children's Hospital Colorado	Aurora, CO
2023	Tirzah Wethern, MD	University of Colorado, CeDAR Addiction Medicine	Aurora, CO
2023	Brian Kulick, MD	Emergency Medicine	Wheatridge and Denver, CO
2022	Lauran Wirfs, MD	Emergency Medicine-Intermountain Healthcare/ Addiction Medicine Behavioral Health Group	Denver, CO
2022	Taylour Munro, MD	Family Medicine-Intermountain Healthcare/Addiction Medicine Behavioral Health Group	Denver, CO
2021	Jennifer Lyden, MD	Denver Health Medical Center	Denver, CO
2021	Jessica Kruger, MD	CO Correctional Facilities
2020	David Mendez, MD	University of Colorado Addiction Medicine Fellowship	Denver, CO
2020	Richard Vigh, MD	Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship Geisinger Commonweath School of Medicine	Danville, PA
2019	Stephanie Stewart, MD	Denver Health Medical Center/University of Colorado Addiction Medicine Fellowship	Aurora, CO
2019	Dale Terasaki, MD	Denver Health Medical Center/University of Colorado Addiction Medicine Fellowship	Denver, CO
2018	Susan Calcaterra, MD	University of Colorado	Aurora, CO
2018	Hermione Hurley, MD	Denver Health Medical Center	Denver, CO
2017	Ryan Jackman, MD	St. Mary's Family Medicine/SCL	Grand Junction, CO
2017	Alexis Ford Carrington, MD	Kaiser Permanente	Denver, CO
2016	Sophie Collins, MD	Stanford University	Redwood City, CA
2015	Kaylin Klie, MD	University of Colorado	Aurora, CO

Learning Where It Matters Most: Training Fellows at the Intersection of Recovery and Rural Care

June, 2026

Through a new rural track, the Department of Family Medicine's Addiction Medicine Fellowship is preparing fellows to deliver addiction care while expanding access across the San Luis Valley. Read more.

Contact:

Kasie Holcomb
Program Coordinator
kasie.holcomb@cuanschutz.edu

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