Addiction Fellowship Program Director's Message
April 29, 2026
Rooted in the Health Sciences Center. This courtyard is the backdrop to a year of intensive learning, research, and specialized training in addiction medicine.
In the Department of Psychiatry, we are proud to offer training in addiction psychiatry. The growing epidemic of addiction will only increase the demand for clinicians with training and experience in the latest approaches to this complex problem. I strongly encourage residents completing their general psychiatry residency to consider added training in this area, whether you are planning for a career in the academic or private setting. The program provides a broad spectrum of sites and treatment experience, enabling addiction psychiatry residents to become proficient in:
- Substance abuse disorders; differential diagnoses; symptoms of intoxication, withdrawal and overdose and its management
- The epidemiology and prevention of substance use disorders as influenced by social, cultural, genetic, economic and pharmacological factors, including special populations
- Therapeutic modalities commonly used to treat substance use disorders including group, couples, family, insight oriented and cognitive therapies, as well as 12 step facilitation and pharmacotherapy
- Current research interest in addiction psychiatry and the conceptualization of a research project
The addiction fellowship offers a variety of clinical opportunities. Sites include inpatient and residential treatment at the Veterans Administration Medical Center and Central State Hospital. In addition, fellows gain experience at a traditional community treatment facility that provides for the inpatient and outpatient treatment of addiction. The didactic curriculum includes seminars and conferences from faculty with expertise in addiction, journal clubs, grand rounds and case conferences.
Applications and inquiries for the Addiction Psychiatry Training Program:
University of Louisville, Department of Psychiatry
401 E Chestnut Street, Ste. 600
Attn: Fellowship Program Coordinator
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: (502) 588-4424
Fax: (502) 588-4427
Email the Program Coordinator
Chris Stewart received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry (cum laude) in 1993 from Georgetown College. He received his medical degree in 1997 from the University of Louisville. UofL is also where he completed his general psychiatry residency (2001) and his fellowship in addiction psychiatry (2005). Stewart currently holds the rank of associate professor with the University of Louisville, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Stewart is the training director of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program at the University of Louisville and is the director of the addictions program at the UofL Health-Physicians Outpatient Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychosomatic Medicine), American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Addiction Psychiatry) and the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (General Psychiatry). He is also a certified group psychotherapist with the International Registry of Group Psychotherapy.
Stewart's entire career has been dedicated to the treatment of addiction, involving teaching, research, clinical work and social advocacy. His research on addiction primarily involves the use of neurofeedback and neuroelectrophysiology in better understanding the psychophysiology of addiction, in order to develop innovative treatments that break out of the psychopharmacological paradigm which dominates psychiatry and the medical field. He is largely informed by modern attachment theory and believes that addiction is best treated in the group setting. Still, he does not support a dogmatic approach to addiction treatment and considers the modern treatment of addiction as a potential vehicle for social justice.
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