In order to qualify as an ASAM Fellow, at a minimum, you must meet each of the following five criteria (A-E) and provide documentation:

A.  Member for at least 5 consecutive years.

B.  Certified by ASAM (Recertification is a plus).

C.  Given significant service to ASAM in at least two of the following ways:

• a)  Served on the ASAM Board of Directors.
• b) Served as chair or member of an ASAM committee, task force, or work group.
• c)  Served as an ASAM delegate or alternate to the AMA.
• d)  Served as an officer of a state society or chapter of ASAM.
• e)  Served as a speaker, chair, or been involved in the planning of an ASAM    conference.
• f)   Published in an ASAM publication or served on an ASAM editorial board.
• g)  Significant contributions at the state or chapter level of ASAM or other state specialty medical society or organization.

D.  You must have made and continue to make significant contributions in at least 3 of the 6 areas below:

• Participation in other medical and professional organizations: Active participation as an officer, committee member, or representative in medical societies or organizations such as the AMA, AOA, ASIM, APA, RSA, etc., or state and local medical societies.
• Participation in non-compensated activities of social significance such as: Volunteer work at community health agencies, volunteer services on a Board of Directors for a health care agency, or volunteer work with the JCAHO, County AIDS Task Force, schools, Planned Parenthood, Boy Scouts, etc.
• Political/legislative involvement, grass roots or other lobbying, holding elected or appointed public office, serving as a committee member in the political process to further the goals of addiction medicine or ASAM, and/or testifying before local, state, or federal legislative bodies to further the goals of Addiction Medicine or ASAM, or other related activities.
• Clinical contributions such as: Developing a unique model for addictions treatment or advancing the knowledge base of Addiction Medicine. Administrative appointments (3 years minimum) such as: A position of authority within a hospital, hospital committee, or within a substance abuse treatment program, Boards of substance abuse treatment programs, and federal or state departments of alcoholism and/or drug abuse.
• Teaching contributions (5 years minimum) such as: Appointment to a medical school faculty(ies) in substance abuse teaching. Volunteer teaching of alcoholism and drug abuse information to patients in publicly funded treatment or education program, or presentations of formal lectures in the substance abuse field to physicians and/or health care providers in the addiction field, on a consistent basis.
• Published writings in peer reviewed journals and/or books, or chapters of books, written for the education of professionals; a strong emphasis will be placed on addiction related topics and on clinical or basic research. 

E.  Your $250 (U.S. funds only) application fee must be submitted along with your application