Christopher Shanahan, MD, MPH
CARE Unit Faculty
Assistant professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Director, Research and Systems Innovation Unit; Information Technology Services, Boston Medical Center
Physician Analyst, Knowledge Management, Information Technology Services, Boston Medical Center
617-414-4562
Crosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02118
Dr. Shanahan is an Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Community Medicine Unit within the Section of General Internal Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. He is Associate Medical Director for the Massachusetts Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Program, the Director, Research and Systems Innovation Unit; Information Technology Services, Boston Medical Center, and a Physician Analyst, Knowledge Management, Information Technology Services, Boston Medical Center
Boston University faculty appointment: 1991
Areas of specialization
- Substance abuse
- Health Care Disparities
- Information Technology
- Community-based Medicine
Education and Training
Fellowship Clinical Fellow in Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1993-1995
Residency
Chief resident (Social Internal Medicine), Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Resident (Social Internal Medicine), Montefiore Medical Cente, Bronx, NY, 1988-1991
Education
MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry Newark, NJ
MPH (Clinical Effectiveness), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
BA (Biochemistry), Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
Publications
Link to PubMed
Key publications
Lincoln A, Johnson P, Espejo D, Plachta-Elliott S, Lester P, Shanahan C, Abbott S, Cabral H, Jamanka A, Delman J, Kenny P. The BMC ACCESS Project: The Development of a Medically Enhanced Safe Haven Shelter J Behav Health Serv Res, 2008 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print]
Shanahan CW, Lincoln A, Horton NJ, Saitz R, Winter M, Samet JH. Relationship of Depressive Symptoms and Mental Health to Repeat Detoxification. J. Substance Abuse Treatment, 29(2) 117-123, Sept 2005.
Dworetzky BA, Strahonja-Packard A, Paz J, Schauble B, Shanahan CW, Bromfield E. Characteristics of Male Veterans with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures, Epilepsia, 46(9), p. 1418-22, Sept. 2005.
