Daniel Alford, MD, MPH
CARE Unit Faculty
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Office-based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) and Massachusetts Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (MASBIRT) Programs, Boston Medical Center
617-414-3747
Crosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02118
Daniel Alford is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine He is certified in Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). He serves as the medical director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funded Massachusetts Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (MASBIRT) program and is the medical director of the BMC Office-based Opioid Treatment program. He serves as a national mentor for the SAMHSA Physician Clinical Support Systems (PCSS) for buprenorphine and clinical expert for the PCSS for methadone in the treatment of pain and opioid addiction. He co-chairs the ASAM committees on Opioid Agonist Treatment and Buprenorphine Training. He directs the NIDA funded Chief Resident Immersion Training Program – Addiction Medicine: Improving Clinical and Teaching Skills for Generalists. He is the Program Coordinator for the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Pain Medicine Interest Group and is on the executive board of the Association of Medical Education in Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA).
Boston University faculty appointment: 1996
Areas of specialization
Opioid dependence and chronic pain management including the interplay between pain and addiction.
Education and Training
Fellowship
Adjunct Faculty Fellow, B.U. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Boston, MA 1996-1998
Residency
Chief Resident, Boston City Hospital, 1995-1996
Resident (Medicine), Boston City Hospital, 1992-1995
Education
MD, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
MPH (Health Services), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
BA (Zoology), Connecticut College, New London, CT
Honors and Awards
Nyswander-Dole Award, 2007
American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
“Top Doctor” (Best Doctors in America Survey, Boston) 2005, 2006, 2007
Boston Magazine
Most Valuable Player, 2006
Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Semi-finalist for the Best Abstract Award, 2005
Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse
New Investigator/Educator Award, 2002
Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse
Full-time Faculty – Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999
Boston University Medical Center
Publications
Key publications
Alford DP, Compton P, Samet JH. Acute Pain Management in Patients Maintained on Methadone or Buprenorphine. Ann Intern Med 2006;144: 127-134
Alford DP, LaBelle CT, Richardson JM, O’Connell JJ, Hohl CA, Cheng DM, Samet JH. Treating homeless opioid dependent patients with buprenorphine in an office-based setting. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22:171-176
Alford DP, Liebschutz J, Chen IA, Nicolaidis C, Panda M, Berg KM, Gibson J, Picchioni M, Bair MJ. Update in pain medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2008; 23(6):841-845
Alford DP, Bridden C, Jackson AH, Saitz R, Amodeo M, Barnes HN, Samet JH. Promoting substance abuse education among generalist physicians: evaluating the Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) program. J Gen Intern Med. 2009; 24(1):40-7
