Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Director, General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program
Director, Preventive Medicine Residency
617-414-3846
Crosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02118
Dr. Liebschutz is a primary care internist, preventive medicine physician, researcher and educator. She is Director of the General Internal Medicine Fellowship and Preventive Medicine Residency programs.
Her primary areas of expertise and research involve the health impact of violence, including the intersection with substance use disorders, health care utilization, chronic pain, and the patient doctor relationship. Another area of interest includes use of opiates for chronic pain. She uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
Her research and educational endeavors have been supported by NIH, the Robert Wood Johnson foundation, the American Cancer Society, Substance Abuse-Mental Health Services Administration, and the Health Resources Service Administration.
Boston University faculty appointment: 1998
Areas of specialization
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Community Violence
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Primary care
- Substance use disorders, including prescription drug abuse
- Chronic pain
- Health care utilization, including patient-doctor relationship
Education and Training
Fellowship
General Medicine Fellowship Program, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1995-1998
Residency
Boston City Hospital (Internal Medicine), Boston, MA, 1991-1994
Boston Medical Center (Preventive Medicine), Boston, MA, 1995-1998
Medical
MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
MPH (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
BA (East Asian Studies), Yale University, New Haven, CT
Honors and Awards
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, 2004
Boston University
“Top Doctor” (Best Doctors in America Survey, Boston) 2007
Boston Magazine
Publications
Key publications
Liebschutz JM, Savetsky JB, Saitz R, Horton NJ, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Samet JH. The relationship between sexual and physical abuse and substance use consequences. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 2002;22(3):121-128.
Paranjape A, Liebschutz JM. STaT: a three-question screen for intimate partner violence. Journal of Women’s Health and Gender Based Medicine. 2003;12(3):233-239.
Liebschutz JM, Saitz R, Brower V, Keane TM, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Averbuch T, Samet JH. PTSD in Urban Primary Care High Prevalence and Low Physician Recognition. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2007; 22 (6): 719-726.
Kartha A, Brower V, Saitz R, Samet JH, Keane TM, Liebschutz JM, The impact of trauma exposure and Post-traumatic stress disorder on healthcare utilization among primary care patients. Medical Care, 2008;46; 388-393.
Books
Liebschutz JM, Frayne SM, Saxe GN, eds. Violence Against Women: A Physician’s Guide to Identification and Management. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Physicians Press; 2003; 342 pages.
