Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Chatterjee is a med-peds trained primary care and addiction medicine physician at several shelter-based clinics through Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. His areas of clinical and research interest include innovative treatment models for opioid use disorder in marginalized populations, and interventions on social determinants of health, such as food insecurity. He has an additional interest in racism and health care, particularly its manifestations in medical education and training.

Publications

  • Published 3/13/2026

    Silcox J, Summers C, Zaragoza S, Case P, Chatterjee A, Porter S, Green TC. Erratum to "Exploring placemaking in Boston's low-threshold transitional housing locations" [Health Place 98C (2026) 103634]. Health Place. 2026 Mar 13; 103650. PMID: 41826090.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 3/5/2026

    Barbosa C, Chen Q, Sahinkoc M, Zarkin GA, Dowd W, Villani J, Barocas JA, Cerdá M, Chatterjee A, Fareed N, Hyder A, Keyes KM, Larochelle MR, Linas BP, Roberts SM, Schackman BR, Seiber E, Wakeman SE, Knudsen AB, Chhatwal J. Impact of enhanced practices on opioid overdose deaths: A community-based modeling approach. Addiction. 2026 Mar 05. PMID: 41786317.

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  • Published 2/24/2026

    Fox AD, Messmer SE, Hayes BT, Salisbury-Afshar E, Chatterjee A, Jakubowski AU. Low-threshold Buprenorphine: Proposing the Ideal Service Model to Engage People With Severe Opioid Use Disorder. J Addict Med. 2026 Feb 24. PMID: 41731662.

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  • Published 2/17/2026

    Silcox J, Summers C, Zaragoza S, Case P, Chatterjee A, Porter S, Green TC. Exploring placemaking in Boston's low-threshold transitional housing locations. Health Place. 2026 Feb 17; 98:103634. PMID: 41707515.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/18/2026

    Summers C, Silcox J, Zaragoza S, Rapisarda S, Edelmann A, Chatterjee A, Green TC. Real time, on-site drug checking in low-threshold housing communities. Harm Reduct J. 2026 Jan 18; 23(1):33. PMID: 41547849.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Faculty, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MD

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