Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH

Assistant 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 4/19/2025

    Noyes E, Hausman E, Yeo EJ, Bain PA, Bannister M, Lopez IB, Rajakumar B, Wang G, Chatterjee A. Harm reduction interventions for AYA who use opioids: A scoping review. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Apr 19; 272:112677. PMID: 40339383.

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  • Published 1/23/2025

    Zaragoza S, Silcox J, Rapisarda S, Summers C, Case P, To C, Chatterjee A, Walley AY, Komaromy M, Green TC. Developing a comprehensive inventory to define harm reduction housing. Harm Reduct J. 2025 Jan 23; 22(1):11. PMID: 39849487.

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  • Published 11/29/2024

    Johnson NL, Beaugard CA, Heredia-Perez D, So-Armah K, Reason P, Yule AM, Lee CS, Chapman SE, Chatterjee A, McClay C, Weeden T, Becerril C, Thomas D, Komaromy M. Embracing anti-racism: Co-creating recommendations with Black people for how addiction treatment needs to change. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Jan; 364:117433. PMID: 39615095.

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  • Published 10/25/2024

    Zang X, Skinner A, Li Z, Shaw LC, Behrends CN, Chatterjee A, Jalali A, Jordan AE, Morgan JR, Nolen S, Schackman BR, Marshall BDL, Walley AY. Improving racial/ethnic health equity and naloxone access among people at risk for opioid overdose: A simulation modeling analysis of community-based naloxone distribution strategies in Massachusetts, United States. Addiction. 2025 Feb; 120(2):316-326. PMID: 39450522.

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  • Published 10/15/2024

    Zaragoza S, Silcox J, Rapisarda S, Summers C, Case P, To C, Chatterjee A, Walley A, Komaromy M, Green T. Developing a Comprehensive Inventory to Define Harm Reduction Housing. Res Sq. 2024 Oct 15. PMID: 39483918.

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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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