CARE Unit Faculty
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n![](\"\/care\/files\/2014\/02\/Dan-2014-571x636.jpg\")
<\/a>Professor of Medicine<\/strong>, Boston University School of Medicine<\/p>\nAssociate Dean,<\/strong> Boston University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education<\/p>\nDirector, <\/strong>Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit<\/p>\nDirector<\/strong>, Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) Program<\/p>\nContact<\/strong><\/h3>\nDan.Alford@bmc.org<\/a>
\n617-414-3747 <\/strong>
\nCrosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd<\/sup> Floor, Boston, MA 02118<\/p>\nBiography<\/strong><\/h3>\nDaniel P. Alford, MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education and Director of the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain<\/em>) program at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). He is on staff in the Section of General Internal Medicine and director of the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit at Boston Medical Center (BMC). He is also Medical Director of the Boston University Evidence-based SBIRT Student Training (BESST) Project and the Boston Medical Center\u2019s Massachusetts SBIRT Training and Technical Assistance (MASBIRT TTA) program. He is past-president of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA). <\/strong>He is course director of the BUSM Immersion Training Programs in Addiction Medicine funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). In 2011 he was recognized as a Champion of Change by the White House. In 2014 he received the American Medical Association \u201cAward for Health Education\u201d and in 2016 was awarded the Educator of the Year Award by the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine by the American College of Physicians. His clinical, educational and research interests focus on opioid use disorders and safe and competent opioid prescribing for chronic pain.<\/p>\nBoston University faculty appointment: <\/strong>1996 <\/strong><\/p>\nAreas of Specialization <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n- Opioid\u00a0use disorders\u00a0and chronic pain management including the interplay between pain and addiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Education and Training<\/strong><\/h3>\nFellowship<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Faculty Fellow, B.U. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, <\/em><\/strong>Boston, MA 1996-1998<\/p>\nResidency<\/strong> <\/strong>
\nChief Resident, Boston City Hospital, 1995-1996
\nResident (Medicine), Boston City Hospital, 1992-1995<\/p>\nEducation<\/strong>
\nMD, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA <\/strong>
\nMPH (Health Services), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
\nBA <\/strong>(Zoology), Connecticut College, New London, CT<\/p>\nBU Profiles: Publications and Grant Support<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Director, CARE Unit CARE Unit Faculty Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Associate Dean, Boston University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education Director, Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit Director, Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) Program Contact Dan.Alford@bmc.org 617-414-3747 Crosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1251,"featured_media":0,"parent":6995,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12810,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/12810"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![](\"\/care\/files\/2014\/02\/Dan-2014.jpg\")
<\/a>Professor of Medicine<\/strong>, Boston University School of Medicine<\/p>\nAssociate Dean,<\/strong> Boston University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education<\/p>\n Director, <\/strong>Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit<\/p>\n Director<\/strong>, Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) Program<\/p>\n Dan.Alford@bmc.org<\/a> Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education and Director of the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain<\/em>) program at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). He is on staff in the Section of General Internal Medicine and director of the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit at Boston Medical Center (BMC). He is also Medical Director of the Boston University Evidence-based SBIRT Student Training (BESST) Project and the Boston Medical Center\u2019s Massachusetts SBIRT Training and Technical Assistance (MASBIRT TTA) program. He is past-president of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA). <\/strong>He is course director of the BUSM Immersion Training Programs in Addiction Medicine funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). In 2011 he was recognized as a Champion of Change by the White House. In 2014 he received the American Medical Association \u201cAward for Health Education\u201d and in 2016 was awarded the Educator of the Year Award by the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine by the American College of Physicians. His clinical, educational and research interests focus on opioid use disorders and safe and competent opioid prescribing for chronic pain.<\/p>\n Boston University faculty appointment: <\/strong>1996 <\/strong><\/p>\n Fellowship<\/strong> Residency<\/strong> <\/strong> Education<\/strong> Director, CARE Unit CARE Unit Faculty Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Associate Dean, Boston University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education Director, Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit Director, Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) Program Contact Dan.Alford@bmc.org 617-414-3747 Crosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1251,"featured_media":0,"parent":6995,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12810,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/12810"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Contact<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n617-414-3747 <\/strong>
\nCrosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd<\/sup> Floor, Boston, MA 02118<\/p>\nBiography<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Areas of Specialization <\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Education and Training<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nAdjunct Faculty Fellow, B.U. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, <\/em><\/strong>Boston, MA 1996-1998<\/p>\n
\nChief Resident, Boston City Hospital, 1995-1996
\nResident (Medicine), Boston City Hospital, 1992-1995<\/p>\n
\nMD, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA <\/strong>
\nMPH (Health Services), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
\nBA <\/strong>(Zoology), Connecticut College, New London, CT<\/p>\nBU Profiles: Publications and Grant Support<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"