{"id":4885,"date":"2012-07-20T09:37:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T13:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/?page_id=4885"},"modified":"2026-07-25T10:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:32:16","slug":"program-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/education-and-training-programs\/care-program-fellowship-in-addiction-medicine\/about-us-2\/program-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Grayken Fellowship in Addiction Medicine Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Alford, MD, MPH<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Director of the BUSM Safer\/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain)
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: opioid use disorders and safe and competent opioid prescribing for chronic pain.<\/p>\n

Sarah Bagley, MD, MSc<\/a> \u00b7\u00a0<\/span>General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Medical Director, Center for Addiction Treatment for Adolescents\/Young Adults Who Use Substances (CATALYST)
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Treatment of opioid use disorders in the adolescent and young adult population and the involvement of the family in addiction care<\/p>\n

Marielle Baldwin, MD, MPH<\/a> \u00b7 Family Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: START clinic medical director
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Addiction education, stimulant use disorders, health equity<\/p>\n

Cecily Barber, MD, MPH<\/a> \u00b7 Obstetrics & Gynecology
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Acute diseases, pregnant persons with substance use disorder education<\/p>\n

Sheila Chapman, MD, MS<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Associate Chair, Post-Graduate URM Development
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Healthcare Disparities, Sickle Cell Disease, Faculty Development<\/p>\n

Ricardo Cruz, MD<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Primary Care and Addiction Medicine Physician
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Clinical innovations to address health and treatment disparities among people with substance use disorder<\/p>\n

Joanna D’Afflitti, MD<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7 Health Care for the Homeless
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Medical Director of Addiction Treatment at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Caring for patient populations that have historically not been served by traditional healthcare models, integrating behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment into primary care, and applying trauma-informed and harm reduction models to the care of people experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n

Kara Dillon, MD<\/a> \u00b7 Internal Medicine<\/span>
\nRole<\/strong>: Primary Care Physician and Addiction Specialist
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Harm reduction, medical education,\u00a0and the integration of primary care and addiction care<\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Fitzpatrick, MD<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span>General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Primary Care and Addiction Medicine
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Education, Primary Care, Women\u2019s Health, Breast Health<\/p>\n

Jason Fox, NP<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Addiction Consult Service NP
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Caring for hospitalized patients with substance use disorder<\/p>\n

Jessie Gaeta, MD, MPH<\/a> \u00b7\u00a0Health Care for the\u00a0Homeless
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Associate Director, Grayken Addiction Medicine Fellowship
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Advocacy for and with people living with substance use disorders & complex conditions<\/p>\n

Sandra Looby-Gordon, MD<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Primary Care and Addiction Medicine Physician
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Medical Education, role of race and ethnicity in the medical encounter, and identifying the critical factors for successful cross-cultural medical encounters<\/p>\n

Miriam Harris, MD, MSc<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Primary care and office-based addiction treatment in the Women\u2019s Health Unit
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Increasing sexual, reproductive, and HIV prevention services in substance use treatment spaces, gender-responsive harm reduction, substance use treatment while pregnant and parenting<\/p>\n

Emily Hurstak, MD<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Director of OBAT, Associate Program Director
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Integrative Pain Management in a Primary Care<\/p>\n

Theresa Kim, MD<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: physician-researcher, HIV and shelter-based primary care physician
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Improving access to quality primary and addiction care for disadvantaged populations<\/p>\n

Sarah Kimball, MD<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span>General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Director of the Immigrant & Refugee Health Center (IRHC) at Boston Medical Center
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Primary care, teaching social justice and advocacy skills<\/p>\n

Miriam Komaromy, MD<\/a> \u00b7\u00a0<\/span>General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Medical Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Health disparities and care for traditionally underserved populations<\/p>\n

Colleen Labelle, RN<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Program Director, State Technical Assistance Treatment Expansion Office Based Opioid Treatment with Buprenorphine
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Training and technical support for office-based addiction treatment<\/p>\n

Jordana Laks, MD, MPH<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>:\u00a0Medical Director of Respite Programs at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Low-barrier addiction treatment, harm reduction, and reproductive justice and sexual health in women who use drugs.<\/p>\n

Marc LaRochelle, MD, MPH<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Primary Care and Addiction Medicine Physician, Health Services Research
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Safety of opioid prescribing and the recognition and treatment of opioid use disorders<\/p>\n

Christine Pace, MD<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Medical Director of Population Health Services
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Design, implementation, and evaluation of programs to improve integration of mental health services and substance use treatment with primary care.<\/p>\n

Alyssa Peterkin, MD<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine\u00a0Addiction Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Fellowship Director, Grayken Addiction Medicine Fellowship
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Hospital medicine, low barrier access to SUD treatment, alcohol use disorder, education<\/p>\n

Emily Regier, MD<\/a>\u00b7 Family Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Assistant Professor, Family physician and addiction medicine specialist\u00a0<\/span>
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: harm reduction<\/p>\n

John Renner, MD<\/a> \u00b7 Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry
\nRole<\/strong>: Associate Program Director, Addiction Psychiatry
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Medical education, alcohol use disorder, co-occurring conditions<\/p>\n

Emily Rosenthal, MD<\/a> \u00b7 Obstetrics Gynecology
\nRole<\/strong>: Obstetrician and Gynecologist
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Maternal fetal health and addiction<\/p>\n

Hallie Rozansky, MD<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Assistant Professor
\nInterest(s): <\/strong>Low-barrier addiction treatment, the integration of addiction treatment into primary care, HIV care and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and care for patients who have experienced incarceration.<\/p>\n

Kelley Saia, MD<\/a> \u00b7 Obstetrics Gynecology
\nRole<\/strong>: Director, Project RESPECT
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Trauma-informed care for pregnant persons with substance use disorder<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH<\/a> \u00b7 General Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine
\nRole<\/strong>: Researcher
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Impact of substance use on HIV infection, health professional substance use education, linkage to SUD treatment in primary care<\/p>\n

Jessica Taylor, MD<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span>General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Faster Paths Medical Director
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: HIV prevention among people who inject drugs, implementation strategies for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), low-barrier substance use disorder treatment models, and overdose prevention.<\/p>\n

Alyssa Tilhou, MD, PhD<\/a> \u00b7 Family Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Primary Care Physician
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Health disparities, neighborhood effects, primary care expansion and the impact of the Affordable Care Act on patient access and outcomes<\/p>\n

Alexander Walley, MD, MSc<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span>General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Director of Alumni Affairs, CARE Unit Director, Former Grayken Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Harm reduction, overdose prevention, primary care, HIV and addiction treatment<\/p>\n

Zoe Weinstein, MD, MSc<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span>General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Medical Director, Addiction Consult Services
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Expanding treatment for opioid use disorder among hospitalized patients<\/p>\n

Karri Weisenthal, MD<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span>Emergency Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine, Associate Medical Director Faster Paths to Treatment; Medical Director of Emergency Department Addiction Consult Team (ED-ACT)
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: access to medications for OUD in the emergency department (ED) with an equity lens, ensuring smooth transitions of care from the ED to outpatient settings, and integrating a harm reduction approach into the care of patients who use drugs in the ED.<\/p>\n

Jason Worcester, MD<\/a>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span>General Internal Medicine
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Medical Director of Boston Accountable Care Organization, BACO
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Resident education, peer counseling, addiction medicine, primary care<\/p>\n

Joseph Wright, MD<\/a> \u00b7 Health Care for the Homeless
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Researcher, Primary Care Physican, and Addiction Medicine
\nInterest(s)<\/strong>: Increasing access to low-barrier addiction treatment and improving retention in care; creating models of care that integrate medical interventions with trauma care, empowerment, mutual aid, and recovery as each person defines it.<\/p>\n

Amy Yule, MD<\/a> \u00b7 Psychiatry
\n<\/span>Role<\/strong>: Fellowship Program Director, Addiction Psychiatry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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