Avik Chatterjee MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-7399chatter@bu.edu
Sections
General Internal Medicine
Centers
Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
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.
Education
Medicine, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications
Stahl N, Bositis A, Damato-MacPherson C, Weiner R, Conole D, McAlearney AS, Stadler HM, Chatterjee A. Expedited referrals from community health center to opioid treatment program: innovative approaches to improving access to methadone treatment for patients who use opioids and experience homelessness. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Dec 02. PMID: 41331878.
Published on 10/30/2025Chatterjee A, Chase RP, Chahine RA, Davis J, Dsouza N, Ellison S, Bagley SM, Fisher T, Glasgow L, Harris MTH, Huang TT, Holloway J, Lounsbury DW, Oga E, Asman K, Roberts SM, Sabounchi N, Surratt HL, Lines LM, Stadler HW, Taylor JL, Davis A. Local level of social inequity moderates implementation of evidence-based practices tailored to minoritized populations to reduce opioid overdose deaths. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2026 Jan; 180:209828. PMID: 41175975.
Published on 9/26/2025Park JN, McKee H, Ramsey SE, Rich JD, Green TC, Frank HE, Chatterjee A, Rosen JG. Feasibility and Acceptability of Restroom Motion Sensors for Detecting Overdoses. Subst Use Addctn J. 2025 Sep 26; 29767342251370822. PMID: 41006965.
Published on 9/25/2025Chatterjee A, Rapisarda SS, Silcox J, Zaragoza S, Summers C, Rolles A, Kosakowski S, Green TC. "Now that I'm here, I actually have the stability and the time to really think about stuff like that": Perspectives on medications for opioid use disorder in low-threshold harm reduction housing. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Dec; 179:209810. PMID: 41015388.
Published on 8/18/2025Zaragoza S, Silcox J, Rapisarda S, Summers C, Case P, To C, Chatterjee A, Walley AY, Komaromy M, Green TC. Correction: Developing a comprehensive inventory to define harm reduction housing. Harm Reduct J. 2025 Aug 18; 22(1):142. PMID: 40826084.
Published on 8/1/2025Johnson L, Chatterjee A. The Expiration of the Addiction Medicine Practice-Based Pathways Will Increase the Specialty's Challenges. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2025 Nov; 86(6):997-999. PMID: 40748286.
Published on 7/31/2025Harris MTH, Hall M, Ellison S, Holloway J, Bridden C, Bagley SM, Bullard M, Chassler D, Chatterjee A, Dasgupta A, Drainoni ML, Gruss DE, Jadovich E, Katz R, Mayotte C, Neufeld JL, Oga E, Glasgow L. Tailored strategies to reduce opioid overdose deaths for pregnant and postpartum women: Examples and lessons learned from the HEALing Communities Study. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Oct; 177:209766. PMID: 40752834.
Published on 7/7/2025Levengood TW, Shaw LC, Zang X, Schackman BR, Walley AY, Urquhart C, Green TC, Chatterjee A, Marshall BDL, Morgan JR. A geospatial analysis of naloxone distribution patterns in the Massachusetts overdose education and naloxone distribution program (MA OEND). Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Sep 01; 274:112783. PMID: 40683013.
Published on 6/24/2025Green TC, Silcox J, Zaragoza S, Summers C, Rapisarda S, Kosakowski S, Rolles A, Chatterjee A, Walley A, Komaromy M, Case P. Study Protocol on Rapid Measurement of Novel Harm Reduction Housing on HIV Risk, Treatment Uptake, Drug Use, and Supply. Subst Use Addctn J. 2025 Oct; 46(4):1058-1063. PMID: 40552912.
Published on 6/2/2025Zwick H, O'Dea R, Barocas JA, Flam-Ross JM, Chatterjee A, Walley AY, Harris RA, Schackman BR, White LF, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Assoumou SA, Murphy SM, Morgan JR, Baptiste D, Carroll M, Linas BP. Health and Economic Outcomes of Addressing Encampments of Individuals Using Opioids. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jun 02; 8(6):e2517095. PMID: 40577017.
Media Mentions
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