Christine A. Pace MD
Clinical Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-6962christine.pace@bmc.org
cpace@bu.edu
Sections
General Internal Medicine
Centers
Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit
Biography
Christine Pace, MD, MSc is a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Vice President and Chief of Population Health Services for BMC Health System. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, an Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Boston University Addiction Medicine Fellowship, she has held a number of leadership roles focused on the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs to improve integration of mental health services and substance use treatment with primary care; complex care management for high-risk individuals; and population health management for Medicaid recipients.
In her current role as Vice President and Chief of Population Health Services, she leads population health programs to support individuals and providers across BMHCS-affiliated Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and provides strategic oversight for the Grayken Center for Addiction and other system substance use disorder services. Dr. Pace provides primary care and addiction treatment within General Internal Medicine and is an attending on the Addiction Consult Service. She is a past recipient of a HRSA Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry Clinician Educator Career Development Award.
Education
MD, Harvard Medical School
Epidemiology, MSc, Boston University School of Public Health
Biology, BA, Williams College
Publications
Lee CS, Cordova-Ramos EG, Rohsenow DJ, Mueser KT, Pace CA, Martin R, Colby SM, Lopez V, Morris M, Morgan JR, Kriegsman A, Drainoni ML. Care management staff perspectives on stigma and barriers to substance use treatment experienced by latine adults who use substances. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2025 Jun; 15:100342. PMID: 40495911.
Published on 2/5/2025Magane KM, Saitz R, Fielman S, LaRochelle MR, Shanahan CW, Pace CA, LaValley M, Penington K, Karzhevsky S, Hurstak E. Supporting primary care clinicians in caring for patients with alcohol use disorder: study protocol for Records for Alcohol Care Enhancement (RACE), a factorial four-arm randomized trial. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Feb 05; 20(1):9. PMID: 39910606.
Published on 11/25/2020Prom MC, Canelos V, Fernandez PJ, Gergen Barnett K, Gordon CM, Pace CA, Ng LC. Implementation of Integrated Behavioral Health Care in a Large Medical Center: Benefits, Challenges, and Recommendations. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2021 07; 48(3):346-362. PMID: 33241465.
Published on 10/1/2018D'Afflitti J, Lee K, Jacobs M, Pace C, Worcester J, Thornton S, Lasser KE. Improving Provider Experience and Increasing Patient Access Through Nurse Practitioner-Physician Primary Care Teams. J Ambul Care Manage. 2018 Oct/Dec; 41(4):308-313. PMID: 30148771.
Published on 7/1/2018Pace CA, Uebelacker LA. Addressing Unhealthy Substance Use in Primary Care. Med Clin North Am. 2018 Jul; 102(4):567-586. PMID: 29933816.
Published on 7/1/2018Pace CA, Gergen-Barnett K, Veidis A, D'Afflitti J, Worcester J, Fernandez P, Lasser KE. Warm Handoffs and Attendance at Initial Integrated Behavioral Health Appointments. Ann Fam Med. 2018 07; 16(4):346-348. PMID: 29987084.
Published on 4/5/2016Pace CA, Samet JH. In the Clinic. Substance Use Disorders. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Apr 5; 164(7):ITC49-ITC64. PMID: 27043992.
Published on 5/2/2014Pace CA, Kaminetzky LB, Winter M, Cheng DM, Saia K, Samet JH, Walley AY. Postpartum changes in methadone maintenance dose. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2014 Sep; 47(3):229-32. PMID: 24953167.
Published on 12/1/2012Pace CA, Lioznov D, Cheng DM, Wakeman SE, Raj A, Walley AY, Coleman SM, Bridden C, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Sexually transmitted infections among HIV-infected heavy drinkers in St Petersburg, Russia. Int J STD AIDS. 2012 Dec; 23(12):853-8. PMID: 23258823.
Published on 2/7/2012Mandava A, Pace C, Campbell B, Emanuel E, Grady C. The quality of informed consent: mapping the landscape. A review of empirical data from developing and developed countries. J Med Ethics. 2012 Jun; 38(6):356-65. PMID: 22313664.