Miriam Komaromy MD

Professor, General Internal Medicine

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Miriam Komaromy
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General Internal Medicine

Biography

Miriam Komaromy, MD is the Medical Director of the Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center, and a Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. In her role at the Grayken Center she leads programs focused on expanding access to care and engagement with care for patients who have substance use disorders, particularly those from marginalized patient populations. Other areas of focus within the Grayken Center include:
--Research on how to make addiction treatment more appealing, effective, and equitable for Black patients
--Development of a new Grayken Addiction Nursing Fellowship and support for the Grayken Addiction Medicine Fellowships
--Leadership on adaptation of SUD treatment during the COVID pandemic, including BMC's COVID Recuperation Unit for people who are COVID-infected and experiencing homelessness
--Implementation of a facility offering low-barrier housing and addiction-focused urgent care for people exiting from street encampments
--Policy and Advocacy focused on implementation of Overdose Prevention Centers, workforce development, modernizing methadone regulation, HIV prevention, and overdose prevention in newly housed individuals
--Development and Implementation of "Together for Hope: Boston Addiction Conference 2024"

Komaromy is mPI of a NIMH-funded clinical trial (along with mPI Dr. Kate Watkins of RAND corporation) that is evaluating the impact of the Collaborative Care model on outcomes of care for people who have co-occurring opioid use disorder plus PTSD or depression in 17 primary care clinics in New Mexico and California.

Komaromy serves as Vice President of AMERSA, the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction, and also chairs the AMERSA Diversity Committee and the Climate the Task Force.

Prior to her role at BMC, Komaromy led the Extension for Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Institute’s programs for addiction and psychiatry. She has also served on the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM’s) National Board of Directors (2017-2021) and In 2019 she received ASAM's Educator of the Year award. She served as medical director for a state addiction treatment hospital in New Mexico and for Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless.

Komaromy was previously a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico. She received her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco and completed her residency in internal medicine at UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the UCSF/Stanford program. She joined the UCSF faculty of Medicine after her training, and served as the residency director for the UCSF Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency program at San Francisco General Hospital. She is board certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Komaromy’s research has focused on health disparities and care for traditionally underserved populations; models of post-graduate medical education; and care for patients with substance use disorders and complex health conditions. In 2018, Komaromy received a Fulbright Scholar award from the US State Department, teaching about substance use disorders and medical education in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia and studying treatment of opioid use disorder in Vietnam.

Education

Medicine, MD, University of California, San Francisco

Philosophy & Classical Studies, BA, St. John's College

Publications

Published on 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.

Published on 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.

Published on 11/18/2024

Shah RV, Shay J, Komaromy M. Harm Reduction Strategies for People Who Use Drugs. JAMA. 2024 Nov 18. PMID: 39556344.

Published on 11/4/2024

Watkins KE, Weir R, Pak L, Griffin BA, Griffo A, Sutherland AT, McCullough CM, Meredith LS, Schoenbaum M, Komaromy M, Carrejo V, Osilla KC. Collaborative Care Model for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder and Mental Illness. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2449012. PMID: 39589744.

Published on 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.

Published on 10/11/2024

Beaugard CA, Johnson NL, Heredia-Perez D, Chapman SE, Chatterjee A, Lee CS, McClay C, Reason P, Thomas D, Weeden T, Yule AM, So-Armah K, Komaromy M. The Effect of Racial Concordance for Black Patients in Addiction Treatment: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Subst Use Addctn J. 2025 Jan; 46(1):103-111. PMID: 39394669.

Published on 9/17/2024

Dunleavy S, Douchee J, Liu T, Johnson NL, Komaromy M, Chatterjee A. Racism, not race: Quantitative analysis of the use of race and racism in the addiction literature. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Nov; 360:117325. PMID: 39293285.

Published on 5/12/2024

Taylor JL, Gott J, Weisenthal K, Colicchio P, Dyer S, Komaromy MS. Post-Overdose Extended-Release Buprenorphine Initiation Facilitated by a Partnership Between Emergency Medical Services and an Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Observation Unit. Subst Use Addctn J. 2024 Oct; 45(4):771-776. PMID: 38736211.

Published on 2/1/2024

Mayer M, Mejia Urieta Y, Martinez LS, Komaromy M, Hughes U, Chatterjee A. Encampment Clearings And Transitional Housing: A Qualitative Analysis Of Resident Perspectives. Health Aff (Millwood). 2024 Feb; 43(2):218-225. PMID: 38315933.

Published on 1/8/2024

Dopp AR, Hindmarch G, Osilla KC, Meredith LS, Manuel JK, Becker K, Tarhuni L, Schoenbaum M, Komaromy M, Cassells A, Watkins KE. Mis-implementation of evidence-based behavioural health practices in primary care: lessons from randomised trials in Federally Qualified Health Centers. Evid Policy. 2024 Feb; 20(1):15-35. PMID: 38911233.

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