Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
General Internal Medicine

MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

My Diversity/Equity Inclusion work has taken several forms:

I have worked to explore the role of racism in health professions admissions and in medical education. I and my colleagues have written several papers on bias due to race, gender, and other factors during the interview process to medical school and other health profession programs. While at Harvard Medical School, I was the faculty advisor for the Racial Justice Coalition and in that role, worked to expand and improve the curriculum with regard to its discussion of racism in health care. As part of that role, I have mentored several students in writing papers describing these efforts.

Secondly, I have worked to explore the role of racism in the conceptualization and treatment of addiction in the United States. In my role on the Healing Communities Study, I helped found the Racial Equity and Social Justice committee, which works to improve efforts to incorporate intentional efforts to promote equity in addiction treatment. We describe our work in a paper in the American Journal of Public Health, but the racial equity work we are undertaking is ongoing.

I serve in several committee roles at BMC and in national organizations. I serve on the Boston University Medical Group (BUMG) Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council, as well as the Section of General Internal Medicine's Anti-Racism committee. I also serve on AMERSA's Diversity Committee. In that role, I am leading a subcommittee that is developing a bibliography of papers on other resources examining the role of racism in addiction treatment.

Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research


Faculty
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit




Rapid measurement of novel harm reduction housing on HIV risk, treatment uptake, drug use and supply
05/01/2023 - 04/30/2026 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH
Brandeis University NIH NIDA


Feasibility and scale-up potential of anti-motion sensors for rapid detection and response to drug overdoses in housing and clinical facilities
09/01/2024 - 12/31/2025 (PI)
Johns Hopkins University


Together We Rize 5th Anniversary Grant Program: Shelter Harm Reduction
12/02/2022 - 10/31/2024 (PI)
RIZE Massachusetts


Evaluation of the Community Care in Reach(R) Mobile Addiction Initiative for Youth and Young Adults (YYA)
12/01/2021 - 11/30/2023 (PI)
Massachusetts General Hospital



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  1. Silcox J, Summers C, Zaragoza S, Case P, Chatterjee A, Porter S, Green TC. Erratum to "Exploring placemaking in Boston's low-threshold transitional housing locations" [Health Place 98C (2026) 103634]. Health Place. 2026 Mar 13; 103650. PMID: 41826090; DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2026.103650;
     
  2. Barbosa C, Chen Q, Sahinkoc M, Zarkin GA, Dowd W, Villani J, Barocas JA, Cerdá M, Chatterjee A, Fareed N, Hyder A, Keyes KM, Larochelle MR, Linas BP, Roberts SM, Schackman BR, Seiber E, Wakeman SE, Knudsen AB, Chhatwal J. Impact of enhanced practices on opioid overdose deaths: A community-based modeling approach. Addiction. 2026 Mar 05. PMID: 41786317; DOI: 10.1111/add.70367;
     
  3. Fox AD, Messmer SE, Hayes BT, Salisbury-Afshar E, Chatterjee A, Jakubowski AU. Low-threshold Buprenorphine: Proposing the Ideal Service Model to Engage People With Severe Opioid Use Disorder. J Addict Med. 2026 Feb 24. PMID: 41731662; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001672;
     
  4. Silcox J, Summers C, Zaragoza S, Case P, Chatterjee A, Porter S, Green TC. Exploring placemaking in Boston's low-threshold transitional housing locations. Health Place. 2026 Mar; 98:103634. PMID: 41707515; DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2026.103634;
     
  5. Summers C, Silcox J, Zaragoza S, Rapisarda S, Edelmann A, Chatterjee A, Green TC. Real time, on-site drug checking in low-threshold housing communities. Harm Reduct J. 2026 Jan 18; 23(1):33. PMID: 41547849; PMCID: PMC12895590; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01397-y;
     
  6. Barrera I, Wang G, Rajakumar B, Muthupalaniappan S, Cronin AE, Chatterjee A. Mobile addiction treatment units: a narrative review. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2025 Dec 24; 20(1):99. PMID: 41444990; PMCID: PMC12729169; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-025-00619-1;
     
  7. Li Z, Chiddawar TV, Shaw LC, Dennis A, Lieberman A, Kingsepp A, Trinidad AJ, Tuazon E, Welch AE, Chatterjee A, Schackman BR, Enns EA, Walley AY, Green TC, Wagner KD, Winograd RP, Behrends CN, Crable EL, Marshall BDL, Zang X. A descriptive study of drug overdose epidemics, overdose prevention efforts, and opioid settlement fund distribution across six states. Int J Drug Policy. 2026 Jan; 147:105100.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41351927; PMCID: PMC12771406; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105100;
     
  8. 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; 20(1):94. PMID: 41331878; PMCID: PMC12673686; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-025-00627-1;
     
  9. Chatterjee 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41175975; PMCID: PMC12863292; DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209828;
     
  10. Smati H, Hassan N, Essar MY, Abdaly F, Noori S, Grewal R, Norrie E, Talavlikar R, Bietz J, Kimball SL, Coakley A, Chatterjee A, Fabreau GE. Health status and care utilization among Afghan refugees recently resettled in Calgary, Canada between 2011-2020. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Oct 17; 25(1):1373.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41107900; PMCID: PMC12534999; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13544-5;
     
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Bar chart showing 85 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2025

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