Avik Chatterjee, MD, MPH
Assistant 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


Bloomberg American Health Initiative
09/01/2024 - 06/30/2025 (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. Zaragoza 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40826084; PMCID: PMC12363098; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01290-0;
     
  2. Johnson 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
     
  3. Harris 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40752834; DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209766;
     
  4. Levengood 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40683013; PMCID: PMC12439111; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112783;
     
  5. Green 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40552912; DOI: 10.1177/29767342251341706;
     
  6. Zwick 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40577017; PMCID: PMC12205401; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.17095;
     
  7. Gibson EB, Glasgow L, Nouvong M, McGladrey M, Freedman D, Chassler D, Vickers-Smith R, D'Onfro M, Goddard-Eckrich DA, Hunt T, Chatterjee A, Holloway J, Fain K, Cruz RS, Martinez LS. Implementing and documenting cultural adaption of evidence-based practice strategies to reduce opioid overdose deaths: examples and lessons from the HEALing communities study. Discov Public Health. 2025; 22(1):296. PMID: 40433450; PMCID: PMC12104109; DOI: 10.1186/s12982-025-00696-2;
     
  8. Renehan CM, Wiggins M, Puppala R, Chatterjee A, Obando A, Coleman KR, Raj A, Schmill DM, Flynn D, Bagley SM. A Scoping Review of Youth Overdose Prevention Interventions. J Addict Med. 2025 May 09.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40344021
     
  9. Noyes E, Hausman E, Yeo EJ, Bain PA, Bannister M, Lopez IB, Rajakumar B, Wang G, Chatterjee A. Harm reduction interventions for AYA who use opioids: A scoping review. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Jul 01; 272:112677. PMID: 40339383
     
  10. 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.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39849487; PMCID: PMC11756173; DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01156-5;
     
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