Christopher W. Shanahan, MD, MPH FACP
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Medicine
Dept of Medicine
General Internal Medicine

MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health

Pronouns: he/him/his



Christopher Shanahan, MD is a practicing primary care physician with board certification in both Internal and Addiction Medicine with 14+ years of experience in clinical and research Information Technology (IT). Dr. Shanahan possesses a unique blend of experience and expertise in three domains:

1. Clinical & Research Medical Informatics & Information Technology;
2. Substance Use Disorders and Chronic Pain; and
3. Community Medicine (Community-based care and collaboration with community-based organizations, clinicians, and patients).

His expertise in assessing IT requirements of research projects (IT focused or enabled) makes him a valuable and sought after collaborator who assists with project design, development, and/or technical assessment of clinical research studies planning to leverage IT resources to facilitate their projects. He draws upon a broad network of local and national colleagues to help develop feasible and implementable program and study plans.

As a multi-talented collaborator who combines informatics expertise with activities focused on substance abuse disorders, he has led or collaborated with others to design and develop substance use focused programs and research studies enhanced by the use IT.

He adds a third dimension through his focus on 13 affiliated local Community Health Centers comprising the Boston HealthNet as Director for Community Medicine Unit. He maintains active working relationships with multiple community-based organizations and has over 24 years of community-based clinical practice. Dr. Shanahan's current projects:

Transforming Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care (TOPCARE): a randomized clinical trial of enhanced care model to transform care for chronic pain patients and their opioid-based treatment. A key trial component is a secure enhanced web-based, electronic patient registry.

Targeting Effective Analgesia in Clinics for HIV (TEACH): a randomized clinical trial of the TOPCARE an HIV specialty treatment setting using an adapted version of the TOPCARE registry.

Carefusion: Optimizing Pain Control and Safety in Patients Prescribed Opioid after Day Surgery: A pilot study investigating surgeon prescribing practices & the patient medication taking behaviors for acute ambulatory post-operative pain in preparation for a larger Randomized study of a a future randomized clinical trial of enhanced care model to transform care for acute pain in ambulatory post-operative patients

Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI):
A. As Director of the Clinical Research Informatics and Technology Consultation (CRITC) Service he assists BU/BMC researchers with planning and use of IT and informatics to facilitate clinical studies.

B. As Faculty Lead of the CTSI’s Research Networking Effort he leads a Multidisciplinary team that implemented and manages BU-Profiles (a Research Networking application). As the first institutional implementation of Open Research and Collaborator ID (ORCID) Application Program Interface (API) within a Profiles Research Network Software implementation his team received national recognition.

Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research


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


2020 American College of Physicians (ACP): Awardee, Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine
2017 Society of General Internal Medicine: Quality & Practice Innovation Award (Clinical Addiction, Research and Education (CARE) Unit
2016 Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) Conference: Best Workshop, Teaching Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing: A Toolkit for All Levels of Expertise
2009-2009 Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse: Best Abstract Award Semi-finalist: T.Kim, N.Kretsch, R.Saitz, M.Winter, JH.Samet, CW.Shanahan, A.A
2003 Mattapan Community Health Center: Edmond Steele Commitment to Excellence Award
2000 Boston University School of Medicine: Faculty Scholar – Centers of Excellence in Geriatric and Community Medicine
1998-2000 American College of Physician Executives: Management Scholar


Catalyzing ORCID iD Adoption and Integration at Boston University and Beyond
10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014 (PI)
ORCID



Optimizing Pain Control and Safety in Patients Prescribed Opiod after Day Surgery
07/01/2014 - 09/30/2015 (PI)
CareFusion Foundation

Factors Influencing Use of Cancer Genetics by Physicians
08/05/2002 - 07/31/2005 (PI)
University of Vermont NIH-NCI
1R01CA8952102A2


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  1. Colasanti JA, Del Rio C, Cheng DM, Liebschutz JM, Lira MC, Tsui JI, Walley AY, Forman LS, Root C, Shanahan CW, Bridden CL, Harris C, Outlaw K, Armstrong WS, Samet JH. A collaborative care intervention to improve opioid prescribing among providers caring for persons with HIV: Impact on satisfaction, confidence, and trust. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Dec 29; 231:109250.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34998255
     
  2. Alford DP, Kim TW, Samet JH, Cruz AB, Brolin MF, Shanahan CW, Saitz R. Prevalence and Correlates of Positive Follow-up Screens in Primary Care for Unhealthy Alcohol and Other Drug Use After a Negative Screen. J Addict Med. 2021 Nov 18.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34799491; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000917;
     
  3. Samet JH, Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Liebschutz JM, Lira MC, Walley AY, Colasanti JA, Forman LS, Root C, Shanahan CW, Sullivan MM, Bridden CL, Abrams C, Harris C, Outlaw K, Armstrong WS, Del Rio C. Improving the Delivery of Chronic Opioid Therapy Among People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 10 05; 73(7):e2052-e2058.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32697847; PMCID: PMC8492355; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1025;
     
  4. Shanahan CW, Reding O, Holmdahl I, Keosaian J, Xuan Z, McAneny D, Larochelle M, Liebschutz J. Opioid analgesic use after ambulatory surgery: a descriptive prospective cohort study of factors associated with quantities prescribed and consumed. BMJ Open. 2021 08 12; 11(8):e047928.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34385249; PMCID: PMC8362709; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047928;
     
  5. Haas JS, Lemon SC, Freund KM, Battaglia TA. Outside Our Walls: the Case for City-Wide Collaboration to Reduce Disparities. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 01; 36(1):211-213.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32720235; PMCID: PMC7859124; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06006-7;
     
  6. Bart GB, Saxon A, Fiellin DA, McNeely J, Muench JP, Shanahan CW, Huntley K, Gore-Langton RE. Developing a clinical decision support for opioid use disorders: a NIDA center for the clinical trials network working group report. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2020 01 16; 15(1):4. PMID: 31948487; PMCID: PMC6966783; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-020-0180-2;
     
  7. Lira MC, Tsui JI, Liebschutz JM, Colasanti J, Root C, Cheng DM, Walley AY, Sullivan M, Shanahan C, O'Connor K, Abrams C, Forman LS, Chaisson C, Bridden C, Podolsky MC, Outlaw K, Harris CE, Armstrong WS, Del Rio C, Samet JH. Study protocol for the targeting effective analgesia in clinics for HIV (TEACH) study - a cluster randomized controlled trial and parallel cohort to increase guideline concordant care for long-term opioid therapy among people living with HIV. HIV Res Clin Pract. 2019 04; 20(2):48-63.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31303143; PMCID: PMC6693587; DOI: 10.1080/15284336.2019.1627509;
     
  8. Tsui JI, Walley AY, Cheng DM, Lira MC, Liebschutz JM, Forman LS, Sullivan MM, Colasanti J, Root C, O'Connor K, Shanahan CW, Bridden CL, Del Rio C, Samet JH. Provider opioid prescribing practices and the belief that opioids keep people living with HIV engaged in care: a cross-sectional study. AIDS Care. 2019 09; 31(9):1140-1144.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30632790; PMCID: PMC6625838; DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1566591;
     
  9. Liebschutz JM, Lange AV, Heymann OD, Lasser KE, Corey P, Shanahan CW, Kopinski HS, Husain JM, Cushman PA, Parker VA. Communication between nurse care managers and patients who take opioids for chronic pain: Strategies for exploring aberrant behavior. J Opioid Manag. 2018 May/Jun; 14(3):191-202.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30044484
     
  10. Liebschutz JM, Xuan Z, Shanahan CW, LaRochelle M, Keosaian J, Beers D, Guara G, O'Connor K, Alford DP, Parker V, Weiss RD, Samet JH, Crosson J, Cushman PA, Lasser KE. Improving Adherence to Long-term Opioid Therapy Guidelines to Reduce Opioid Misuse in Primary Care: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Sep 01; 177(9):1265-1272.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28715535; PMCID: PMC5710574; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.2468;
     
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Cycle: An Addiction Story

What Does Post-Operative Pain Management Look Like Amid the Opioid Epidemic?

HealthCity 9/12/2021

Perfecting the Delicate Art of Appropriate Opioid Management

HealthCity 5/29/2019

"Hey, Charlie" App Supports Those Struggling With Opioids

MIT News 10/25/2018

Can a phone app’s warnings to avoid risky friends and places prevent opioid addiction relapses?

STAT 8/7/2018
In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Substance Use Disorders
Medcial Informatics and technology
Community Medicine
Health Care Disparities
Knowledge management
Electronic Clinical Registries
mHealth

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