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Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH Hear my name

Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

General Internal Medicine

MD, Boston University
MPH, Boston University
BA, Connecticut College
BA, Marietta College

Websites

	Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) Program
	Boston University School of Medicine CME office
	Immersion Training Program in Addiction Medicine
	CARE Unit Faculty
	Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
	Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA)
	Safe Opioid Prescribing Education Modules
	Safe Opioid Prescribing Resources
	Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center
	ResearchGate
	LinkedIn
	Public Relations - BU Experts

ORCID : 0000-0002-6250-8390

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine (BUSM). He is on staff in the Section of General Internal Medicine and Director of the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit at Boston Medical Center. He is the Director of the BUSM Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program which has trained over 240,000 healthcare providers nationally. He is past-president of the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA). He has been recognized as a “Champion of Change” by the White House and has received the American Medical Association’s “Award for Health Education”, the American Society of Addiction Medicine “Educator of the Year Award”, the American College of Physicians “Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine” and the AMERSA “McGovern Award for Excellence in Medical Education”. His clinical, educational and research interests focus on managing opioid use disorders and safer and more competent opioid prescribing for managing pain.

Associate Dean
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Continuing Medical Education

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

BU Research
BMC Research

The Boston University Evidence -Based SBIRT student Training (BESST) program
09/30/2015 - 03/29/2019 (PI)
HHS/SAMHSA/Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
6H79TI025949-03M003

The SAFEST Choice Learning Collaborative
09/01/2020 - 08/31/2024 (PI)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau/HRSA/DHHS

Massachusetts Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment - Training & Technical Assistance (MASBIRT TTA)
07/01/2022 - 06/30/2024 (PI)
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health / DPH

The Boston Sustainable Models for unhealthy Alcohol use Reduction (B SMART) Program
09/30/2018 - 08/29/2023 (PI)
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities/CDC/DHHS
5 NU84DD000002-04-00

MASBIRT Training & Technical Assistance
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health / DPH

The Alcohol and other Drugs Education Program(ADEP) for Social Work Faculty
09/01/2017 - 06/30/2018 (PI)
Colorado Seminary NIH-NIAAA

SBIRT Development, Implementation & Integration
07/01/2012 - 06/30/2017 (PI)
DPH HRSA-SAMHSA

MASBIRT TTA: Harbor Health Services Health Center Cluster
11/01/2014 - 08/31/2016 (PI)
Harbor Health Services, Inc. HRSA

National Infrastructure for Translating Addiction Research into Clinical Practice - Model Addiction
09/10/2011 - 08/31/2014 (PI)
Research Foundation of State Univ of NY NIH-NIAAA

Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS)/FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research(CDER) P
07/01/2012 - 09/30/2013 (PI)
Brandeis University DOJ

MA Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment(SBIRT)
09/15/2006 - 06/14/2012 (PI)
DPH HRSA-SAMHSA

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Canfield J, Truong V, Bereznicka A, Bridden C, Liebschutz J, Alford DP, Saitz R, Samet JH, Walley AY, Lunze K. Evaluation of a student clinical research education program in addiction medicine. Ann Med. 2023 Dec; 55(1):361-370.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Bridden, Carly
Alford, Daniel
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 36629696; PMCID: PMC9848279; DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2154833;

Alford DP, German JS, Bangham C, Harlowe A, Greece J. Alcohol screening during COVID-19 surges in an urban health system the United States. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Jun; 33:102197.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Greece, Jacey

PMID: 37034300; PMCID: PMC10069086; DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102197;

Walker DM, Childerhose JE, Chen S, Coovert N, Jackson RD, Kurien N, McAlearney AS, Volney J, Alford DP, Bosak J, Oyler DR, Stinson LK, Behrooz M, Christopher MC, Drainoni ML. Exploring perspectives on changing opioid prescribing practices: A qualitative study of community stakeholders in the HEALing Communities Study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 04 01; 233:109342.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 35151024; PMCID: PMC8957585; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109342;

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. 2022 Jul-Aug 01; 16(4):e219-e224.View Related Profiles.

Shanahan, Christopher
Alford, Daniel
Samet, Jeffrey
Saitz, Richard
Kim, Theresa

PMID: 34799491; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000917;

Larochelle MR, Cruz R, Kosakowski S, Gourlay DL, Alford DP, Xuan Z, Krebs EE, Yan S, Lasser KE, Samet JH, Liebschutz JM. Do Urine Drug Tests Reveal Substance Misuse Among Patients Prescribed Opioids for Chronic Pain? J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Aug; 37(10):2365-2372.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Samet, Jeffrey
Lasser, Karen
Larochelle, Marc
Cruz, Ricardo
Xuan, Ziming

PMID: 34405344; PMCID: PMC9360386; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07095-8;

Roseen EJ, Kasali BA, Corcoran K, Masselli K, Laird L, Saper RB, Alford DP, Cohen E, Lisi A, Atlas SJ, Bean JF, Evans R, Bussières A. Doctors of chiropractic working with or within integrated healthcare delivery systems: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 01 25; 11(1):e043754.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Roseen, Eric
Cohen, Ezra
Laird, Lance
Saper, Robert

PMID: 33495261; PMCID: PMC7839851; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043754;

Laks J, Alford DP, Patel K, Jones M, Armstrong E, Waite K, Henault L, Paasche-Orlow MK. A National Survey on Patient Provider Agreements When Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 03; 36(3):600-605.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Laks, Jordana
Patel, Krupa
Paasche-Orlow, Michael

PMID: 33420560; PMCID: PMC7947101; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-06364-2;

Winhusen T, Walley A, Fanucchi LC, Hunt T, Lyons M, Lofwall M, Brown JL, Freeman PR, Nunes E, Beers D, Saitz R, Stambaugh L, Oga EA, Herron N, Baker T, Cook CD, Roberts MF, Alford DP, Starrels JL, Chandler RK. The Opioid-overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach (ORCCA): Evidence-based practices in the HEALing Communities Study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 12 01; 217:108325.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Alford, Daniel
Saitz, Richard

PMID: 33091842; PMCID: PMC7533113; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108325;

Bertholet N, Meli S, Palfai TP, Cheng DM, Alford DP, Bernstein J, Samet JH, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Saitz R. Screening and brief intervention for lower-risk drug use in primary care: A pilot randomized trial. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Aug 01; 213:108001.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Saitz, Richard

PMID: 32563116

John RS, Salas-Wright CP, Amodeo M, Chassler D, Alford DP. Faculty education in addiction training (FEAT): Evaluating an online training program for multidisciplinary health professions educators. Subst Abus. 2020; 41(3):292-296. PMID: 32697174

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Levy S, Seale JP, Alford DP. Medicine, with a focus on physicians: Addressing substance use in the 21st century. Subst Abus. 2019; 40(4):396-404. PMID: 31774388

Kertesz SG, Satel SL, DeMicco J, Dart RC, Alford DP. Opioid discontinuation as an institutional mandate: Questions and answers on why we wrote to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Subst Abus. 2019; 40(4):466-468. PMID: 31361588

Alford DP, Lazure P, Murray S, Hardesty I, Krause JR, White JL. National Trends in Prescription Opioid Risk Mitigation Practices: Implications for Prescriber Education. Pain Med. 2019 05 01; 20(5):907-915. PMID: 30789651

Hamnvik OR, Alford DP, Ryan CT, Hardesty IT, Drazen JM. NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids - A New Adaptive Learning Module. N Engl J Med. 2019 04 18; 380(16):1576-1577.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Drazen, Jeffrey

PMID: 30969501

Kroenke K, Alford DP, Argoff C, Canlas B, Covington E, Frank JW, Haake KJ, Hanling S, Hooten WM, Kertesz SG, Kravitz RL, Krebs EE, Stanos SP, Sullivan M. Challenges with Implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Opioid Guideline: A Consensus Panel Report. Pain Med. 2019 04 01; 20(4):724-735. PMID: 30690556

Roy P, Jackson AH, Baxter J, Brett B, Winter M, Hardesty I, Alford DP. Utilizing a Faculty Development Program to Promote Safer Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain in Internal Medicine Resident Practices. Pain Med. 2019 04 01; 20(4):707-716.View Related Profiles.

Jackson, Angela
Alford, Daniel
Roy, Payel

PMID: 30649546; PMCID: PMC6442747; DOI: 10.1093/pm/pny292;

Hill J, Alford DP. Prescription Medication Misuse. Semin Neurol. 2018 12; 38(6):654-664. PMID: 30522141

Bagley SM, Cheng DM, Winter M, Alford DP, LaBelle C, Walley AY, Samet JH. Opioid and cocaine use among primary care patients on buprenorphine-Self-report and urine drug tests. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 11 01; 192:245-249.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Labelle, Colleen
Alford, Daniel
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Bagley, Sarah

PMID: 30290291; PMCID: PMC6291245; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.08.010;

Alford DP, Carney BL, Jackson AH, Brett B, Bridden C, Winter M, Samet JH. Promoting addiction medicine teaching through functional mentoring by co-training generalist chief residents with faculty mentors. Subst Abus. 2018; 39(3):377-383.View Related Profiles.

Jackson, Angela
Bridden, Carly
Alford, Daniel
Samet, Jeffrey

PMID: 29452056; PMCID: PMC6128783; DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2018.1439799;

Lundgren L, Salas-Wright CP, Amodeo M, Krull I, Hall T, Alford DP. Advancing Alcohol and Other Drug Education among Social Work Faculty: An Evaluation of Social Work Faculty Immersion Training. J Soc Work Pract Addict. 2018; 18(1):49-70.View Related Profiles.

Salas-Wright, Christopher
Alford, Daniel

PMID: 31467494; PMCID: PMC6714988; DOI: 10.1080/1533256X.2017.1412977;

Lundgren L, Salas-Wright CP, Amodeo M, Krull I, Alford DP. The Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Program for Social Work Faculty: A Model for Immersion Training. J Soc Work Pract Addict. 2018; 18(1):8-29.View Related Profiles.

Salas-Wright, Christopher
Alford, Daniel

PMID: 31467493; PMCID: PMC6715135; DOI: 10.1080/1533256X.2017.1412980;

Argoff CE, Alford DP, Fudin J, Adler JA, Bair MJ, Dart RC, Gandolfi R, McCarberg BH, Stanos SP, Gudin JA, Polomano RC, Webster LR. Rational Urine Drug Monitoring in Patients Receiving Opioids for Chronic Pain: Consensus Recommendations. Pain Med. 2018 01 01; 19(1):97-117. PMID: 29206984; PMCID: PMC6516588; DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnx285;

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.

Shanahan, Christopher
Alford, Daniel
Liebschutz, Jane
Samet, Jeffrey
Crosson, Julie
Lasser, Karen
Larochelle, Marc
Cushman, Phoebe
Parker, Victoria
Xuan, Ziming

PMID: 28715535; PMCID: PMC5710574; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.2468;

Vilkins AL, Bagley SM, Hahn KA, Rojas-Miguez F, Wachman EM, Saia K, Alford DP. Comparison of Post-Cesarean Section Opioid Analgesic Requirements in Women With Opioid Use Disorder Treated With Methadone or Buprenorphine. J Addict Med. 2017 Sep/Oct; 11(5):397-401.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Wachman, Elisha
Saia, Kelley
Bagley, Sarah

PMID: 28727661

Ruff AL, Alford DP, Butler R, Isaacson JH. Training internal medicine residents to manage chronic pain and prescription opioid misuse. Subst Abus. 2017 Apr-Jun; 38(2):200-204. PMID: 28394733; DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2017.1296526;

Cushman PA, Liebschutz JM, Hodgkin JG, Shanahan CW, White JL, Hardesty I, Alford DP. What do providers want to know about opioid prescribing? A qualitative analysis of their questions. Subst Abus. 2017 Apr-Jun; 38(2):222-229.View Related Profiles.

Shanahan, Christopher
Alford, Daniel
Liebschutz, Jane
Cushman, Phoebe

PMID: 28394736; DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2017.1296525;

Alford DP, Cohen ML, Reynolds EE. How Would You Manage Opioid Use in These Three Patients?: Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Apr 04; 166(7):506-513. PMID: 28384742; DOI: 10.7326/M17-0287;

Zisblatt L, Hayes SM, Lazure P, Hardesty I, White JL, Alford DP. Safe and competent opioid prescribing education: Increasing dissemination with a train-the-trainer program. Subst Abus. 2017 Apr-Jun; 38(2):168-176. PMID: 28418816; DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2016.1275927;

Levy S, Seale JP, Osborne VA, Kraemer KL, Alford DP, Baxter J, Finnell DS, Kunins H, Walley AY, Lewis DC, MacLane-Baeder D, Gordon AJ. The Surgeon General's Facing Addiction report: An historic document for health care. Subst Abus. 2017 Apr-Jun; 38(2):122.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Alford, Daniel

PMID: 28328384; DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2017.1309935;

Alford DP, Carney BL, Brett B, Parish SJ, Jackson AH. Improving Residents' Safe Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination. J Grad Med Educ. 2016 Jul; 8(3):390-7.View Related Profiles.

Jackson, Angela
Alford, Daniel

PMID: 27413443; PMCID: PMC4936858; DOI: 10.4300/JGME-D-15-00273.1;

Tsui JI, Lira MC, Cheng DM, Winter MR, Alford DP, Liebschutz JM, Edwards RR, Samet JH. Chronic pain, craving, and illicit opioid use among patients receiving opioid agonist therapy. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Sep 01; 166:26-31.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Cheng, Debbie
Liebschutz, Jane
Samet, Jeffrey

PMID: 27422763; PMCID: PMC4983520; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.06.024;

Alford DP. Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain--Achieving the Right Balance through Education. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jan 28; 374(4):301-3. PMID: 26816007; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1512932;

Alford DP, German JS, Samet JH, Cheng DM, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Saitz R. Primary Care Patients with Drug Use Report Chronic Pain and Self-Medicate with Alcohol and Other Drugs. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 May; 31(5):486-91.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Saitz, Richard

PMID: 26809204; PMCID: PMC4835374; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3586-5;

Alford DP, Zisblatt L, Ng P, Hayes SM, Peloquin S, Hardesty I, White JL. SCOPE of Pain: An Evaluation of an Opioid Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Continuing Education Program. Pain Med. 2016 Jan; 17(1):52-63. PMID: 26304703; PMCID: PMC4718419; DOI: 10.1111/pme.12878;

Fuster D, Cheng DM, Wang N, Bernstein JA, Palfai TP, Alford DP, Samet JH, Saitz R. Brief intervention for daily marijuana users identified by screening in primary care: A subgroup analysis of the ASPIRE randomized clinical trial. Subst Abus. 2016 Apr-Jun; 37(2):336-42.View Related Profiles.

Fuster, Daniel
Alford, Daniel
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Bernstein, Judith
Saitz, Richard

PMID: 26453188; PMCID: PMC4826635; DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2015.1075932;

Tsui JI, Lira MC, Cheng DM, Winter MR, Alford DP, Liebschutz JM, Mao J, Edwards RR, Samet JH. Hepatitis C virus infection and pain sensitivity in patients on methadone or buprenorphine maintenance therapy for opioid use disorders. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Aug 1; 153:286-92.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Cheng, Debbie
Liebschutz, Jane
Samet, Jeffrey
Tsui, Judith

PMID: 26048638; PMCID: PMC4509826; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.05.011;

Jenkins JA, Alford DP, Gordon AJ. Building Connections and Bridging Interdisciplinary Leadership in Addictions: 2014 AMERSA Annual Conference and a Thank You to Reviewers. Subst Abus. 2015 Apr-Jun; 36(2):131-4. PMID: 25826178; DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2015.1033910;

Basaria S, Travison TG, Alford D, Knapp PE, Teeter K, Cahalan C, Eder R, Lakshman K, Bachman E, Mensing G, Martel MO, Le D, Stroh H, Bhasin S, Wasan AD, Edwards RR. Effects of testosterone replacement in men with opioid-induced androgen deficiency: a randomized controlled trial. Pain. 2015 Feb; 156(2):280-8.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Knapp, Philip
Bhasin, Shalender
Travison, Thomas

PMID: 25599449; PMCID: PMC6036339; DOI: 10.1097/01.j.pain.0000460308.86819.aa;

Shanahan CW, Sorensen-Alawad A, Carney BL, Persand I, Cruz A, Botticelli M, Pressman K, Adams WG, Brolin M, Alford DP. The implementation of an integrated information system for substance use screening in general medical settings. Appl Clin Inform. 2014; 5(4):878-94.View Related Profiles.

Shanahan, Christopher
Alford, Daniel
Adams, William

PMID: 25589904; PMCID: PMC4287668; DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2014-03-RA-0025;

Saitz R, Palfai TP, Cheng DM, Alford DP, Bernstein JA, Lloyd-Travaglini CA, Meli SM, Chaisson CE, Samet JH. Screening and brief intervention for drug use in primary care: the ASPIRE randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014 Aug 6; 312(5):502-13.View Related Profiles.

Chaisson, Christine
Alford, Daniel
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Bernstein, Judith
Saitz, Richard

PMID: 25096690; PMCID: PMC4667772; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.7862;

Frank JW, Bair MJ, Becker WC, Krebs EE, Liebschutz JM, Alford DP. Update in pain medicine for primary care providers: a narrative review, 2010-2012. Pain Med. 2014 Mar; 15(3):425-31.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Liebschutz, Jane

PMID: 24423083; DOI: 10.1111/pme.12337;

Wright TE, Alford DP, Starer JJ. Deadly prescriptions: How to protect your patients. ACOG Update. 2014; 40(2):1-10.

Alford DP. Weighing in on opioids for chronic pain: the barriers to change. JAMA. 2013 Oct 2; 310(13):1351-2. PMID: 24084920

Alford DP. Opioid prescribing: can the art become more science? J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Oct; 28(10):1253-4. PMID: 23681844; PMCID: PMC3785648; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2493-2;

Alford DP, Livingston EH. JAMA patient page. Misuse of opioid medication. JAMA. 2013 May 15; 309(19):2055. PMID: 23677318; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.4328;

Kim TW, Saitz R, Kretsch N, Cruz A, Winter MR, Shanahan CW, Alford DP. Screening for unhealthy alcohol and other drug use by health educators: do primary care clinicians document screening results? J Addict Med. 2013 May-Jun; 7(3):204-9.View Related Profiles.

Shanahan, Christopher
Alford, Daniel
Saitz, Richard
Kim, Theresa

PMID: 23609212; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e31828da017;

Alford DP. Chronic back pain with possible prescription opioid misuse. JAMA. 2013 Mar 6; 309(9):919-25. PMID: 23462788; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.522;

Walley AY, Cheng DM, Pierce CE, Chen C, Filippell T, Samet JH, Alford DP. Methadone dose, take home status, and hospital admission among methadone maintenance patients. J Addict Med. 2012 Sep; 6(3):186-90.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Alford, Daniel
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey

PMID: 22694929; PMCID: PMC3416958; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3182584772;

Gordon AJ, Alford DP. Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) curricular innovations: addressing a training gap. Subst Abus. 2012; 33(3):227-30. PMID: 22737999; DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2011.640156;

Kraus ML, Alford DP, Kotz MM, Levounis P, Mandell TW, Meyer M, Salsitz EA, Wetterau N, Wyatt SA. Statement of the American Society Of Addiction Medicine Consensus Panel on the use of buprenorphine in office-based treatment of opioid addiction. J Addict Med. 2011 Dec; 5(4):254-63. PMID: 22042215; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3182312983;

Liebschutz JM, Alford DP. Safe opioid prescribing: a long way to go. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Sep; 26(9):951-2.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Liebschutz, Jane

PMID: 21735346; PMCID: PMC3157526; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1797-3;

Alford DP, LaBelle CT, Kretsch N, Bergeron A, Winter M, Botticelli M, Samet JH. Collaborative care of opioid-addicted patients in primary care using buprenorphine: five-year experience. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Mar 14; 171(5):425-31.View Related Profiles.

Labelle, Colleen
Alford, Daniel
Samet, Jeffrey

PMID: 21403039; PMCID: PMC3059544; DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.541;

Lasser KE, Kim TW, Alford DP, Cabral H, Saitz R, Samet JH. Is unhealthy substance use associated with failure to receive cancer screening and flu vaccination? A retrospective cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2011 Jan 1; 1(1):e000046.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Cabral, Howard
Samet, Jeffrey
Lasser, Karen
Saitz, Richard
Kim, Theresa

PMID: 22021737; PMCID: PMC3191402; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2010-000046;

Alford DP. "Surgical Interventions in the Alcohol- or Drug-Using Patient". Chapter 82. Essentials of Addiction Medicine, First Edition. Section 10: Medical Disorders and Complications of Addiction. American Society of Addiction Medicine, Inc. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, PA. 2011.

Squires LE, Alford DP, Bernstein J, Palfai T, Saitz R. Clinical case discussion: screening and brief intervention for drug use in primary care. J Addict Med. 2010 Sep; 4(3):131-6.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Bernstein, Judith
Saitz, Richard

PMID: 21113433; PMCID: PMC2989621; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3181f59777;

Saitz R, Alford DP, Bernstein J, Cheng DM, Samet J, Palfai T. Screening and brief intervention for unhealthy drug use in primary care settings: randomized clinical trials are needed. J Addict Med. 2010 Sep; 4(3):123-30.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Bernstein, Judith
Saitz, Richard

PMID: 20936079; PMCID: PMC2950314; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3181db6b67;

Tsui JI, Herman DS, Kettavong M, Alford D, Anderson BJ, Stein MD. Physician introduction to opioids for pain among patients with opioid dependence and depressive symptoms. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2010 Dec; 39(4):378-83.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Tsui, Judith
Stein, Michael

PMID: 20727704; PMCID: PMC3129653; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.06.012;

Alford DP, Krebs EE, Chen IA, Nicolaidis C, Bair MJ, Liebschutz J. Update in pain medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Nov; 25(11):1222-6.View Related Profiles.

Alford, Daniel
Liebschutz, Jane

PMID: 20632120; PMCID: PMC2947651; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1452-4;

Starrels JL, Becker WC, Alford DP, Kapoor A, Williams AR, Turner BJ. Systematic review: treatment agreements and urine drug testing to reduce opioid misuse in patients with chronic pain. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Jun 1; 152(11):712-20.View Related Profiles.

Kapoor, Alok
Alford, Daniel

PMID: 20513829; DOI: 10.1059/0003-4819-152-11-201006010-00004;

Shanahan CW, Beers D, Alford DP, Brigandi E, Samet JH. A transitional opioid program to engage hospitalized drug users. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Aug; 25(8):803-8.View Related Profiles.

Shanahan, Christopher
Alford, Daniel
Samet, Jeffrey

PMID: 20237960; PMCID: PMC2896583; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1311-3;

Jackson AH, Alford DP, Dubé CE, Saitz R. Internal medicine residency training for unhealthy alcohol and other drug use: recommendations for curriculum design. BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10:22.View Related Profiles.

Jackson, Angela
Alford, Daniel
Saitz, Richard

PMID: 20230607; PMCID: PMC2848062; DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-22;

Starrels JL, Alford DP, Turner BJ. Response to Letter to the Editors: Urine Drug Testing Is Still an Invaluable Resource for Primary Care. Ann Intern Med. 2010; 153(6):420-421.
Alford DP. “Acute and Chronic Pain”. Chapter 11. Handbook of Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Dependence. Renner JA, Levounis P eds. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (APPI). Arlington, VA. 2010.

Kim TW, Alford DP, Holick MF, Malabanan AO, Samet JH. Low vitamin d status of patients in methadone maintenance treatment. J Addict Med. 2009 Sep; 3(3):134-8.View Related Profiles.

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Alford DP. Opioids for chronic pain in patients with substance abuse: too much, too little or just right? Pain. 2009 Oct; 145(3):267-8. PMID: 19631467; DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.06.036;

Walley AY, Farrar D, Cheng DM, Alford DP, Samet JH. Are opioid dependence and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) documented in the medical record? A patient safety issue. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Sep; 24(9):1007-11.View Related Profiles.

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Douglass MA, Sanchez GM, Alford DP, Wilkes G, Greenwald JL. Physicians' pain management confidence versus competence. J Opioid Manag. 2009 May-Jun; 5(3):169-74. PMID: 19662926

Alford DP. "Surgical Interventions in the Alcohol- or Drug-Using Patient". Chapter 82. Principles of Addiction Medicine, Fourth Edition. Section 10: Medical Disorders and Complications of Addiction. American Society of Addiction Medicine, Inc. 2009.
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Walley AY, Alperen JK, Cheng DM, Botticelli M, Castro-Donlan C, Samet JH, Alford DP. Office-based management of opioid dependence with buprenorphine: clinical practices and barriers. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Sep; 23(9):1393-8.View Related Profiles.

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Alford DP, Compton P, Samet JH. Acute pain management for patients receiving maintenance methadone or buprenorphine therapy. Ann Intern Med. 2006 Jan 17; 144(2):127-34.View Related Profiles.

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Isaacson JH, Hopper JA, Alford DP, Parran T. Prescription drug use and abuse. Risk factors, red flags, and prevention strategies. Postgrad Med. 2005 Jul; 118(1):19-26. PMID: 16106916

Richter KP, Choi WS, Alford DP. Smoking policies in U.S. outpatient drug treatment facilities. Nicotine Tob Res. 2005 Jun; 7(3):475-80. PMID: 16085516

Olsen Y, Alford DP, Horton NJ, Saitz R. Addressing smoking cessation in methadone programs. J Addict Dis. 2005; 24(2):33-48.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 15784522

Alford DP. Waldmann CA. “Pain Management". The Health Care of Homeless Persons: A Manual of Communicable Diseases and Common Problems in Shelters and on the Streets. O’Connell JJ ed. Part Three: Emerging Challenges in Street and Shelter Medicine. Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Guthrie Nixon Smith Printers. Boston, MA. 2004.
Alford DP. Invited Editorial. Alcohol, drug dependence late in life. Age-associated changes can mask the problem, but the odds of recovery are good. Health News. 2004; 10(8):6-7.
Alford DP. "Surgical Interventions in the Alcohol- or Drug-Using Patient". Chapter 11. Principles of Addiction Medicine, Third Edition. Section 10: Medical Disorders and Complications of Addiction. American Society of Addiction Medicine, Inc. 2002.
Alford DP. “Snail Control.” Chapter 5. Bilharzia: A Manual for Health Workers in Malawi. Eds. Teesdale CH, Choudhry AW, Pugh RN, Ellison RH. Ciba Geigy, Ltd. Nairobi, Kenya. 1982.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 88 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2010

Bar chart showing 88 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2010

Year	Publications
1982	1
2002	1
2004	2
2005	3
2006	3
2007	3
2008	5
2009	6
2010	9
2011	5
2012	2
2013	5
2014	4
2015	4
2016	5
2017	7
2018	6
2019	7
2020	3
2021	4
2022	1
2023	2

Media Mentions

Rethinking Alcohol Use Disorder Preventing Screening via Virtual Care

Patient Engagement HIT 4/11/2023

Introduction to Improving Telehealth and Virtual Care for Pain Management and Opioid/Substance Use Disorder

National Academy of Medicine 6/29/2022

There’s a Revolution Happening in Harm Reduction for Drug Users. Can Our Broken Health Care System Handle It?

New Republic 12/17/2021

Undercover Providence Police Faked Withdrawal Symptoms and Solicited Suboxone

The Appeal 3/10/2020

A Perfect Storm of Missteps Brought the Opioid Epidemic

MD Magazine 3/9/2020

Treading the Tightrope of Opioid Restrictions

Nature 9/11/2019

Addiction used to be someone else’s problem. Doctors graduating today are eager to take it on

Boston Globe 5/28/2019

Potential for opioid misuse creates prescribing challenges for internists

Healio 4/13/2019

Does science show that unprescribed buprenorphine saves lives?

Politifact 4/7/2019

Will Fewer Opioid Prescriptions Help Kick The Crisis?

PBS Newshour 3/15/2019

Good News: Opioids Prescribing Fell. The Bad? Pain Patients Suffer, Doctors Say

The New York Times 3/6/2019

Clinicians' Use Of 'Safer' Opioid-Prescribing Practices Spotty

Reuters Health 3/5/2019

Health experts offer solutions for unintended consequences of opioid crackdown

Fox News 12/13/2018

Boston Medical Center’s talk examines law in opioid epidemic

The Daily Free Press 11/16/2018

Physicians' poor addiction training makes healthcare's opioid battle like 'fighting World War II with only the Coast Guard'

Becker’s Hospital Review 9/11/2018

A Dire Need in Addiction Medicine

WRAL 9/10/2018

Underused Weapon In the War on Addiction

Managed Care Magazine 1/1/2018

2016 American Society of Addiction Medicine: Educator of the Year Award

2016 American College of Physicians: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine

2015 Society of General Internal Medicine: Best Paper of the Year

2014 American Medical Association: Health Education Award

2014 White House Office of National Drug Control Policy: Outstanding Prevention Effort

2011 White House Offices of Public Engagement and Office of National Drug Control Policyl: Champion of Change

2011 Massachusetts Medical Law Report: Hero from the Field

2010 American Society of Addiction Medicine: Fellow

2007 , American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AOTOD): Nyswander-Dole (Career Achievement) Award

2007 Boston Magazine: Best Doctors

2005-2006 Best Doctors in America

2002 Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA): New Investigator/Educator Award

1999 BUSM: Excellence in Teaching Award

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

addiction medicine
chronic pain
education
opioids
pain medicine

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