Christopher W Shanahan, MD, MPH

Director, Community Medicine Unit
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA

Language:French, Spanish

Gender:Male

Address

725 Albany St
Boston, MA 02118

617.414.7399

Residency

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx NY (1991)
Fellowship in General Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston MA (1995)

Education

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark NJ (1988)

Special Interests

General Internal Medicine (Diabetes, Hypertension, Asthma, Obesity, etc.), Addiction (Opioids {Tobacco, Heroin, Prescription Meds}, Alcohol, etc.), Preventive Health (Lifestyle and Behavior Change)

Research Interests

Substance Use Disorders, Medical Informatics, Community Medicine

Board Certification

Internal medicine

Conducts Clinical Trials

Yes

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Boston Medical Center currently accepts the following insurance plans.

Payer	Participants
Aetna	Hospital
Aetna	Physicians
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)	Hospital (underlies AQC agreement)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)	Physicians & CHCs (see TIN list)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)	Physicians
BMC Healthnet Plan	Hospital Contract
BMC Healthnet Plan	Hospital Contract (LOA)
BMC Healthnet Plan	Departmental MD Contract
BMC Healthnet Plan	FPF Contract (LOA)
Chickering Claims Administrators	Hospital & Physician
Cigna (formerly HealthSource)	Hospital Contract
Cigna	Physicians
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)	Hospital
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)	(Hospital) MetroBoston Recovery Learning Center & Southeastern Recovery Learning Center
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)	Provider
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)	Family Medicine (by addendum to the Provider Agreement for Inpatient Services Program)
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)	Family Medicine
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)	Evans Medical Foundation
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)	General Internal Medicine
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)	Greater Roslindale Medical and Dental Center
Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)	General Internal Medicine & Family Medicine
East Boston ESP	Physicians
Fallon	Hospital & Specialists &PCPs
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC)	Hospital
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC)	Physician
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC)	Hospital & Physician
Kaiser	Hospital & Evans Medical Foundation
MultiPlan (PPO Network Company)	Hospital & Physician (hospital via PHCS agreement; FPF via MPI MOU; integration by amendment to PHCS agreement 10.1.07)
MultiPlan (Beech Street)	Physician
Neighborhood	Hospital Contract
Neighborhood	Physician Contract
Senior Whole Health	Hospital & FPF
Tufts Health Plan	Hospital & FPF
Tufts Health Public Plans (THPP)	Hospital & FPF
TriCare (Healthnet Federal Services, LCC)	Hospital & Physician
TriCare (Formerly CHAMPUS, PHP Healthcare Corporation)	No longer in effect; merged with TriCare
Unicare	Physician Contract
United Healthcare	Hospital Agreement
United Healthcare	Departmental MD Contract
Uphams Elder Svc Plan	Hospital & Physicians
VA Choice	Hospital & Physicians

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