## About Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, is a board-certified primary care physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where he specializes in managing opioid use disorders and safer opioid prescribing. He is also a professor of medicine and associate dean of continuing medical education at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the director of the Clinical Addiction Research and ... Education (CARE) Unit at BMC. Dr. Alford has been recognized as a Champion of Change by the White House and has received the American Medical Association’s Award for Health Education, among other honors.Read More - ### Departments [Adult Primary Care](/departments/adult-primary-care) - ### Specialties General internal medicine, opioid use disorders, pain management - ### Contact [617.414.5951](tel:617.414.5951) - ### Primary Location 801 Massachusetts Avenue 6th Floor Boston, MA 02119 - ### Administrative Title Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education, Director of Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Director of Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) Program, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine - ### Residency Boston University Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1992-1996 - ### Education Boston University, 1992 - ### Board Certifications Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine ## Affiliations ### ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) [View profile](http://profiles.bu.edu/Daniel.Alford) ### ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) [View profile](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/daniel-alford) ## Affiliations ### ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) [View profile](http://profiles.bu.edu/Daniel.Alford) ### ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) [View profile](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/daniel-alford)