## About

Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH, is a primary care physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) with expertise treating substance use disorders in general healthcare settings. Dr. Samet is also the John Noble, MD Professor in General Internal Medicine and the Vice Chair of Public Health in the Department of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. His ...  research efforts focus on alcohol and drug abuse, HIV infection and primary medical care and he has worked internationally in Russia, India, Uganda, Ukraine and Vietnam. Dr. Samet is editor of the journal Addiction Science & Clinical Practice.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Adult Primary Care](/departments/adult-primary-care)
- ### Specialties
    
    Substance use in medical settings, substance use and HIV infection, health professional substance use education
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.5951](tel:617.414.5951)
- ### Primary Location
    
    801 Massachusetts Avenue  
    6th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02119
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    John Noble, MD Professor in General Internal Medicine and Vice Chair of Public Health, Department of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
    Internal Medicine, Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA Resident (Internal Medicine), Boston City Hospital, 1983-1988
- ### Fellowship
    
    General Internal Medicine (Clinical and Research), Massachusetts General Hospital, 1986-1989
- ### Education
    
    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1983  
    Resident, Internal Medicine, BUSM, Boston City Hospital, 1986  
    Clinical and Research Fellow, General Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, MGH, 1989
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine
- ### Research Interests
    
    Addiction Research
 
 

 

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  ## Affiliations

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