Addiction Consult Service | Boston Medical Center

The Addiction Consult Service improves the quality of care for hospitalized patients with substance use disorders and transitions them to post-hospitalization substance use treatment. The program’s services include the initiation of medication to treat addictions, pain management recommendations, and assistance transitioning to community-based addiction treatment programs.

The Addiction Consult Service is available to patients admitted to the hospital. Please discuss with your or your loved one’s inpatient care team if you would like to speak to the Consult Service.

Conditions We Treat

Substance Use Disorders

Treatments & Services

Medication management and initiation recommendations for inpatients
Methadone initiation and referral to community-based Opioid Treatment Program
Motivational support and coaching from our Recovery and Wellness Advocate

Our Team

Zoe M Weinstein, MD

Primary Care Physician

Jason M. Fox, NP

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH

Primary Care Physician

Sarah M Bagley, MD

Primary Care Physician

Sheila E Chapman, MD

Primary Care Physician

Ricardo Cruz, MD

Primary Care Physician

Joanna L. D'Afflitti, MD, MPH

Primary Care Physician

Michael Fischer, MD, MS

Primary Care Physician

Amy L. Fitzpatrick, MD

Primary Care Physician

Sandra S. Looby-Gordon, MD

Physician

Miriam T Harris, MD, MSc

Primary Care Addiction Specialist

Ghulam K. Khan, MD

Infectious Disease Physician

Theresa W Kim, MD

Primary Care Physician

Sarah L. Kimball, MD

Primary Care Physician; Director, Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Christine A. Pace, MD, MSc

Primary Care Physician

Alyssa F Peterkin, MD

Hospitalist

Emily Regier, MD

Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH

Primary Care Physician

Christopher W. Shanahan, MD, MPH

Primary Care Physician

Jessica L. Taylor, MD

Internal Medicine Physician

Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc

Physician

Jason M. Worcester, MD

Primary Care Physician

Department News

Offering Medications for Opioid Addiction to Incarcerated Individuals Leads to Decrease in Overdose Deaths

BOSTON – New research from Boston Medical Center concluded that offering medications to treat opioid addiction in jails and prisons leads to a decrease in overdose deaths. Published in JAMA Network…

Apr 14

Research Overview

Inpatient Addiction Consult Service: Expertise for Hospitalized Patients with Complex Addiction Problems - Weinstein ZM, Wakeman SE, Nolan S. Med Clin North Am. 2018;102(4):587-601. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2018.03.001

Addiction consultation services - Linking hospitalized patients to outpatient addiction treatment - Trowbridge P, Weinstein ZM, Kerensky T, et al. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2017;79:1-5. doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2017.05.007

Residency and Fellowship Information

Addiction Medicine Fellowship

Mission of the Grayken Fellowship in Addiction Medicine is to train physician addiction medicine leaders in clinical care, research, education, public health, and advocacy to improve addiction care for people vulnerable to health inequities due to race, ethnicity, gender, poverty, age, disability or stigmatizing illness.

The Grayken Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program is a 1 or 2 year fellowship. There is also a 3-year combined Infectious Disease-Addiction Medicine Fellowship and a 2-year Fellowship in Maternal Health Addiction. Fellows are mentored by our multidisciplinary faculty from Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Addiction Psychiatry. The Grayken Fellowship in Addiction Medicine is accredited by the ACGME. Click here to learn more

Addiction Nursing Fellowship

Nurses are often on the front lines of caring for patient with substance use disorders (SUD) and often interact with these patients when they are most distressed, in the throes of withdrawal, or with altered behaviors due to intoxication. Addiction nursing fellows spend one day per week participating in clinical and educational activities that are focused on SUD. The fellowship spans six months, with two nurse fellows per cycle. The fellowship is based on a mixture of experiential and didactic learning opportunities to engage fellows in settings that are focused primarily on treatment and harm reduction. Click here to learn more