Our office has moved to the 5th floor of the Crosstown Building located at 801 Massachusetts Avenue. We are no longer located in the Shapiro Building.
Boston Medical Center’s Office Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) Program was established in 2003 and currently serves over 800 patients, making it the largest hospital-based addiction treatment program in New England. The OBAT team treats patients with approved medications for substance use disorders including buprenorphine, injectable buprenorphine, injectable naltrexone, and oral naltrexone. Patients receive specialized treatment for their substance use disorder integrated within a primary care setting, allowing all their medical needs to be addressed by a team of providers. The OBAT Program has been recognized nationally and replicated within many outpatient settings, including primary care, family medicine, behavioral health, and OB/Gyn practices, among others.
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Derrek Anderson speaks about how the program helped him end 30 years of heroin use.
Contact Us
Crosstown Center 617.414.4123
Treatments & Services
The BMC OBAT Program provides the following services to patients:
- Treatment for all types of Substance Use Disorders, including opioid, alcohol, benzodiazepine, and stimulant use disorders
- Trained addiction experts including nurses, physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, psychiatrists, patient care coordinators, medical assistants, and recovery coaches
- Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD): buprenorphine (Suboxone), injectable buprenorphine (Sublocade), and naltrexone (Vivitrol, Revia)
- Same-day medication access
- Direct telephone access to the nursing team
- Compassionate and non-judgmental care
- Harm reduction services and resources
- Specialized services to justice-involved individuals, adolescents, pregnant and post-partum women, and those with brain injuries
- Assistance accessing social supports and other benefits (e.g., food, IDs, employment, insurance)
- Behavioral health and psychiatric services
- Access to short- and long-term birth control
- Screening and treatment options for HIV; Hepatitis A, B, and C; and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
- Overdose education and access to naloxone (Narcan)
Our Team
Program Leadership
Colleen Labelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN
Program Director
Jason Worcester, MD
Medical Director
Lexie Bergeron, MPH, LCSW
Director of Operations
Nurse Care Manager Team
Christie Conners, BSN, RN
Nurse Care Manager
Stacey Dobrowolski, BSN, RN, CARN
Nurse Care Manager
Eileen Grassie, BSN, RN
Nurse Care Manager
Darlene Justal, BSN, RN
Nurse Care Manager
Michelle Lima, BSN, RN, CARN
Nurse Care Manager
Sarah McKeon, BSN, RN
Nurse Care Manager
Carla Merlos, BSN, RN
Nurse Care Manager
Jill Shaw, RN, CARN
Nurse Care Manager
Isela Wellington, BSN, RN
Nurse Care Manager
Susan Dickerman
Patient Care Coordinator
Chris Kennedy
Patient Care Coordinator
Antoneta Zyba
Medical Assistant
Stacey Mitchell
OBAT Triage Coordinator
Stimulant Treatment and Recovery Team (START)
Marielle C Baldwin, MD, MPH
Medical Director, START
Meghan Brett, LICSW
Behavioral Health Group Clinician
Anne Claude, BSN, RN
Nurse Care Manager, START
Sarah McKeon, BSN, RN
Nurse Care Manager, START
Logan Puleikis
Program Coordinator, START
Shay Rainey
Patient Navigator, START
Dyana Salas, BSN, RN
Nurse Care Manager, START
Stephanie Taormina, MD
Psychiatrist
Alyssa Tilhou, MD
Medical Provider
Rachel Xue
Data Coordinator
Medical Prescribers
Daniel Alford, MD, MPH
Physician, OBAT
Jonathan P Berz, MD
Physician, OBAT
Joseph F Boyle, MD
Physician, OBAT
Robert D Bruce, MD
Physician, OBAT
Pablo A Buitron de la Vega, MD
Physician, OBAT
Sheila E Chapman, MD
Physician, OBAT
Shaleen Chakyayil, MD
Physician, OBAT
Chloe Ciccariello, MD
Physician, OBAT
Ricardo Cruz, MD
Physician, OBAT
Amy Fitzpatrick, MD
Physician, OBAT
Elke P Ganz, NP
Nurse Practitioner, OBAT
Sandra S Looby-Gordon, MD
Physician, OBAT
Alice Grant, FNP-C, MSN
Nurse Practitioner, OBAT
Emily E Hurstak, MD, MPH
Physician, OBAT
Theresa W Kim, MD
Physician, OBAT
Sarah L Kimball, MD
Physician, OBAT
Andrea Jodat, NDP, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, OBAT
Jordana Laks, MD, MPH
Physician, OBAT
Karen E Lasser, MD
Physician, OBAT
Kristin Lee, MD
Physician, OBAT
Vasudev C Mandyam, MD
Physician, OBAT
Juhee C McDougal, MD
Physician, OBAT
Christine A Pace, MD
Physician, OBAT
Susan L Phillips, MD
Physician, OBAT
Annie L Potter, MSN, MPH, NP
Nurse Practitioner, OBAT
Christine A Prifti, MD
Physician, OBAT
Catherine A Rich, MD
Physician, OBAT
Margot P Rogers, MD
Physician, OBAT
Jeffrey H Samet, MD, MA, MPH
Physician, OBAT
Lucy B Shulson, MD
Physician, OBAT
Jennifer R Siegal, MD
Physician, OBAT
Jessica L Taylor, MD
Physician, OBAT
Kristin F Wason, MSN, NP-C
Nurse Practitioner, OBAT
Zoe M Weinstein, MD
Physician, OBAT
Theresa C Weir, NP
Nurse Practitioner, OBAT
Provider Resources
Research Overview
Office-Based Addiction Treatment Retention and Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness - Fine DR, Lewis E, Weinstock K, Wright J, Gaeta JM, Baggett TP. [published correction appears in JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Aug 2;4(8):e2128112]. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(3):e210477. Published 2021 Mar 1. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0477
Tapering off and returning to buprenorphine maintenance in a primary care Office Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) program. - Weinstein ZM, Gryczynski G, Cheng DM, et al. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018;189:166-171. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.05.010
Addiction Nursing Competencies: A Comprehensive Toolkit for the Addictions Nurse - Wason K, Potter A, Alves J, et al. . J Nurs Adm. 2021;51(9):424-429. doi:10.1097/NNA.0000000000001041
Residency and Fellowship Information
Addiction Medicine Fellowship
The 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
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