Grayken Center for Addiction

We are on a mission to improve the lives of people with substance use disorders through clinical care, research, education, and policy and advocacy efforts.

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Our Work

Patient Programs & Services

Whether you’re looking for treatment for yourself, a family member, or a patient, we have programs that can help.

Research

Our clinical research focuses on developing best practices for people with addiction, with the intent to effect real change in care.

Policy & Advocacy

Our experts are committed to changing the policy landscape to better the health and lives of people with addiction.

Our Impact

The Grayken Center is a national leader in clinical care, research, policy, and advocacy related to substance use disorders. Our programs, most of which are based on best practices developed at BMC, serve patients from birth through geriatric care in over approximately 2,500 patient visits per month. In addition, our researchers publish approximately 100 papers annually, helping to build the future of addiction medicine.

Meet Our Experts

April 16–17, 2025

Together For Hope 2025: Shaping the Future of Addiction Care

This conference unites addiction experts and individuals with lived experiences across Massachusetts to collaborate, share innovations, and build community. Attendees can participate in engaging roundtable discussions, workshops, multidisciplinary panels, and presentations from leaders in the field, focusing on the key themes of recovery, harm reduction, youth and family, and addiction treatment.

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Meet Our 2025 Artist in Residence: Elizabeth Addison

A multi-talented playwright, composer, and lyricist, Elizabeth Addison fuses creative expression with addiction recovery in her work. At Together for Hope 2025, she’ll present an excerpt from This is Treatment, an immersive piece inspired by her time in residential care. A national speaker and creative recovery coach, she partners with the Grayken Center to promote treatment equity.

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Stories of Recovery at Grayken

Stigma is most often the primary reason why people don’t receive the addiction treatment they need. Grayken hopes to bring addiction out of the shadows by telling the stories of recovery and the research that goes behind what we do.

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“Behind the Evidence” Podcast

In Season 2, Episode 4 of the Grayken Center for Addiction podcast “Behind the Evidence,” host Honora Englander, MD, interviews Joao P. De Aquino, MD, about his recent publication on cannabis for non-medical opioid use in patients receiving medications for OUD, and Donovan Maust, MD, about his research on the negative health outcomes associated with benzodiazepine discontinuation.

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Additional Resources

Clinical Training

BMC is a national expert in training clinicians across the country to provide care for patients with substance use disorders. Education, support, and capacity-building programs are available.

Education

BMC has a number of training opportunities, including fellowship programs, internships, and practicums for physicians, nurses, social workers, and alcohol and drug counselors.

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

An open-access journal dedicated to research and perspectives that work to improve the quality of care for people with unhealthy alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use and addictive behaviors.

Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Health: Current Evidence

The Grayken Center’s free online newsletter summarizing the latest clinically relevant research on substance use and health.

Call Our Hotline

To get an appointment or talk with someone about addiction services at Boston Medical Center, call 617.638.5500. Or click here to learn more about our programs.

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