Jeffrey Samet MD

Internal Medicine•Boston, MA

Addiction Medicine

Professor of Medicine, Boston University

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801 Massachusetts Ave; 2nd FloorSection of General Internal Medicine; BMCBoston, MA 02118
Phone+1 617-414-7444
Fax+1 617-414-4676

Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1987
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1984 - 2025
TX State Medical License 1983 - 1989
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2013-2016
Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2010-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Russia PREVENT (HIV Prevention Partnership in Russian Alcohol Treatment) Start of enrollment: 2004 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Project HERMITAGE: HIV Prevention in Hospitalized Russian Drinkers Start of enrollment: 2007 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Linking Infectious and Narcology Care in Russia Start of enrollment: 2012 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Alcohol's Impact on Inflammatory Markers in HIV Disease - Russia ARCH Cohort Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 01
Completed
Zinc for HIV Disease Among Alcohol Users - an RCT in the Russia ARCH Cohort Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Studying Partial-agonists for Ethanol and Tobacco Elimination in Russians With HIV (St PETER HIV) Start of enrollment: 2017 Jul 19
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3
St. PETERsburg Pain and Alcohol Intervention With Naltrexone and Nalmefene Start of enrollment: 2018 Jul 03
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Linking Infectious and Narcology Care-Part II Start of enrollment: 2018 Sep 19
Completed
Phase 4
St. PETERsburg Pain and Alcohol Intervention With Naltrexone and Gabapentin Start of enrollment: 2021 Jan 25
Completed
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Oral vs Extended-Release Injectable Naltrexone for Hospitalized Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Kara M Magane, Kimberly A Dukes, Sarah Fielman, Tibor P Palfai, Daniel Regan
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2025-04-21
The effectiveness of the communities that HEAL intervention on reducing non-fatal opioid overdoses: A prespecified secondary analysis of a waitlist cluster control ran...
Louisa Gilbert, Rouba Chahine, Redonna Chandler, Daniel J Feaster, Erin Kim
The International Journal on Drug Policy. 2025-04-11
Is There an Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Advanced Liver Fibrosis in Smokers with HIV, Heavy Drinking and High Prevalence of HCV?
Daniel Fuster, Kaku So-Armah, Debbie M Cheng, Elena Blokhina, Gregory Patts
Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025-02-11

Journal Articles

Non-Fatal Opioid-Related Overdoses Among Adolescents in Massachusetts 2012–2014
Avik Chatterjee, Marc R Larochelle, Jeffrey H Samet, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Receipt of Timely Addiction Treatment and Association of Early Medication Treatment with Retention in Care Among Youths with Opioid Use Disorder
Michael Silverstein, Marc R Larochelle, Sarah M Bagley, Scott E Hadland, Sharon Levy, Jeffrey H Samet, Bonnie T Zima, JAMA

Authored Content

Non-Fatal Opioid-Related Overdoses Among Adolescents in Massachusetts 2012–2014October 2018
Opioid and Cocaine Use Among Primary Care Patients on Buprenorphine—Self-Report and Urine Drug TestsOctober 2018

Press Mentions

HMN 2025: How Hospitalized Sufferers Who Obtain Alcohol Use Dysfunction Therapy Can Considerably Scale Back Heavy IngestingApril 22nd, 2025
Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Significantly Cut Heavy DrinkingApril 21st, 2025
Hospitalized Patients Who Receive Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Can Substantially Reduce Heavy DrinkingApril 21st, 2025
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