Victoria Adeleye, PMHNP-BC, CARN, Awarded REACH Fellowship

Posted by Tavi Hristova

Victoria, a former Nurse Care Manager in the OBAT clinic and current psychiatric nurse practitioner in BMC’s Addiction and Behavioral Outpatient Recovery (ABOVE) program, was recently selected as a Recognizing and Eliminating Disparities in Addiction through Culturally-informed Healthcare (REACH) Scholar for the 2021-2022 cohort.

Based in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine, this one-year fellowship aims to increase the overall number of racial and ethnic underrepresented minority addiction specialists in the Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine workforce and to increase the number of addiction specialists adequately trained to work with racial and ethnic minority patients with substance use disorders. Victoria’s work with the REACH program will specifically focus on utilizing faith-based community interventions to engage racial and ethnic minority patients in addiction care.

More information about the REACH training program is available here. Please join us in congratulating Victoria on this exciting fellowship!

BMC MAT Quick Start: Now Available!

Posted by Tavi Hristova

BMC OBAT TTA+ is thrilled to announce the release of a mobile application to support clinicians providing evidence-based treatment to patients with opioid use disorder. The BMC MAT Quick Start App is now available to download, free of charge, for both Apple and Android devices. A web-based version of this application is also available on our website.


The app utilizes interactive clinical algorithms to walk clinicians through each step of the medication initiation process and pain management recommendations for patients with OUD. These algorithms are also available to download on our website under “Resources”.


The app does not replace clinical decision-making and is meant to help inform clinicians regarding the use of medications for opioid use disorder. Resources to learn more, including practice guidelines, patient handouts, and links to external organizations are also available through the app.


We would like to applaud our team members, Annie Potter, MSN, MPH, NP, CARN-AP; Andrea Caputo, DNP, FNP-BC, CARN-AP; and Shereen Sodder, BA, for leading this exciting initiative.

You can access the app at the following links:
Our website: https://www.addictiontraining.org/quick-start/
Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bmc-mat-quick-start/id1524468581
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.bmcobat.app


NEW Videos from Our Experts – Ethical Dilemmas in Treatment, Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder, and Bacterial Infections and SUDs

Posted by Tavi Hristova

The OBAT TTA team has released our final three videos in this series which aims to provide clinical care teams with education on current issues in the field of addiction treatment. These videos cover ethical dilemmas in inpatient treatment of substance use disorder, written by Zoe Weinstein, MD, MSc; medications for alcohol use disorder, written by Richard Saitz, MD, MPH; and bacterial infections in patients with substance use disorders, written by Simeon Kimmel, MD, MA.

This video series was spearheaded by Alicia Ventura, MPH, OBAT TTA’s Director of Research and Special Projects, and produced by 1623 Studios out of Gloucester, MA. The entire video series can be found on our website here: https://www.addictiontraining.org/resources/videos.php?category=8.

We hope you and your teams have enjoyed these short informational videos and have found them helpful to your practice. Stay tuned for more exciting projects like this from the OBAT TTA team!

NEW Video from Our Experts – Initiating Buprenorphine in Opioid Naive Patients

Posted by Tavi Hristova

“Initiation of Buprenorphine in Patients who are NOT Opioid Dependent” was written by Kristin Wason, MSN, AGPCNP, CARN, Clinical Educator, Office Based Addiction Treatment; Instructor of Medicine, Boston University and Boston Medical Center. This is the twelfth video in a series launched by Boston Medical Center’s OBAT TTA team, spearheaded by Alicia Ventura, MPH, Director of Research and Special Projects, which aims to provide clinical care teams with education on current issues in the field of addiction treatment.

The entire video series can be found on our website here: https://www.addictiontraining.org/resources/?category=8

This video was produced by 1623 Studios out of Gloucester, MA.

“Until Addiction Medicine Training Made Universal, Filling the Gaps.”

Posted by Tavi Hristova

In this article from Boston Medical Center’s HealthCity newsletter, OBAT TTA’s Kristin Wason, MSN, NP-C, CARN, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the significant gap in addiction medicine training among providers who care for these patients and innovative solutions to this problem, including the OBAT TTA team’s COVID-19 drop-in sessions.

To read the full article, click here.

“The Pandemic Has Changed Addiction Treatment, Some Hope For Good.”

Posted by Tavi Hristova

This segment from WBUR’s CommonHealth highlights the efforts of Boston Medical Center’s OBAT clinic to quickly adapt to provide accessible, remote care for patients. OBAT TTA’s Colleen LaBelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN, discusses how these efforts and regulatory changes have helped to normalize substance use disorder treatment and keep patients more engaged in their care.

To read the full transcription of this segment, please click here.