Director, Division of Addiction Psychiatry
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Dr Joji Suzuki is the Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). As an addiction psychiatrist on the psychiatric consultation service at BWH, his clinical work has consisted largely of providing assistance to his medical and surgical colleagues on the management of substance use disorders in the general medical setting. Over the course of his career, he has successfully launched numerous treatment programs for substance use disorders at BWH, including the Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Addiction Recovery Program and the BWH Bridge Clinic. He is the inaugural Program Director for the BWH Addiction Medicine Fellowship program, and continues to be very active in medical student, resident, and fellow education. He has received research funding continuously for the last decade from both public and private sources, and is now completing a NIDA K23 Career Development Award to receive mentored training in conducting clinical trials. His overall research efforts are aimed at identifying novel pharmacologic and behavioral interventions for substance use disorders, with a particular emphasis on treatments delivered in general medical settings. He is a sought-out speaker both locally and nationally, and currently serves on a variety of committees, workgroups, and taskforces for Mass General Brigham, HMS, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, and Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Saturday, November 12, 2022
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM
