Joji Suzuki
Elite in Opioid Use Disorder

Dr. Joji Suzuki

Psychiatry
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Department Of Psychiatry
75 Francis Street, 
Boston, MA 

Elite in Opioid Use Disorder
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Department Of Psychiatry
75 Francis Street, 
Boston, MA 
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Overview

Dr 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). He has been a consultation-liaison psychiatrist in the Division of Medical Psychiatry at BWH, and serves as the Program Director for the BWH Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program. He has been very active in both medical student and resident education throughout his career. He is a member of Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and is the course director for the HMS CME course on motivational interviewing. His research has received funding from National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), CDC, SAMHSA, BWH, and HMS. In 2018 he was awarded a NIDA K23 Career Development Award to receive mentored training in conducting clinical trials, and to study the impact of recovery coaches on hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder. 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, Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, and the State of Massachusetts.  He has published 80 manuscripts and book chapters as first or co-author.

Dr. Suzuki is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. His top areas of expertise are Opioid Use Disorder and Delirium.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 117 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 22 articles and participated in 3 clinical trials in the study of Opioid Use Disorder.

Graduate Institution
Boston University, 1997 - 2002
Residency
Maine Medical Center, 2002 - 2006
Specialties
Psychiatry
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in MA
Board Certifications
Psychiatry
Addiction Medicine
Addiction Psychiatry
Fellowships
Boston University, 2006 - 2007
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry
75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 617-732-5752
Other Locations
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neurosciences Center
60 Fenwood Road, 1st Floor Hale Building For Transformative Medicine, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 617-732-5752

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


3 Clinical Trials

Initiating Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Hospitalized Opioid Use Disorder Patients.
Initiating Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Hospitalized Opioid Use Disorder Patients.
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: December 26, 2023
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Cannabidiol on reward-and Stress-related Neurocognitive Processes in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder: A Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Cross-over Trial
Cannabidiol on reward-and Stress-related Neurocognitive Processes in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder: A Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Cross-over Trial
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: October 05, 2023
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Phase: Phase 2
A Single-arm, Open-label Feasibility Pilot of Cannabidiol as an Adjunct to Sublingual Buprenorphine on Cue-induced Cravings Among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder
A Single-arm, Open-label Feasibility Pilot of Cannabidiol as an Adjunct to Sublingual Buprenorphine on Cue-induced Cravings Among Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: May 18, 2023
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drug: Cannabidiol
Study Phase: Phase 2
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109 Total Publications

Over-the-Counter Naltrexone to Address Unhealthy Alcohol Use.
Over-the-Counter Naltrexone to Address Unhealthy Alcohol Use.
Journal: JAMA psychiatry
Published: November 05, 2025
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