Colleen T. LaBelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN

Director of Office Based Addiction Treatment Training and Technical Assistance Program

Colleen T. LaBelle, MSN, RN-BC, CARN is the Director of Office Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) Training and Technical Assistance Program for the state of Massachusetts and is the founder and director of Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) OBAT Clinic, the largest of its kind if New England serving over 700 patients annually. She also serves as the Program Director of numerous other grants and projects including two Opioid Addiction Treatment Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHOs) at BMC.

Ms. LaBelle has over 30 years of clinical experience treating HIV and addiction and over a decade of experience advising health care organizations on how to build addiction treatment into their programs. She is a member of the Massachusetts Board of Nursing and Governor Charlie Baker’s Opioid Working Task Force.

Ms. LaBelle is a member of the International Nurses Society on Addiction (IntNSA); she founded and serves as Executive Director of the Massachusetts IntNSA Chapter. In recognition of her work to improve and expand treatments for patients with addiction, Colleen received the 2018 Innovators in Health Award from the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation, the 2017 Betty Ford Award from the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA), and the 2016 Lillian Carter Exemplary Acts in Nursing Award from Modern Healthcare in partnership with the Lillian Carter Center for Global Health & Social Responsibility at the Emory University School of Nursing, in addition to many other awards and recognitions. Ms. LaBelle is board certified in addiction nursing and pain management.