Dr. Anthony Oparaji is happy to join Blue Crest Recovery Center as the Medical Director as of July 2023. In this role he brings over a decade of addiction care expertise and will oversee the provision of medical services in addition to supervising and collaborating with Nurse Practitioners and leading PEER review discussions with insurance companies among other things.
Dr. Oparaji brings a compassionate medical voice to practice and has been working with patients dealing with substance use his entire medical career. He is a board certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Prevention Medicine (ABPM). He graduated from the College of Medical at the University of Nigeria in 1992 and went on to complete his residency training in General Internal Medicine at Jersey City Medical Center (2000) and fellowship training in Academic General Internal Medicine at Mt Sinai School of Medicine (2006).
After practicing adult medicine in the office and working in the hospital, Dr. O did an additional executive fellowship at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School to prepare for a specialized practice in addiction medicine. He became board certification in 2014 and was recertified in 2023.
Dr. Oparaji worked as a staff physician with Pinnacle Treatment Centers and became the Medical Director at Serenity at Summit in 2019. He has also held positions at Endeavor House North, Princeton Detox Recovery Center, and Alina Lodge.
Dr Oparaji resides in NJ with his spouse and kids and outside of medicine is interested in travel, nature photography and is currently preparing to become a licensed HAM radio operator.