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Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, MS, FASAM

Physician and Founder
SITA MED / Greenwich House, New York

Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, FASAM is a physician board-certified in addiction medicine, international speaker, media personality, entrepreneur, faculty at NYU Langone Health and host of the YouTube series, "Health, Humor and Harmony" who also treats patients with opioid use disorder at Greenwich House Center for Healing in Manhattan. In July 2023, she founded SITA MED, a health speaking/training company addressing stress-related conditions (addiction, mental illness, sleep disorders, etc.) and has trained doctors, judges, journalists, executives and beyond, Dr. Roy served on the frontlines of the pandemic as Medical Director of COVID Isolation and Quarantine Sites for Housing Works; treated patients with OUD at a Bronx harm reduction clinic; and worked at COVID vaccination sites.

As an MSNBC & NBC News Medical Contributor, Dr. Roy made 350+ TV appearances discussing COVID-19. As the former Chief of Addiction Medicine for Rikers Island, Dr. Roy oversaw substance use treatment and recovery services at the nation’s 2nd-largest jail. Previously, she served as a primary care doctor to Boston's homeless population among whom the leading cause of death was drug overdose. She also served as an attending physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Roy completed her MD and MPH degrees at Tulane University and residency training in internal medicine at Duke Medical Center.

Dr. Roy is one of the world’s trusted experts in health communication. As a Forbes contributor, she has interviewed medical experts such as Dr. Peter Hotez and celebrities like Mary J. Blige and Ice-T. She has appeared on multiple media outlets including CNN, The Tamron Hall Show, CBS New York and has been featured in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Oprah.com and many others. Follow Dr. Roy on Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, SITA MED and her YouTube channel.

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