Michael Genovese, M.D., J.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Michael Genovese is the Chief Medical Officer of Acadia Healthcare and has leadership responsibilities for all aspects of clinical operations. He oversees the enterprise-wide medical affairs providing leadership, management and strategic vision for these efforts across all clinical service lines. The core objective is to improve the health outcomes and wellbeing of Acadia’s patients while also developing and strengthening the company’s care delivery capabilities.
Prior to his current role of Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Genovese joined Acadia in 2014 as the Medical Director at the Sierra Tucson facility. In this role he was responsible for managing the medical department including psychiatrists, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners as well as overseeing the integrative care team. In addition, Dr. Genovese was responsible for ensuring consistent, high-quality patient care through the optimization of internal processes to help increase provider face-time with patients.
Before joining Acadia, Dr. Genovese co-founded the multidisciplinary medical practice Long Island Mind and Body while practicing as an attending physician at NYU/Winthrop University Hospital. He was previously a fellow at the NYU/North Shore University Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program and conducted his psychiatry residency training at the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Genovese is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona and currently serves on the CMO Corporate Council of the Joint Commission and as an advisor to the FBI National Academy Associates.
Before beginning his medical studies, Dr. Genovese earned a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is a member of the New York Bar and the American Bar Association and is an advocate for attorneys and first responders seeking treatment for addiction and co-occurring disorders. Dr. Genovese is also affiliated with several boards and is a fellow of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a member of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the American Society of Addiction Medicine.
