Speaker's Profile

Manish Sapra, MD, is executive director of the behavioral health service line at Northwell Health. He oversees strategic clinical program development and physician management for all mental health and substance use disorder programs at Northwell. Dr. Sapra joined Northwell in 2017, initially focusing on developing various population health programs. Dr. Sapra has been instrumental in efforts to modernize behavioral health services by developing new ambulatory tele-psychiatry applications. Prior to joining Northwell, he was associate chief of clinical services for behavioral health and senior director of community psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Sapra is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and an active member of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry. He graduated from Seth G. S. Medical College, University of Mumbai. He completed his residency in psychiatry at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston and has a Masters in Medical Management from Carnegie Mellon University.