Michael Genovese, MD, JD

Chief Medical Officer

Acadia Healthcare

Michael Genovese is the Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health Services at Acadia Healthcare.  Acadia operates a network of 576 behavioral health facilities with approximately 17,300 beds in 39 States, the United Kingdom and Puerto Rico.

Dr. Genovese is the Medical Director of the Officer Safety and Wellness Committee of the FBI National Academy Associates.  He has served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona and Chief Medical Officer of Sierra Tucson. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

Dr. Genovese co-founded the multidisciplinary medical practice Long Island Mind and Body in New York while practicing as an attending physician at NYU/Winthrop University Hospital. He was a fellow at the NYU/North Shore University Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program, and he completed his residency training at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

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 writes, speaks, teaches and consults widely in the disciplines of pharmacology, neuromodulation and pharmacogenomics.