Michael Genovese

Dr. Genovese has been Acadia Healthcare’s Chief Medical Officer since 2017 and has brought years of patient-facing experience to Acadia’s leadership team. He is a clinical psychiatrist and addiction specialist. He is also the medical director of the Officer Safety and Wellness Committee of the FBI National Academy Associates (FBINAA), helping to equip first responders with the tools they need to withstand, recover and grow following repeated trauma.

Dr. Genovese graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in 1992 and a J.D. in 1995. He did his Residency Training in Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut from 2001 to 2004 and was a Fellow at the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program at the New York University School of Medicine from 2004 to 2005. He serves on the CMO Corporate Council of the Joint Commission, seeking to optimize quality and safety in healthcare. He is also a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and the American Society of Addiction Medicine.