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Chief Executive Officer; Medical Director
American Psychiatric Association
Washington, District of Columbia
Dr. Saul Levin is the Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association, and the Chair of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation. Prior to assuming his current position, Dr. Levin served in a variety of roles in the private and public sector, including as the head of the District of Columbia’s Department of Health (DOH). Prior to his tenure at DOH, Dr. Levin was the Senior Deputy Director of the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration (APRA). Previously, Dr. Levin has served as Vice President of the American Medical Association for Science, Medicine and Public Health, where he focused on health care delivery and disparities. His other professional endeavors include serving as a special expert appointee in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, President for Access Consulting International, and as President and CEO of Medical Education for South African Blacks (MESAB) an anti-apartheid educational trust that gave full scholarships to Black students to enter the field of medicine, dentistry and other health professionals. Dr. Levin is proud to be the first IMG and LGBTQI CEO & Medical Director of the APA.
Dr. Levin received his MBBCh (MD), Medicine from the University Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and completed his residency in Psychiatry at the University of California Davis Medical Center. He received his Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM
Thursday, November 10, 2022
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
