Dr. Lipi Roy

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Dr. Roy has trained and worked at some of the world’s leading academic medical centers including McMaster University, University of Toronto, Tulane University, Duke Medical Center,  Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School. She is also the former addiction medicine chief at New York’s Rikers Island jail complex.

Dr. Roy has always been a strong advocate for public service. In addition to caring for incarcerated and homeless men and women, she served the underserved in Nicaragua and India, as well as New Orleans residents affected by Hurricane Katrina. She also provided medical relief to earthquake victims in Haiti, and volunteered in the medical tent at the Boston Marathon.