Dr. Lipi Roy

Dr. Lipi Roy is a physician, TEDx speaker, media personality, entrepreneur, and host of the YouTube series, "Health, Humor and Harmony". In July 2023, she founded SITA MED, a health speaking and training company addressing stress-related conditions such as addiction, mental illness, and sleep disorders. Having trained doctors, judges, journalists, executives, and beyond, Dr. Roy rose to the challenge of serving on the frontlines of the pandemic as the Medical Director of COVID Isolation and Quarantine Sites for Housing Works in New York City. She also treated patients with opioid use disorder at a harm reduction clinic in the Bronx while working at multiple COVID vaccination sites. She currently treats patients with opioid use disorder at Greenwich House Center for Healing. Dr. Roy is co-authoring a book on women and addiction with Hilary Phelps to be published by Hay House in 2027, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

As an MSNBC & NBC Medical Contributor, Dr. Roy made over 350 live television appearances discussing COVID-19. Dr. Roy’s work spans academia, clinical medicine, homeless health, social and criminal justice, public speaking, media and entertainment. As the former Chief of Addiction Medicine for Rikers Island, Dr. Roy oversaw substance use treatment and recovery services at the nation’s 2nd-largest jail complex. Dr. Roy also serves as clinical assistant professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Previously, Dr. Roy served as a primary care doctor to Boston's homeless population, among whom the leading cause of death was drug overdose. She also served as an attending physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and as faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Roy completed her medical and master’s in public health degrees at Tulane University, followed by residency training in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Roy serves as a member of the DukeNY Board and is an active member of the Tulane and University of Toronto New York Chapters.

Dr. Roy’s mission is to educate and empower the public to make healthy decisions. As a former Forbes contributor who has interviewed medical experts such as Dr. Peter Hotez, media icons like Katie Couric and celebrities such as Mary J. Blige and Ice-T, Dr. Roy is one of the world’s trusted experts in health communication. She has appeared on multiple media outlets, including CNN, The Tamron Hall Show, NewsNation, and CBS New York, and has been featured in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Cooking Light, Oprah.com, and many others.