Dr. Nzinga Harrison

Dr. Nzinga Harrison is a board-certified physician with specialties in psychiatry and addiction medicine. She is also the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Eleanor Health, an innovative mental health and addiction treatment company, and vocal advocate, activist, and author. Dr. Harrison holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the Morehouse School of Medicine and sits on the Practice Management and Regulatory Affairs Committee for the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

As a physician executive, she has served in Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer roles, committed to creating and improving systems-based delivery of psychiatric and substance use disorder care. Dr. Harrison is a vocal advocate for stigma reduction, and is passionate about the necessity for whole-person care as individuals and communities seek to recover from and prevent substance use disorders. She received her undergraduate degree from Howard University, completed medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, and residency training at Emory University.

She is the author of "Un-Addiction: 6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life," and host of the podcast Un-Addiction, where she shares empowering stories of recovery from substance use disorder and answers common questions surrounding addiction and mental health.