PERSON: Lipi Roy

NYU Department of Population Health

Clinical Assistant Professor

Dr. Lipi Roy, MSc’98 is an internal medicine physician board certified in addiction medicine as well as Clinical Assistant Professor at the NYU Department of Population Health. Following her MSc from the University of Toronto, Dr. Roy completed a joint medical degree and Master’s in Public Health degree at Tulane University in New Orleans, followed by residency training in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center.

As the former Chief of Addiction Medicine for NYC jails including Rikers Island, she oversaw substance use treatment and recovery efforts for the city’s incarcerated men and women. Previously, she was a primary care doctor to Boston’s vulnerable homeless population, among whom the leading cause of death was drug overdose. Dr. Roy is now the Medical Director of a Brooklyn addiction treatment center under the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services.