Steve Delisi

Background

About Steve Delisi

Dr. Delisi has served as a clinical psychiatrist for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation since 2005 and is board certified by both the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. For the two years prior to becoming the Medical Director of Professional Education Solutions, Dr. Delisi was the Assistant Dean of the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies. A graduate of the University of St Thomas Physician Leadership College, he has also served as the Midwest Regional Medical Director for Recovery Services at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, and he has held faculty positions with Rush University Medical Center and more recently with the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies. Dr. Delisi has co-authored numerous presentations and published abstracts, many of which focus on the use of evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. Dr. Delisi is a nationally recognized speaker and leader in the effective implementation of integrated treatment to address substance use disorders, and he embodies a person-centered approach to the medical treatment of substance use disorders that is imperative when integrating medical services into the rest of the multidisciplinary treatment team. Prior to joining the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, he held positions as Director of Psychiatric Services at Rush Behavioral Health-DuPage and Associate Director of the Psychiatric Residency Program at Rush University Medical Center.