Dr. Nameeta Dookeran serves as Emcara Health’s National Medical Director of Behavioral Health Care Solutions. Board certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine, she is skilled in the care and clinical treatment of people living with mental illness and substance use disorders. During her career, she has held both front-line physician and clinical leadership roles in a variety of settings, including outpatient and residential “dual-diagnosis” addiction treatment centers for opioid and alcohol use disorders. Most recently, she has served as the chair of the Education Committee for the Wisconsin Society of Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Dookeran completed internal medicine and preventive medicine residency, and general internal medicine fellowship training at Boston University. She holds an MD from the joint Dartmouth-Brown program, a Master of Science in Health Services Research from Boston University School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
As we collectively address this rising tide of behavioral health needs, we will need more payment reform, more innovation, and continued migration to more prospective payment models and treatment approaches that bring all stakeholders together to care for patients in a holistic manner.