Jorge Petit MD
Jorge R. Petit, MD is a board-certified Adult, Community and Public psychiatrist and healthcare executive leader with over 30 years of focused attention on innovation and healthcare transformation for those most in need and vulnerable.
Dr. Petit is the founder and CEO of Quality Healthcare Solutions (QHS) providing consultation, strategic planning, advisory and technical assistance services to health care systems, community-based providers, emerging technology start-ups, and regulators with a special focus on behavioral health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and health and human services. Dr. Petit’s work includes strategic planning, C-suite and board development/governance best practices, medical leadership education, training and mentorship, workforce development (DEIBA and Cultural Humility), holistic and comprehensive integration initiatives, data and quality assessments and planning and other healthcare transformation efforts, such as Crisis Services and Certified Community-Based Health Centers (CCBHC) throughout the U.S. He is bilingual and bicultural and a thought leader, speaker, author and blogger BH: Matters.
He serves as Strategic and Development Advisor for Zero Overdose as well as Chief Clinical Advisor to Cantata Health Solutions and Clinical Advisor to Emotivo Health, Metta Health and Verity Health. Dr. Petit is an active member of SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) National Advisory Council and sits on the board of Cantata Health Solutions, Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) and Mental Health News Education (MHNE). He is a member of the Committee on Psychiatric Administration & Leadership in the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), United Hospital Fund (UHF) Health Policy Forum, as well as a member of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s Medical Director Institute (MDI).
Dr. Petit has held executive leadership roles in community-based health and human services organizations, managed care, city and state government and hospital systems. He was the Settlement Compliance Coordinator for 8 years at a leading NYC H+H system leading a successful turnaround project.
Dr. Petit is extensively published and the author of Handbook of Emergency Psychiatry and The Seven Beliefs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help Latinas Recognize and Overcome Depression and the recipient of the 2023 Honoree from Marquis Who’s Who, Crain’s New York Business 2022 Notable LGBTQ Leader, City & State New York 2022 Nonprofit Power 100, and City & State New York 2022 Responsible 100.
