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Buffalo, N.Y., January 23, 2020 – BryLin Behavioral Health System congratulates Sanjay Gupta, MD, psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer (CMO), for being named the 2019 Physician of the Year by the Asian American Physician Association (AAPA). In addition to his duties as CMO at BryLin, Dr. Gupta’s current practice includes consulting with several other behavioral health organizations and is an attending psychiatrist at several long-term care facilities.

Sanjay Gupta, MD, Psychiatrist, Buffalo, NY

Sanjay Gupta, MD with Mayor Byron Brown

“Please join me in congratulating Dr. Sanjay Gupta for being named physician of the year by the Asian American Physician’s Association. The AAPA does a lot for Buffalo including holding free health fairs to provide free health information & screenings to keep residents healthy! We are fortunate to have generous physicians like the AAPA for being so devoted to the well-being of our community”, said Mayor Byron W. Brown

Dr. Gupta’s career has been focused on treating the severe and persistently psychiatrically ill patients with mood and psychotic disorders. Additionally, he was also involved with clinical drug development for psychiatric disorders as well as Alzheimer’s disease. He has been actively involved in teaching residents, medical students, physician assistant students, and nurse practitioner students. He has published extensively, with over 150 publications in various scientific journals, and has presented at numerous national and international scientific meetings. He has provided mentorship to several students and junior faculty. He currently has appointments in the Departments’ of Psychiatry as a Clinical Professor at Jacobs School of Medicine as well as SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, NY. He also serves as faculty at Daemen College and D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY.

BryLin Behavioral Health System care services include BryLin Hospital, an (88) bed psychiatric hospital where care is provided for children, adolescents, and adults, and BryLin’s Behavioral Health Center, where both outpatient mental health care and outpatient substance use disorder care is offered. BryLin serves the Western New York region and several counties in Central New York. BryLin’s mission is to be the first choice for healing, wellness and recovery through innovative and individualized care.

Founded in 1955, BryLin Behavioral Health System is family owned and is Upstate New York’s only private provider of comprehensive behavioral health care. BryLin offers a variety of specialized mental health care and substance use disorder treatment programs for children and adolescents, adults, and older adults.

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