Speaker's Profile

Naakesh A. Dewan, MD, CPE is Vice President of Behavioral Health at GuideWell, where he leads integrated behavioral health strategy across all lines of business. A physician executive with three decades across health plans, health systems, academic medicine and managed behavioral health, he previously served as Chief Medical Officer for Behavioral Health at BayCare Health System and as Executive Director of the Center for Quality Innovations and Research at the University of Cincinnati. He serves on the boards of Lucet and the Florida Blue Foundation.