Based in Clearwater, Fla., Nick Dewan, M.D, has a national reputation spanning medicine, technology and public affairs and has been a pioneer in the healthcare industry for more than
15 years.

Dr Dewan is an internationally recognized psychiatrist and expert in quality of care. Dr. Dewan also enjoys international recognition as a thought leader, author of Behavioral Healthcare Informatics and a consultant on the use of information technology and best practice medication guidelines for improved behavioral health outcomes.

In the early 1990s, he developed the world’s first PC-based point-of-care outcomes management system for psychiatric hospitals. At that same time, he became the founding editor of the first patient education software in behavioral health, which is now under McKesson, one of the largest healthcare services and information technology companies. In 1997, he became the first to use the Internet to launch a best practices survey of academic psychiatry.

Dr. Dewan is Chair of the Mental Health Informatics Working Group for the International Medical Informatics Association, based in Geneva, and works with leaders around the world to promote the use of technology for improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare. He was named among the “Who’s Who in Healthcare” by the Tampa Bay Business Journal and was a finalist in the Business Journal’s “Healthcare Heroes” awards for his work with the Florida Behavioral Health Collaborative.

In addition to his work on best practices and in the field of technology, Dr. Dewan works with world-class golfers and tennis players from more than 20 countries at Saddlebrook Resort, in Tampa, Florida. His unique curriculum cuts across diverse cultures and is applicable to both males and females striving for optimal performance. He combines the western ideals of goal setting, intensity priming and striving for results with eastern ideals of calming, focusing the mind on the here and now and joy for the game.

Dr. Dewan received his medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, and completed residency training in general adult psychiatry at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the University of California in San Diego.