Victor Pereira-Sanchez, MD, PhD

Dr Pereira-Sanchezis a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist from Spain, a New Yorker since 2019, and a cradle Catholic with active involvement in the life and ministries of his parish in Washington Heights, Manhattan, where he met his wife and had his firstborn. He is dedicated to local and global mental health, with leading involvement in pioneering and awarded efforts to improve mental health especially for the underserved. He is currently a global mental health and implementation science research fellow at Columbia University, where he is coleading multilateral partnerships between mental health, academic, government, and nonprofit sectors with local Catholic churches in underserved Hispanic neighborhoods in New York City, including his parish. He is also co-leading a new mental health ministry at his parish and is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministries.