Newly created role of Chief Patient Officer reinforces Compass’ vision of working to achieve broad and equitable access to COMP360, if approved
Compass Pathways plc (Nasdaq: CMPS) (“Compass”), a biotechnology company dedicated to accelerating access to evidence-based innovation in mental health, today announced the appointment of Steve Levine, M.D., as Chief Patient Officer, effective immediately. In this newly developed executive team role, Dr. Levine will be responsible for ensuring that patient-centric strategies are embedded across the organization and that treatments and initiatives developed by the company are focused on addressing unmet needs in current clinical care and are designed to improve patient outcomes.
“Steve has spent the past four years working to deeply understand barriers to care for patients living with serious mental health conditions and he is committed to helping find solutions to address those barriers,” said Kabir Nath, CEO of Compass Pathways. “Steve shares a passion for our mission to bring better options to people who urgently need them, and I am delighted to welcome him onto the executive leadership team and into the newly developed Chief Patient Officer role.”
Dr. Levine has been a member of the Compass team since 2020, serving as Senior Vice President of Patient Access. Dr. Levine is a board-certified psychiatrist who has spent his career working across multiple facets of the healthcare system to improve people’s lives through creating access to innovation. Dr. Levine completed his internship and residency in psychiatry at New York – Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship subspecialty training in psychosomatic medicine/psycho-oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/New York – Presbyterian Hospital. Prior to Compass, he led the company he founded in 2010, Actify Neurotherapies, that built new models of care delivery across the US for interventional psychiatry treatments. He has published extensively in both peer-reviewed journals and popular media, presented to both professional and lay audiences around the world, served in leadership roles for professional societies and not-for-profit entities, and received numerous awards for leadership and service. Dr. Levine is also an adjunct professor at Rutgers Medical School.
Offering congratulations to Dr. Levine on his expanded role as Chief Patient Officer at Compass Pathways, Debbie Plotnick, Executive Vice President for State and Federal Advocacy at Mental Health America (MHA), stated, “Listening to people impacted by mental health conditions and prioritizing their needs and desires for new types of therapies, and working to assure access to them, are shared core values of Compass and MHA.”
“I’ve spent my career pursuing better outcomes and experiences for those living with serious mental health conditions. At Compass, I believe we have an opportunity to transform lives by creating, and making accessible, truly new options,” said Dr. Levine. “I am excited about the opportunity that I have in this new role to help transform patient care.”
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