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Dr. Raymond Zakhari is a triple board-certified nurse practitioner, certified in Adult Adolescent Health, Family Health, and Psychiatric Mental Health. He provides comprehensive care of both the mind and body.

He is on staff at New York-Presbyterian Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center/ Payne Whitney Clinic appointed to the department of internal medicine. In his private practice, Metro Medical Direct, he provides medical and psychiatric house calls for patients from adolescents to geriatrics with dual diagnosis addiction and mental illness. He provides medical supervision for home detox and provides medication-assisted therapy with Suboxone, naltrexone, and Vivitrol.

His extensive training and experience allow him to manage the medical conditions that may have developed from substance abuse.

Lin Sternlicht, LMHC, M.A., Ed.M. is a discreet, results-driven concierge therapist, consultant, and trusted advisor to ultra-high-net-worth individuals, executives, and families worldwide. She is highly sought after for her ability to navigate complex family systems—including divorce, co-parenting, custody, and blended families—while addressing substance use disorders and digital and behavioral addictions such as online gambling, gaming, cryptocurrency trading, and day trading.

Her work is deeply individualized, integrating evidence-based clinical modalities with strategic advisory frameworks, mindfulness, and holistic wellness practices. Lin is particularly adept at working with high-functioning ADHD clients, helping them strengthen executive functioning, emotional regulation, and sustainable self-care within demanding professional and personal environments.

Lin is a regular contributor to national and international media and is frequently sought for expert commentary on addiction, mental health, crisis intervention, and affluent family systems. Her insights have appeared in leading outlets including Bloomberg, Forbes, and The Washington Post, among other premier business, financial, and cultural publications, in both print and digital formats. She has also appeared as an expert on A&E’s Digital Addiction. Her media presence reflects recognized authority while maintaining uncompromising discretion.

Her practice is defined by precision, confidentiality, and transformative outcomes—guiding high-profile individuals and multigenerational families across New York, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East toward lasting stability, clarity, and fulfillment.

For families seeking strategic guidance beyond addiction treatment, Lin also serves as a Family Advisor through Sternlicht Advisory, where she works with ultra-high-net-worth families, family offices, principals, and international households navigating complex family dynamics, governance, succession planning, crisis management, behavioral challenges, and other sensitive family matters. This expanded advisory practice provides the same level of discretion, personalized counsel, and concierge support for families facing multifaceted challenges that extend beyond behavioral health.

Aaron Sternlicht is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Family Addiction Specialist, a boutique, private practice in New York City catering to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families. As COO, Aaron oversees a highly dedicated team to ensure discreet, personalized, and exceptional care, managing all aspects of operations from admissions and scheduling to billing and health information management. In his role as CFO, he directs payor relations and financial strategy, ensuring the firm maintains the highest standards of service and patient outcomes.

Aaron’s career uniquely blends clinical expertise with business acumen. He has extensive experience in outpatient and inpatient mental health and addiction treatment, paired with a sophisticated understanding of investments and business management. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business and political science from the University of Vermont and a master’s in mental health counseling from Pace University. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor, and with personal recovery experience, Aaron provides a deeply informed, pragmatic, and patient-centered approach to care.

Specializing in mental health, substance use, and digital addiction, Aaron guides clients toward sustainable, transformative recovery with discretion and warmth. He is widely recognized for his insights into digital addiction and has been featured in various in various media outlets including The Washington Post, Forbes, Fox News, and The New York Post. He contributes regularly to WebMD and serves on the Medical Review Board of Insider, using his expertise to advance awareness and education on addiction.

In addition to his leadership at Family Addiction Specialist, Aaron serves as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Sternlicht Advisory, overseeing the firm’s operations, strategic initiatives, financial management, and client experience. He plays a key role in coordinating complex engagements and ensuring the seamless delivery of bespoke advisory services for ultra-high-net-worth families, family offices, principals, and international households.

Jana Luttrell, LCSW-R, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive experience in clinical leadership, supervision, program development, and direct practice across community mental health, crisis services, and family systems in New York and beyond.

She currently serves as a Clinical Supervisor at La Sante Health Center/Behavioral Health, where she provides clinical oversight, supports staff development, and helps ensure high-quality, trauma-informed care for clients.

Jana brings a strong background in working with diverse populations across settings including mobile crisis, assertive community treatment, vocational services, and private practice. Her work has consistently focused on trauma-informed, strengths-based care and strengthening systems that support individuals and families navigating complex psychosocial and structural challenges.

She is fluent in Spanish and is the daughter of an immigrant, experiences that deeply inform her commitment to culturally responsive practice and advocacy for immigrant and underserved communities. Jana is dedicated to advancing equitable access to mental health care through compassionate clinical leadership, collaboration, and program innovation.

I enjoy working with adults, teens, families, and groups. I approach clients from a psychodynamic perspective influenced by existential psychotherapy and family systems. I have a foundational training in DBT and, depending on the client’s needs, will teach concrete skills to strengthen emotion regulation, decrease anxious and depressive symptoms, increase resilience and distress tolerance, improve communication, and strengthen boundaries in relationships.

My style is collaborative and dynamic; I enjoy working together to understand what clients want from therapy, and how best to achieve their goals. I listen to/ observe carefully what is communicated during session, and I ask a lot of questions to encourage exploration and self-reflection. I balance concepts of self- acceptance and change, and aim to instill the belief that real change is possible and within the client's power.

I admire the courage it takes to come to therapy and consider it an honor to work with clients in their most vulnerable areas. I create a warm, collaborative, responsive, and safe environment in which clients can express whatever they want without fear of judgement.

Miriam earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Social Work from Florida Atlantic University. She has experiencing working with individuals receiving addiction and mental health treatment, as well as with cancer patients, bringing a diverse clinical perspective to her work. Miriam also holds a Child Welfare Certification, further strengthening her commitment to serving vulnerable populations.

Before transitioning her primary focus to clinical operations and program development, Miriam maintained an active clinical caseload, providing direct therapeutic services to individuals with a wide range of behavioral health needs. She currently serves as the Clinical Program Development Specialist at LaSante Health Center, where she is dedicated to advancing high-quality behavioral healthcare through excellence in clinical documentation, regulatory compliance, and efficient clinical operations. Her experience includes maintaining accurate and compliant clinical records, ensuring adherence to OMH requirements, supporting quality improvement initiatives, coordinating clinical workflows, and promoting documentation standards that strengthen continuity of care and regulatory readiness. Miriam is committed to creating organized, efficient systems that empower clinicians to deliver compassionate, high-quality care while supporting organizational excellence.

Gritz Pierre, MD, is the founder, owner, and medical director of Genesis Personal Healthcare Medicine.
He is a board-certified physician with dual certification in Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine and holds an MBA with a concentration in Healthcare Administration. His background combines extensive frontline clinical experience with formal training in healthcare management, supporting both the clinical and operational requirements of the Company.

Dr. Pierre maintains active medical licenses across multiple U.S. states, enabling nationwide telemedicine practice and supporting the Company’s multi-state service delivery model. His clinical experience spans high-acuity emergency departments, critical access hospitals, ICU-capable facilities, and inpatient hospital medicine settings. In addition, he has extensive outpatient experience working in rural clinics throughout Southern Illinois, providing primary and urgent care services in medically underserved communities.

His professional experience includes independent emergency medicine practice, nocturnist hospital medicine, and ICU-level patient management. Dr. Pierre has served in environments requiring autonomous decision-making, rapid clinical assessment, and coordination of complex care, including stabilization of critically ill patients prior to ICU admission or interfacility transfer.

He has also participated in healthcare fairs and community outreach events, providing physical examinations and preventive care services for local schools and community members.

In addition to his clinical background, Dr. Pierre’s MBA training provides experience in healthcare administration, operations, and financial oversight. This dual competency supports informed governance of Genesis Personal Healthcare Medicine, particularly in areas of regulatory compliance, provider oversight, and operational scalability.

Dr. Ashraf Salem (Ash) is the Founder, President and Chief Medical Officer of BKUC. At BKUC, Ash overseas our clinical processes and continuous improvement required to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients. He spends his time with patients, mentoring and developing our clinical staff and developing the most effective patient experience support by in-house proprietary technology enablers.

Dr. Salem graduated, Summa Cum Laude, from Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at CCNY and attended medical school at Mount Sinai. After graduating he went on to complete his residency in Emergency Medicine at Brooklyn Hospital Center and was Board Certified in 2004. He continued to practice emergency medicine and became an Assistant Professor at Kings County/SUNY Downstate from 2003-2009. Dr. Salem founded Brooklyn Urgent Care in 2006.