Sajoy Purathumuriyil Varghese, MD, FAPA, FASAM

Medical Director

Dr. Sajoy Varghese is a psychiatrist and addiction psychiatrist with approximately 20 years of experience in behavioral health, addiction treatment, medical education, research, and clinical leadership. As Medical Director at LifeHouse, he provides administrative and strategic medical oversight but does not provide direct patient care.

Dr. Varghese supports LifeHouse through clinical policy and protocol review, program development, quality-improvement initiatives, staff education, and interdisciplinary collaboration. His background in psychiatry, substance use disorders, trauma, complex PTSD, and recovery-oriented systems of care helps advance compassionate, evidence-informed services.

A Fellow of both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Dr. Varghese completed his psychiatry residency at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and an Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. He also serves as an educator, researcher, mentor, and peer reviewer, with scholarly interests in addiction recovery, mindfulness, trauma, early life stress, and spirituality in treatment.

Dr. Varghese is committed to helping organizations build systems of care grounded in dignity, hope, accountability, and whole-person recovery. He finds meaning in lifelong learning, mentoring, and strengthening the supports that help individuals and communities heal.

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