Dr. Nicholas Romano graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Central Florida. He then obtained a Master of Public Health from Columbia University where he dedicated his studies on the interacting social, cultural, economic, and psychological forces that influence health, particularly among communities of sexual and gender minorities. During his time at Columbia University, he also obtained a certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Dr. Romano received a medical degree from Florida International University in Miami, FL. He completed his general psychiatry residency at New York-Presbyterian/Weill-Cornell Medical Center. His passion to meet the needs of many of his patients and communities led him to pursue a fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian/Weill-Cornell Medical Center.