Nicholas Abid, DO, MBA, FACN
Nicholas Abid, DO, MBA, FACN, is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He also has an MBA from the Broad School of Business at Michigan State. He completed a full rotating internship at Grand Rapids Osteopathic Hospital (now Metro Hospital) and was one of the first DOs to do a Residency in Psychiatry at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry by the ABONP (MD) and the ABONP (DO). He is a Fellow of the APA and American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists. He is a member of the AMA and AOA. Dr. Abid practiced Community Psychiatry in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Massachusetts in community hospitals, CMHCs, and in private practice, for 27 years before joining Wellcare Health Plans in 2006. At Wellcare, he has held a number of positions within the company including Behavioral Health Medical Director and Sr. Medical Director, Pharmacy. He was Behavioral Health Medical Director for the SMI specialty plan for Staywell, now Sunshine, Health serving almost 3 Million health plan members in Florida and 120,000 seriously mentally ill, after Wellcare was purchased by Centene Corporation. Now in the Centene Pharmacy Services division, Dr. Abid is responsible for utilization review for pharmacy services for the 23 million members in Centene’s Medicare, Medicaid and Exchange lines of business across the United States. Dr. Abid has been on the faculty and taught medical students at MSU, Chicago COM, NECOM and NOVA SE. He is currently on the Board of NAMI Florida and is a Board Member of Oakland Community College Foundation in Detroit Michigan. Dr. Abid is married, has 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 4 dogs!
