Skip to main content
DEREK H. SUITE, MD

Psychiatrist and Human Performance Strategist

I practice psychiatry inside high-pressure, high-performance environments.

Professional sport, entertainment, corporate leadership and mission-critical teams. I advise the people who perform in them and the organizations that lead them.

Founder and Executive Chairman, Full Circle Enterprises

Engagements
Derek H. Suite, MD

Tenure

Built one season at a time.

  • NBA
    New York KnicksChief, Sports Psychiatry & Mental Performance Strategy. Including the 2026 championship. The organization's development-league affiliate, under the same engagement, since 2011.
    Since 2008
  • NHL
    New York RangersPrincipal Sports Psychiatric Consultant.
    Since 2010
  • NFL
    New York JetsLead Team Clinician, Sports Psychiatry.
    Since 2014
  • MLS
    MLS league officePrincipal Consultant, Restorative Practices.
    Since 2023

Previously: New York Liberty (WNBA), Chief Sports Psychiatry & Mental Performance Advisor, 2013 to 2019.

Board certificationsAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Sports & Performance Psychiatry
TeachingFounding Director, Sports Performance & Behavioral Health Fellowship. Since 2021. Learn moreAdjunct Clinical Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University. Course Director, Clinical Psychopharmacology. 2015 to 2025.

Approach

Traditional psychiatry assumes the person comes to you. In high-performance environments, that model is reversed.

Becoming furniture

There often enough and long enough that when an athlete is finally ready to talk, there is already someone to talk to.

Read more about Becoming furniture

Endorsements

“In a moment of crisis, navigating dysfunctional team dynamics, or complex corporate challenges, Dr. Suite is the difference maker.”
Sola Winley, Executive Vice President, Commissioner's Office, Major League Soccer
“If an athlete needs sleep medications, has ADD, needs individual counseling or marriage counseling, Suites, as a medical doctor and a sports psychiatrist, can help that athlete on all fronts.”
Anthony Lynn, Former Head Coach, Los Angeles Chargers
“He's the first call I'd make for peak performance. No question.”
Scott Gomez, Two-time Stanley Cup champion

All endorsements

Engagements

I take a small number of organizational engagements each year.

For organizations

Standing advisory work for leadership on performance culture, decision-making under pressure, team cohesion and crisis response, backed by on-site clinical coverage.

Discuss a program

For individuals

Private counsel for athletes, performers, executives and their families. Arranged privately through Full Circle Confidential.

Inquire about care

For media and speaking

Keynotes, interviews and conference leadership on performance under pressure, sleep and recovery, mental health in sport, and leadership.

Media inquiries

In public

The SuiteSpotThe podcast. More than 500 episodes. New every week.Sleep as Performance MedicineThe book, in progress. Foreword by David R. McDuff, MD. Preview chapters and notes from the writing on Substack.WritingSeven peer-reviewed articles and three book chapters. Quoted in Forbes.The SuiteSpot appAudio mental training for demanding moments.
Writing also appears in
SubstackLinkedIn articlesBlack Westchester Magazine, monthly columnPsychiatric TimesThe New York Times Magazine

The SuiteSpot

Featured episodes.

Conversations and solo episodes on pressure, resilience, and performance, pulled from the SuiteSpot podcast.

1:05:00

Dr. Linda Lausell-Bryant: Power Beyond the Individual

Derek H. Suite, MD talks with Dr. Linda Lausell-Bryant about moving from individual helping to systems-level, adaptive leadership for equity.

Listen to Dr. Linda Lausell-Bryant: Power Beyond the Individual1:02:00

Roger Hinds: 30 Years in the NBA

Derek H. Suite, MD talks with longtime NBA athletic trainer Roger Hinds about his 21-year career with the New York Knicks organization.

Listen to Roger Hinds: 30 Years in the NBA30 min

Mykal Manswell, Part One: Life After the Scoreboard

Athletics counselor Mykal Manswell, M.S., LPC, talks with Derek H. Suite, MD about identity, grief, and mental health after college sports.

Listen to Mykal Manswell, Part One: Life After the Scoreboard19 min

How You Stand Under Pressure: Who You Are When Nothing Is Urgent

Derek H. Suite, MD closes a series on pressure with a look at identity, pacing, and rest once urgency has passed.

Listen to How You Stand Under Pressure: Who You Are When Nothing Is Urgent24 min

Why Love Wins: The Universe’s Strongest Force

Derek H. Suite, MD closes a series on love and stillness by drawing on astrophysics and spiritual reflection.

Listen to Why Love Wins: The Universe’s Strongest Force32 min

Conquering The Climb: Seven Mountain Climber Lessons

Derek H. Suite, MD uses mountain climbing as a metaphor for seven mindset shifts that build resilience under pressure.

Listen to Conquering The Climb: Seven Mountain Climber Lessons
Explore all 25 episodes

By inquiry, through the office.

The office responds within two business days.

Make an inquiry

Not monitored for emergencies. In the United States, call or text 988, available 24/7. For immediate danger, call 911.