Danish Qureshi

Biography

Danish Qureshi is co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of LifeStance Health (NASDAQ: LFST). With approximately 7,000 clinicians and more than 550 centers across 33 states, LifeStance is one of the nation’s largest providers of virtual and in-person outpatient mental healthcare. Danish oversees all practice operations nationwide of LifeStance supported practices as well as the shared services teams including national marketing, customer care, real estate, credentialing, integrations, and payor contracting. Prior to the role of COO, Danish was Chief Growth Officer of LifeStance overseeing all growth initiatives for the company. This included leading the de novo growth team responsible for all new site openings and the expansion of LifeStance’s existing footprint into new markets; the clinician recruiting team responsible for bringing new clinicians into the LifeStance family of providers; and the national marketing team focused on online patient marketing strategies and national brand development.

Prior to LifeStance, Danish was the former SVP of Strategic Initiatives at Accelecare Wound Centers, Inc., and COO of the post-acute division, Accelecare Wound Professionals, LLC. During his tenure, the post-acute division launched and grew into a nationwide network of 400 skilled nursing facilities under contract, with physicians employed across 22 states. In 2016, Accelecare was successfully exited to a strategic buyer.

Prior to Accelecare, Danish worked at Nautic Partners, a Providence RI based mid-market private equity firm, with a focus on healthcare services deals. He began his career as a management consultant with Bain & Company. Danish received his BA from Northwestern University.