 Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, (DNP candidate) 

A follow-up visit with a provider involves checking the progress of the patient's treatment plan, assessing any new symptoms or 

Diagnosis, management, and treatment of mental health disorders through medication-focused treatments, delivering personalized medication strategies to enhance patients' mental well-being.

A follow-up visit with a provider involves checking the progress of the patient's treatment plan, assessing any new symptoms or managing side-effects of the treatment plan.  

An initial visit with a provider involves a medical history review, an assessment of your specific symptoms and concerns, and pop. An initial visit with a provider involves a medical history review, an assessment of your specific symptoms and concerns

Provide psychiatric/mental health services over the lifespan as well as treat dual diagnosis patients that need assistance/management of both their symptoms of mental health and drug addiction. Services provided remotely via Telehealth. (Please see below under Outreach for a more detailed description of services provided as the same services are provided for this Outpatient Clinic setting).
SUS, Bronx, New York


PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Primary Manager/Provider of psychiatric services at five separate outpatient facilities as well as for a fourth women’s residential treatment facility for those with drug addiction and for those who have a dual - diagnosis (Drug use Disorder and a Mental health Disorder), and as well for the Bilingual Program in Spanish. Responsibilities included conducting initial comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, treatment planning and collaboration, medication management, the prescribing of psychotropic medications and controls, providing health education re: CBT, motivational interviewing, and working with patients in that regard, ordering and evaluating lab results, making appropriate referrals, documentation and accurate coding within an electronic health record. Treated child and adolescent (personal certified sub-specialty), as well as the adult population focusing upon all mental health disorders, as well as all Dual Diagnosis patients.

Worked as a psychiatric Nurse 2 for the Office of Mental Health, State of New York. Work with the child and adolescent population involving numerous diagnoses characteristic of that population. Responsible for running a secure unit including medication administration, admissions, discharges, crisis management, behavioral management and staff supervision. Participate and provide input for therapeutic and diagnostic meetings. Also regularly float to secure unit assisting children whose primary diagnosis is either Autism or ADHD. Collaborate daily with Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Pediatricians and Social Workers. BLS current. Maintain current certification in PMCS (de-escalation and crisis management techniques) by the State of New York, Office of Mental Health.

An initial visit with a provider involves a medical history review, an assessment of your specific symptoms and concerns, and possible diagnostic tests to evaluate a patient's health, identify issues, and develop and discuss treatment options.

Initial Psychiatric Evaluation

A medication management appointment with a provider typically involves a brief review of his/her existing patient's medical history, confirming the need for the medication refill, and issuing a new prescription. It may also involve evaluating any side effects or concerns related to the medication and ensuring that the treatment plan is still appropriate for the patient's needs.