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Board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) currently practicing in detox, residential behavioral health, and outpatient telepsychiatry with experience across outpatient psychiatry, telepsychiatry, crisis stabilization, and community mental health settings. Provide psychiatric evaluations, DSM-5-TR diagnostic formulation, medication initiation and titration, withdrawal management, and ongoing medication management across the lifespan. Strong background in ED-based psychiatric triage, dual diagnosis care, trauma-informed treatment, suicide risk assessment (C-SSRS), and interdisciplinary collaboration with therapists, primary care providers, and psychiatrists.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Michael's House Treatment Center - Palm Springs, CA

(2026-01)

Provide psychiatric care in detox and residential substance-use treatment setting managing patients with co-occurring psychiatric disorders.

• Conduct psychiatric evaluations and same-day follow-up visits for patients undergoing withdrawal management and stabilization.
• Manage alcohol, benzodiazepine, stimulant, cannabis, and polysubstance withdrawal using CIWA and COWS protocols.
• Initiate and titrate psychiatric medications including antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, sleep agents, and non-benzodiazepine anxiolytics.
• Provide medication management for depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, insomnia, and substance use disorders.
• Collaborate closely with therapists, nursing staff, case managers, and medical providers in multidisciplinary treatment planning.
• Perform suicide risk assessments using C-SSRS and implement safety planning when indicated.
• Support transition planning and continuity of psychiatric care following discharge.
• Deliver care in both in-person and telehealth clinical environments.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Part-Time) - Open Mind Health - Remote, CA

(2026-03)

Provide outpatient psychiatric evaluations, diagnosis, and medication management through telepsychiatry.

• Treat depression, anxiety disorders, ADHD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, insomnia, and related psychiatric conditions.
• Conduct psychiatric follow-up visits, medication adjustments, and ongoing symptom monitoring.
• Collaborate with therapists and multidisciplinary providers to support continuity of care.
• Deliver patient-centered, trauma-informed psychiatric care in an outpatient virtual setting.

RN Case Manager - Emergency Department - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Marina del Rey, CA

(2024-06)

Coordinate discharge planning and care transitions for patients presenting to the Emergency Department across medical, psychiatric, and social-service needs.

• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, social workers, skilled nursing facilities, hospice, home health, and community resources to support safe disposition planning.
• Facilitate placement, referrals, insurance authorization, and continuity of care for patients requiring higher levels of care or post-discharge services.
• Support complex case management for diverse patient populations including medical, surgical, psychiatric, geriatric, and high-risk patients.

RN Case Manager - Emergency Department - MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center - Laguna Hills, CA

(2024-02 - 2024-12)

Provided emergency department case management for medical and psychiatric patients.

• Coordinated behavioral-health admissions and safe discharge planning across inpatient and outpatient systems.

PMHNP Clinical Rotation - Brainpower Wellness Institute - Irvine, CA

(2023-11 - 2024-01)

Outpatient Psychiatry & Telehealth

PMHNP Clinical Rotation - AltaMed Hospitals - Los Angeles, CA

(2024-01 - 2024-03)

Inpatient Psychiatry & Crisis Stabilization

PMHNP Clinical Rotation - Bridges Community Treatment Services - Orange County, CA

(2024-03 - 2024-05)

Community Mental Health

PMHNP Clinical Rotation - Aliso Ridge Behavioral Health - Aliso Viejo, CA

(2024-06 - 2024-08)

Inpatient Psychiatry

Post-Master's Certificate - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - West Coast University (2024)

Master of Science in Nursing - West Coast University (2020)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - University of Medical Sciences, Tehran (1999)