Michael Kwarteng, PMHNP

Specialties: Psychiatric Evaluations, Individualized Treatment Planning, Recovery From Substance Use Disorder, Co-Occurring Mental Disorders, Crisis Intervention, and Patient Coordination.

Michael Kwarteng is a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over a decade of experience in inpatient psychiatry, community health, treatment for substance use disorders, and adolescent residential care. He graduated from Walden University with Master of Science in Nursing and from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

In his training as a nurse practitioner, Michael acquired experience providing care to different patients of all ages in both inpatient and outpatient facilities. Michael performed mental health evaluations, created individualized treatment plan under the guidance of clinical supervisors, and was involved in medication management. His nursing career included assistance to patients suffering from multiple psychiatric and medical diagnoses, helping with alcohol and opioid detoxification, and linking patients to appropriate treatment.

Michael focuses on being compassionate, patient-centered, and collaborative. He appreciates the opportunity to work with patients and other health care professionals for the sake of meeting treatment needs of individual patients. Michael's experience includes nursing leadership, mentoring young nurses, and crisis de-escalation. He received nomination for the DAISY Award in 2020.