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Phone: 907-222-2448. Fax: 907-268-6275
Get To Know Us
Meet Our Health Professionals
At Alaska Treatment Center, our practitioners and friendly staff will ensure you feel comfortable and well-informed every step of the way. We’re a group of professional care practitioners whose mission is to provide the highest level of healthcare to the State of Alaska, Seattle, WA, Worcester, MA, and Miramar, FL. Meet our staff members, ready to serve you.
Dr. David Ampong, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Advanced Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Addiction Specialist
Education
Dr. Ampong goes by David. He earned his undergraduate baccalaureate in health science, focusing on cell biology, from Anna Maria College and a nursing degree from Becker College in Massachusetts. He obtained a master's degree specializing in business and administration from Aspen University. He earned a master's and doctoral degree in psychiatric mental health nursing from the University of Alaska Anchorage. He completed most of his two years of advanced psychiatric clinical practicum at Alaska Psychiatric Institute and the rest in outpatient settings. He completed a postgraduate certificate training to teach medicine program at Harvard medical school.
Clinical Experience
Dr. Ampong was a mental health counselor for the State of Massachusetts Psychiatric Institution (Glavine Regional Center) for seven years before earning his nursing degree. He has worked in medical-surgical (multiple places in MA and AK), mental health (PAMC, Ak), and addiction units (Roger Williams Medical Center, RI) for the past ten years. He joined academia in 2014 and has been teaching and working as a psychiatric nurse practitioner specializing in addiction medicine. His doctoral project was focused on outpatient detoxification and its implication for practice.
Dr. Ampong is an academic and practitioner who bridges the gap between research and practice. He is well-rounded and works with individuals from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. His recent research promotes outpatient detoxification as the first step to substance treatment. David has published and presented on pharmacogenomics and addiction medicine locally, nationally, and globally at some of the top annual medical conferences, such as ISPN, APNA, etc.
Clinical Services
Dr.Ampong provides psychiatric evaluation and treatment for many mental health issues. He is an expert in using approved FDA-innovative treatments for substance use disorders, alcohol use disorders, bipolar disorders, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and many other severe mental illnesses.
David sees adolescents and adults ranging from 6 years old to 70 years and above.
Kevin Barrett, ANP-BC
Adult Nurse Practitioner
NP Barrett graduated from Aurora University in 1999 and received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Upon passing his boards began working at Weiss memorial hospital in the orthopedics unit. He was offered an opportunity to work with leaders in the fields of infectious diseases and primary care. He worked at Cook County Hospital in Chicago until 2009. NP Barrett worked at The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center until he graduated from North Park University in 2008 with his Masters in Science as an adult nurse practitioner.
NP Barrett is currently pursuing his doctoral studies and his second specialization as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Mr. Barrett has worked in sexual health, primary care, and pain management. He believes in holistic and integrative medicine. NP Barrett enjoys working with patients and their family to achieve the best health goals for his patient.
Skill, patience, and excellence are what Mr. Barrett brings to the table. Let Mr. Barrett manage your wellness and healthcare as our seasoned, veteran adult nurse practitioner in pain management.
Meet Our Health Professionals
Maureen Nanyangwe, PMHNP-BC
Advanced Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Maureen employs a holistic approach that empowers clients to face life’s burdens with self-awareness and mindfulness. She is committed to developing a patient-centered treatment plan that integrates medication management and psychotherapy modalities. Maureen appreciates working with diverse groups and people from different cultures and specializes in the mental health needs of adults, young adults, adolescents, and children. She practices to improve mental wellness and quality of life for her patients with a focus on anxiety, depression, ADHD, and behavioral concerns. Maureen relates to patients in a warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental manner. Finding the underlying source of one’s mental illness is where true healing begins.
Maureen is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and has four and a half years of experience in inpatient psychiatric care.