Dr. Kristian Dambrino is an ANCC board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, and founder of Dambrino Wellness, an evidence-based outpatient mental health clinic in Nashville, Tennessee. As a Fulbright Scholar and Adjunct Faculty at Belmont College of Nursing, she is currently working on multi-site nursing partnerships in Indonesia and India that build nursing capacity and reduce mental-health stigma. During her Doctor of Nursing Practice program, Dr. Dambrino studied the impact of high-deductible health insurance on mental health treatment through a retrospective analysis, exploring how cost transparency between the provider and patient can mitigate financial decision-making for patients accessing psychiatric care.

As a national speaker and psychopharmacology expert, Dr. Dambrino regularly delivers continuing medical education programs at conferences across the United States. Her academic contributions include authoring accredited graduate nursing courses in psychopharmacology, guest lecturing at Vanderbilt University, and holding adjunct appointments at Michigan State University and Marian University.

Dr. Dambrino is the creator of The Limbic Music, an R&B musical about neurotransmitters in mental health, currently in pre-production. She has authored a masterclass in jazz vocal improvisation, delivering the 6-hour curriculum completely in French in Caen, France in May of 2023. An accomplished vocalist and fluent in French, she performs annual jazz concerts in France and has shared stages with Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, Jean Smart, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ray Romano, to name a few. Dambrino has been featured on national television in the United States as an entertainer on MSNBC, CNBC, and CMT, and has released three original jazz albums, one of which was awarded the 2017 Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Award for Best Contemporary Music Composition.

Committed to service, Dr. Dambrino volunteers regularly with Rotary International, Project C.U.R.E., Habitat for Humanity, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the Nashville International Center for Empowerment. Recently, she produced a sold-out benefit concert, Music City Without Borders, raising $20,000 for refugee resettlement in Tennessee.