Agenda

Andrew Penn, MS, PMHNP is a Professor in the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing where his teaching has received the UCSF Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, among other recognitions. Trained as a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner, he directs clinical nursing operations for Salma Health an early stage psychiatric interventional treatment clinical company. As a researcher, he has collaborated on psychedelics studies of psilocybin and MDMA in the Translational Psychedelics Research (TrPR) and the Carhart-Harris labs at UCSF. A leading voice in nursing, he is a cofounder of the Organization of Psychedelic and Entheogenic Nurses (OPENurses.org), advocating for the perspective of nurses in psychedelic therapy, he has published on psychedelics in the American Journal of Nursing, Frontiers in Psychiatry, The Journal of Humanistic Psychotherapy, and JAMA. An internationally invited speaker, he has lectured at SXSW, Aspen Health Ideas Festival, TEDx, the Singapore Ministry of Health, and Oxford University and can be found at Andrewpennnp.com.

Annmarie Kropp, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C is a doctoral-prepared psychiatric nurse practitioner and the Founder of Zephyr Behavioral Health & Wellness in Colorado. Her work is grounded in the belief that mental health care should be thoughtful, accessible, and deeply human, meeting people where they are while providing evidence-based, individualized treatment.

Dr. Kropp provides psychiatric care across the lifespan, with clinical interests that include anxiety and depression, trauma-related conditions, ADHD, perinatal mental health, and treatment-resistant mood disorders. She is known for integrating innovative treatment options, such as ketamine-assisted therapy and neuromodulation, with comprehensive psychiatric care, strong safety protocols, and informed, collaborative decision-making.

In addition to clinical care, Dr. Kropp is deeply involved in program development and systems design, creating treatment pathways and educational resources that support patients, families, first responders, and fellow clinicians. Her work emphasizes continuity of care, ethical implementation of emerging treatments, and building sustainable behavioral health programs that prioritize both patient outcomes and provider well-being.

As a participant in the Psych Congress Elevate Emerging Voices program, Dr. Kropp brings a real-world clinical perspective to conversations about innovation in psychiatry, with a focus on translating emerging science into compassionate, practical care that supports long-term healing.

Moushumi Mukerji MSN, PMHNP-BC, CNM is a psychiatric nurse practitioner in private practice with Hope Therapy and Psychiatry Center and Headway. She is also a certified nurse-midwife with 21 years of experience in midwifery, women’s health, and maternity care nursing in various settings around the country. In her clinical practice she provides medication management, psychotherapy, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. She specializes in perinatal and women's mental health. Moushumi is a graduate of the Yale University and University of California San Francisco Schools of Nursing. She is a volunteer faculty member of the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing as an Associate Clinical Professor. In her free time she enjoys travel, gardening, and meditating.

Dr. Michael Asbach, DMSc, PA-C is a doctorally trained Physician Assistant and Associate Medical Director at the DENT Neurologic Institute in Buffalo, New York. He earned his Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies from Daemen University and his Doctor of Medical Science from A.T. Still University. He also holds the Psychiatry Certificate of Added Qualification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
A nationally recognized educator and CME speaker, Dr. Asbach specializes in treatment-resistant depression, bipolar disorder, and emerging psychiatric therapies. He holds a faculty appointment with Shenandoah University’s Doctor of Medical Science program, teaches across multiple universities, serves on the Psych Congress Steering Committee, and is a co-chair of the Psych Congress PA Institute annual meeting.

Dr. Asbach’s work bridges clinical innovation, professional advocacy, and disruption in healthcare, with a focus on advancing psychiatry, elevating the PA profession, and shaping the future of collaborative care.

Chelsie Monroe is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and founder of a group private practice, Balanced Mental Wellness in Littleton, Colorado where she serves as medical director. She has over 15 years of experience working in a variety of settings including inpatient, outpatient, psychiatric emergency services, forensics, community mental health, and private practice settings. She specializes in complex trauma, forensics, addiction, and severe mental illnesses, and has special interest in psychedelic assisted therapies and entrepreneurial APN roles. Chelsie is board certified in Integrative Psychiatry, and is an expert in ketamine assisted psychotherapy (KAP). She is trained as a psychotherapist and believes the relationship is the key to being an excellent clinician.

Steven J. Krozer, PMHNP-BC, is the founder of iTrust Wellness, a leading outpatient mental health clinic based in Greenville, South Carolina, and iTrust Cares, an outpatient geripsychiatry service that partners with assisted living, independent living, and skilled nursing facilities. Aside from founding these organizations, Steven maintains a robust weekly clinical caseload of patients and specializes in psychiatric medication management across a broad range of conditions, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and PTSD. He earned his Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University and has built his clinical practice around evidence-based, measurement-driven care.

Steven’s approach to psychiatry is deeply patient-centered and education-forward. He believes that empowering patients with clear, understandable information is the foundation for better outcomes. His style of care simplifies complex psychiatric concepts without sacrificing scientific rigor, helping patients make informed decisions while achieving consistent, measurable results.

Driven by a passion to improve the provider and patient experience, Steven also founded iTrust Insights, a technology company creating solutions that reduce provider burnout, streamline workflows, and modernize mental health treatment through AI-driven tools and outcome tracking systems.

Inspired by a cross-country bike ride for mental health advocacy, Steven has dedicated his career to making high-quality psychiatric care accessible, understandable, and sustainable. Under his leadership, iTrust Wellness has expanded rapidly, offering in-person and telehealth services throughout the Carolinas.

Desiree Matthews, MSN, PMHNP-BC is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and the founder of Different Mental Health Program, a multi-state telepsychiatry practice providing integrative, patient-centered psychiatric care. Her clinical work centers on the evaluation and treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, ADHD, and the identification and management of drug-induced movement disorders.

Ms. Matthews is particularly interested in early intervention and longitudinal treatment planning for serious mental illness, with an emphasis on functional recovery and relapse prevention. Her professional interests include long-acting injectable antipsychotics, emerging pharmacologic treatments, and the responsible use of telehealth to expand access while maintaining high standards of care. In addition to her clinical practice, she is actively involved in clinician education and regularly presents on psychiatric treatment planning, practice sustainability, and navigating the evolving mental health care landscape.

Desiree Matthews, MSN, PMHNP-BC is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and the founder of Different Mental Health Program, a multi-state telepsychiatry practice providing integrative, patient-centered psychiatric care. Her clinical work centers on the evaluation and treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, ADHD, and the identification and management of drug-induced movement disorders.

Ms. Matthews is particularly interested in early intervention and longitudinal treatment planning for serious mental illness, with an emphasis on functional recovery and relapse prevention. Her professional interests include long-acting injectable antipsychotics, emerging pharmacologic treatments, and the responsible use of telehealth to expand access while maintaining high standards of care. In addition to her clinical practice, she is actively involved in clinician education and regularly presents on psychiatric treatment planning, practice sustainability, and navigating the evolving mental health care landscape.

Lydia Bartholow, DNP, PMHNP, CARN-AP, FIANN is a doctorally prepared psychiatric nurse practitioner specializing in addiction medicine and trauma-informed care. She is a Fellow of the International Society of Addictions Nursing and serves as Medical Director of a psychiatric emergency department in Portland, Oregon, focused on acute psychiatric and substance-use–related crises. Lydia has held medical leadership roles in both inpatient and outpatient settings, building systems of care for people who use substances. She is the recipient of multiple state and national awards for excellence in addiction medicine, leadership, and health equity, and speaks nationally on co-occurring disorders, harm reduction, and substance-use care system improvement. She lives in Portland, OR with too many animals and just the right number of plants.

Matt Tierney is a Nurse Practitioner and active clinician at San Francisco General Hospital’s
Opiate Treatment Outpatient Program (OTOP). The focus of his work for nearly 30 years is
improving access to evidence-based addiction treatment locally, regionally and nationally, and
he has created and directed numerous novel clinical programs designed to increase care for
problematic substance use. Past roles include Medical Director of Inpatient Substance Use
Management at UCSF Health, Clinical Director of Substance Use Treatment and Education at
UCSF's Office of Population Health, and Director of San Francisco’s Office-based Buprenorphine
Induction Clinic (OBIC), the first clinic in the nation devoted solely to buprenorphine treatment
initiation and stabilization. He is Past President of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
(APNA) and continues to represent APNA at the National Academies of Sciences Engineering
and Medicine on the Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. In 2018 he was
named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, where he serves on the Expert Panel on
Psychiatric Mental Health and Substance Use. With national advanced-practice certifications in
Addictions Nursing (CARN-AP), Adult Primary Care (ANP), and Psychiatric-Mental Health
(PMHNP), he has expertise in addressing both indivi

Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC, is an Adjunct Clinical Affiliate in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin and a psychotherapist in private practice. Dr. Jain is a co-creator of WILD 5 – A Proven Path to Wellness and co-author of The Science and Practice of Wellness: Interventions for Happiness, Enthusiasm, Resilience, and Optimism (HERO). She is the co-creator of the Psychedelics and Wellness Survey (PAWS), exploring the intersection between psychedelics and wellness. She is the co-host of the newly launched podcast Happy Human 3.0, which explores how modern humans can move beyond merely surviving 21st-century stressors and begin to flourish by integrating neuroscience, positive psychiatry, and compassionate, human-centered care.

In addition, Dr. Jain serves on the Psych Congress Steering Committee, helping guide educational priorities and identify emerging needs in mental health practice. She also teaches with Fluence Training, a leading provider of psychedelic education for mental health professionals, where she serves as faculty in their certification programs in Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration (PHRI) and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).

Andrew Penn, MS, PMHNP is a Professor in the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing where his teaching has received the UCSF Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, among other recognitions. Trained as a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner, he directs clinical nursing operations for Salma Health an early stage psychiatric interventional treatment clinical company. As a researcher, he has collaborated on psychedelics studies of psilocybin and MDMA in the Translational Psychedelics Research (TrPR) and the Carhart-Harris labs at UCSF. A leading voice in nursing, he is a cofounder of the Organization of Psychedelic and Entheogenic Nurses (OPENurses.org), advocating for the perspective of nurses in psychedelic therapy, he has published on psychedelics in the American Journal of Nursing, Frontiers in Psychiatry, The Journal of Humanistic Psychotherapy, and JAMA. An internationally invited speaker, he has lectured at SXSW, Aspen Health Ideas Festival, TEDx, the Singapore Ministry of Health, and Oxford University and can be found at Andrewpennnp.com.

Steven J. Krozer, PMHNP-BC, is the founder of iTrust Wellness, a leading outpatient mental health clinic based in Greenville, South Carolina, and iTrust Cares, an outpatient geripsychiatry service that partners with assisted living, independent living, and skilled nursing facilities. Aside from founding these organizations, Steven maintains a robust weekly clinical caseload of patients and specializes in psychiatric medication management across a broad range of conditions, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and PTSD. He earned his Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University and has built his clinical practice around evidence-based, measurement-driven care.

Steven’s approach to psychiatry is deeply patient-centered and education-forward. He believes that empowering patients with clear, understandable information is the foundation for better outcomes. His style of care simplifies complex psychiatric concepts without sacrificing scientific rigor, helping patients make informed decisions while achieving consistent, measurable results.

Driven by a passion to improve the provider and patient experience, Steven also founded iTrust Insights, a technology company creating solutions that reduce provider burnout, streamline workflows, and modernize mental health treatment through AI-driven tools and outcome tracking systems.

Inspired by a cross-country bike ride for mental health advocacy, Steven has dedicated his career to making high-quality psychiatric care accessible, understandable, and sustainable. Under his leadership, iTrust Wellness has expanded rapidly, offering in-person and telehealth services throughout the Carolinas.

Kevin N. Williams MS, MPAS, PA-C is the CEO and Lead Clinician at OnPoint Behavioral Health. He is a Physician Associate that specializes in Psychiatry and has a mission to provide care that is experienced, holistic, and compassionate. He holds two master degrees in Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences and Physician Assistant Studies from the University of South Florida and South University respectively. He has gained experience treating children, adolescents, and adults for the past 11 years in the areas of inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care. Kevin has 10 years of experience teaching as an Adjunct Professor at several institutions around the country. Kevin also has over 10 years in executive leadership experience and maintains a passion of educating others to lead with effective influence. He has participated in mission work abroad and has enjoyed volunteering in several organizations in the Tampa Bay community. He enjoys spending time with his family along with his hobbies of aviation and traveling abroad.

Saundra Jain, MA, PsyD, LPC, is an Adjunct Clinical Affiliate in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin and a psychotherapist in private practice. Dr. Jain is a co-creator of WILD 5 – A Proven Path to Wellness and co-author of The Science and Practice of Wellness: Interventions for Happiness, Enthusiasm, Resilience, and Optimism (HERO). She is the co-creator of the Psychedelics and Wellness Survey (PAWS), exploring the intersection between psychedelics and wellness. She is the co-host of the newly launched podcast Happy Human 3.0, which explores how modern humans can move beyond merely surviving 21st-century stressors and begin to flourish by integrating neuroscience, positive psychiatry, and compassionate, human-centered care.

In addition, Dr. Jain serves on the Psych Congress Steering Committee, helping guide educational priorities and identify emerging needs in mental health practice. She also teaches with Fluence Training, a leading provider of psychedelic education for mental health professionals, where she serves as faculty in their certification programs in Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration (PHRI) and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).

Stephanie Kress, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, LCSW, NE-PMC, RYT-200 is a compassionate psychiatric mental health provider, nurse leader, yoga instructor, & professional speaker dedicated to safe, equitable, & patient-centered care, as well as clinician well-being. With over 20 years of combined experience in mental health care & philanthropic service, she brings a deeply holistic approach to healing that honors the whole person: mind, body, & spirit.

Stephanie's a doctorally-prepared ANCC board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner & Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Tennessee. She's the Founder of Purple Mountains Wellness, LLC, a private outpatient psychiatric practice dedicated to supporting healthcare professionals, including nursing students, medical residents, & experienced clinicians. Stephanie creates a supportive, affirming space where clinicians can prioritize their own mental health while navigating the unique demands of healthcare careers. Her clinical approach integrates evidence-based psychopharmacology and psychotherapy with complementary practices, including yoga & mindfulness, to promote sustainable mental wellness &resilience.

Stephanie also serves as adjunct faculty at Galen College of Nursing & practices as a psychiatric nurse practitioner at Diana Health, specializing in women’s health &reproductive psychiatry. She holds a BA in Psychology (summa cum laude) from Virginia Wesleyan University, an MSW with a clinical concentration from Norfolk State University, as well as a DNP, MSN, & NE-PMC from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

Outside of her professional roles, Stephanie enjoys time on the Emerald Coast, hiking, white water rafting, yoga, & meaningful connections with family and friends—experiences that ground her and inform her commitment to intentional living.

Dr. Carbray holds her PhD (93) and Master of Science (88) degrees from Rush University, Chicago and her Bachelor of Science (87) degree from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. A Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Nursing at the University of Illinois Chicago, she has been practicing as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner over 35 years. As UIC faculty, Dr. Carbray teaches course content in psychopharmacology, mood disorders, and development and therapeutic interventions with children and adolescents for students across various multidisciplinary programs. As the Director of the Pediatric Mood Disorder Clinic, Dr. Carbray leads the clinical program and multidisciplinary training and is a nationally recognized clinical expert in children and adolescents with mood disorders. Dr. Carbray holds a national reputation of excellence in serving families of children with mood disorders, and was recognized with the UIC Preceptor of the year award, the Karen Gousman Excellence in Nursing Award, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Best Practices in an Outpatient Program for Bipolar Disorder Award, the UIC Inspire Award, the APNA Distinguished Service Award and the Susan McCabe psychopharmacology lectureship from the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses. Dr Carbray has presented her work nationally and internationally and across communities and organizations including the American Girl Company. With a particular focus on helping families to help their children with mood disorders, Dr. Carbray has engaged in programs of research that are investigating the psychopharmacology of mood disorders, neurobiology of mood disorders, and neurobiologically informed treatments and family response to childhood mood disorders.

Paige is a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health and Family Nurse Practitioner dedicated to providing care for the underserved populations in rural South Georgia. She is a passionate advocate for reducing mental health stigma and improving access to quality psychiatric care within her community.

She is the founder and owner of Blooming Minds Psychiatry in Thomasville, Georgia. Through both her clinical practice, speaking engagements, and her social media platforms, Paige works to break down mental health stigma and create a supportive, welcoming space for conversations around mental wellness.

Paige has seven years of experience treating children, adolescents, and adults across outpatient, community-based, and private practice psychiatric settings. Her approach emphasizes integrative, whole-person care combining evidence-based psychopharmacology, holistic strategies, and a strong patient–clinician partnership to support lasting mental wellness.

Paige has also spent time in Haiti teaching and working alongside local nurses, contributing to the advancement of nursing education and training. Outside of work, Paige loves spending time with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys gardening, thrifting and antiquing—especially curating eclectic pieces for her office—and caring for chickens and goats on her homestead.

Amber Hoberg is a dedicated Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) with extensive experience spanning various clinical settings and populations. She holds a master’s degree in advanced practice nursing, specializing in Family Psychiatric Mental Health, obtained from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 2010. Her career is marked by a commitment to providing evidence-based, individualized psychiatric care to patients across the lifespan, including children/adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations.
Currently based in Hillsboro, Oregon, at Visionary Psychiatry, Amber serves as a PMHNP-BC, focusing on nursing home and group home settings. Her role includes collaborating with others on the treatment team to ensure comprehensive care and managing EMAR and e-Prescribing documentation. She also practices at Morning Star Family Medicine PLLC in Floresville, Texas, where she practices and manages medication regimens for residents across outpatient, nursing home, and group home settings. Here, she collaborates closely with case managers, nurses, and psychological care teams, overseeing care for a substantial patient load. Her diverse clinical background includes roles at Northeast/Downtown Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, where she manages acute psychiatric care in an inpatient setting, working closely with psychiatrists and medical staff to deliver comprehensive treatment plans.

Brooke Kempf, PMHNP-BC, is a nationally recognized psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and educator with nearly three decades of experience providing direct patient care and advancing evidence-based mental health services.
She began her career at Hamilton Center in Terre Haute, Indiana, where she worked as a psychiatric nurse across multiple areas of the community mental health center. Her leadership earned her the Hamilton Award for Outstanding Staff Member and helped shape an outpatient care model now used across several sites.
Brooke earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Stony Brook University and is board-certified as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Her advanced certification expanded her clinical role to include medication management and psychiatric care as an outpatient provider, inpatient hospitalist, and Chief Nursing Officer. She also played a key role in integrating psychiatric services into Wabash Valley Health Center, expanding access to care for underserved communities.
In addition to her clinical and administrative leadership, Brooke serves as adjunct faculty in the PMHNP program at Indiana University Indianapolis, where she has taught Neuro-Psychopharmacology and serves as a clinical instructor. She has contributed to program development at George Washington University and received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty. Nationally, she serves on pharmaceutical advisory boards, the Psych Congress Steering Committee, and volunteers with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Dr. Carbray holds her PhD (93) and Master of Science (88) degrees from Rush University, Chicago and her Bachelor of Science (87) degree from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. A Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Nursing at the University of Illinois Chicago, she has been practicing as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner over 35 years. As UIC faculty, Dr. Carbray teaches course content in psychopharmacology, mood disorders, and development and therapeutic interventions with children and adolescents for students across various multidisciplinary programs. As the Director of the Pediatric Mood Disorder Clinic, Dr. Carbray leads the clinical program and multidisciplinary training and is a nationally recognized clinical expert in children and adolescents with mood disorders. Dr. Carbray holds a national reputation of excellence in serving families of children with mood disorders, and was recognized with the UIC Preceptor of the year award, the Karen Gousman Excellence in Nursing Award, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Best Practices in an Outpatient Program for Bipolar Disorder Award, the UIC Inspire Award, the APNA Distinguished Service Award and the Susan McCabe psychopharmacology lectureship from the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses. Dr Carbray has presented her work nationally and internationally and across communities and organizations including the American Girl Company. With a particular focus on helping families to help their children with mood disorders, Dr. Carbray has engaged in programs of research that are investigating the psychopharmacology of mood disorders, neurobiology of mood disorders, and neurobiologically informed treatments and family response to childhood mood disorders.

Desiree Matthews, MSN, PMHNP-BC is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and the founder of Different Mental Health Program, a multi-state telepsychiatry practice providing integrative, patient-centered psychiatric care. Her clinical work centers on the evaluation and treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, ADHD, and the identification and management of drug-induced movement disorders.

Ms. Matthews is particularly interested in early intervention and longitudinal treatment planning for serious mental illness, with an emphasis on functional recovery and relapse prevention. Her professional interests include long-acting injectable antipsychotics, emerging pharmacologic treatments, and the responsible use of telehealth to expand access while maintaining high standards of care. In addition to her clinical practice, she is actively involved in clinician education and regularly presents on psychiatric treatment planning, practice sustainability, and navigating the evolving mental health care landscape.

Chelsie Monroe is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and founder of a group private practice, Balanced Mental Wellness in Littleton, Colorado where she serves as medical director. She has over 15 years of experience working in a variety of settings including inpatient, outpatient, psychiatric emergency services, forensics, community mental health, and private practice settings. She specializes in complex trauma, forensics, addiction, and severe mental illnesses, and has special interest in psychedelic assisted therapies and entrepreneurial APN roles. Chelsie is board certified in Integrative Psychiatry, and is an expert in ketamine assisted psychotherapy (KAP). She is trained as a psychotherapist and believes the relationship is the key to being an excellent clinician.

Andrew Penn, MS, PMHNP is a Professor in the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing where his teaching has received the UCSF Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, among other recognitions. Trained as a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner, he directs clinical nursing operations for Salma Health an early stage psychiatric interventional treatment clinical company. As a researcher, he has collaborated on psychedelics studies of psilocybin and MDMA in the Translational Psychedelics Research (TrPR) and the Carhart-Harris labs at UCSF. A leading voice in nursing, he is a cofounder of the Organization of Psychedelic and Entheogenic Nurses (OPENurses.org), advocating for the perspective of nurses in psychedelic therapy, he has published on psychedelics in the American Journal of Nursing, Frontiers in Psychiatry, The Journal of Humanistic Psychotherapy, and JAMA. An internationally invited speaker, he has lectured at SXSW, Aspen Health Ideas Festival, TEDx, the Singapore Ministry of Health, and Oxford University and can be found at Andrewpennnp.com.

Dr. Carbray holds her PhD (93) and Master of Science (88) degrees from Rush University, Chicago and her Bachelor of Science (87) degree from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. A Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Nursing at the University of Illinois Chicago, she has been practicing as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner over 35 years. As UIC faculty, Dr. Carbray teaches course content in psychopharmacology, mood disorders, and development and therapeutic interventions with children and adolescents for students across various multidisciplinary programs. As the Director of the Pediatric Mood Disorder Clinic, Dr. Carbray leads the clinical program and multidisciplinary training and is a nationally recognized clinical expert in children and adolescents with mood disorders. Dr. Carbray holds a national reputation of excellence in serving families of children with mood disorders, and was recognized with the UIC Preceptor of the year award, the Karen Gousman Excellence in Nursing Award, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Best Practices in an Outpatient Program for Bipolar Disorder Award, the UIC Inspire Award, the APNA Distinguished Service Award and the Susan McCabe psychopharmacology lectureship from the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses. Dr Carbray has presented her work nationally and internationally and across communities and organizations including the American Girl Company. With a particular focus on helping families to help their children with mood disorders, Dr. Carbray has engaged in programs of research that are investigating the psychopharmacology of mood disorders, neurobiology of mood disorders, and neurobiologically informed treatments and family response to childhood mood disorders.

Desiree Matthews, MSN, PMHNP-BC is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner and the founder of Different Mental Health Program, a multi-state telepsychiatry practice providing integrative, patient-centered psychiatric care. Her clinical work centers on the evaluation and treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, ADHD, and the identification and management of drug-induced movement disorders.

Ms. Matthews is particularly interested in early intervention and longitudinal treatment planning for serious mental illness, with an emphasis on functional recovery and relapse prevention. Her professional interests include long-acting injectable antipsychotics, emerging pharmacologic treatments, and the responsible use of telehealth to expand access while maintaining high standards of care. In addition to her clinical practice, she is actively involved in clinician education and regularly presents on psychiatric treatment planning, practice sustainability, and navigating the evolving mental health care landscape.

Chelsie Monroe is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and founder of a group private practice, Balanced Mental Wellness in Littleton, Colorado where she serves as medical director. She has over 15 years of experience working in a variety of settings including inpatient, outpatient, psychiatric emergency services, forensics, community mental health, and private practice settings. She specializes in complex trauma, forensics, addiction, and severe mental illnesses, and has special interest in psychedelic assisted therapies and entrepreneurial APN roles. Chelsie is board certified in Integrative Psychiatry, and is an expert in ketamine assisted psychotherapy (KAP). She is trained as a psychotherapist and believes the relationship is the key to being an excellent clinician.

Andrew Penn, MS, PMHNP is a Professor in the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing where his teaching has received the UCSF Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, among other recognitions. Trained as a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner, he directs clinical nursing operations for Salma Health an early stage psychiatric interventional treatment clinical company. As a researcher, he has collaborated on psychedelics studies of psilocybin and MDMA in the Translational Psychedelics Research (TrPR) and the Carhart-Harris labs at UCSF. A leading voice in nursing, he is a cofounder of the Organization of Psychedelic and Entheogenic Nurses (OPENurses.org), advocating for the perspective of nurses in psychedelic therapy, he has published on psychedelics in the American Journal of Nursing, Frontiers in Psychiatry, The Journal of Humanistic Psychotherapy, and JAMA. An internationally invited speaker, he has lectured at SXSW, Aspen Health Ideas Festival, TEDx, the Singapore Ministry of Health, and Oxford University and can be found at Andrewpennnp.com.