Hampstead Hospital Medical Staff

Our highly qualified and experienced board-certified medical staff includes:

  • Adult psychiatrists
  • Child and adolescent psychiatrists
  • Clinical psychologists
  • Family medicine physicians
  • Physician assistants
  • Psychiatric nurse practitioners

During admission, each patient is assigned to an attending member of our psychiatry staff. Our family practice physician team provides each patient with routine medical assessment and consultation. We also provide patients with additional consultation by other medical specialties on an individual basis.

Our medical staff work as integral members and leaders of our clinical program teams to develop a specialized treatment plan that meets each patient's needs.

Members of our medical staff include psychiatry and medical team members:

Psychiatry team

  • Phillip Hernandez, MD, Medical Director
    Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
  • Amanda Brennan, APRN
    Nurse Practitioner
  • Kenneth Brown, MD
    Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
  • Jocelyn Dembkoski, APRN
    Nurse Practitioner
  • Reid Gourley, APRN
    Nurse Practitioner
  • Katrina McCurdy, APRN
    Nurse Practitioner
  • James McGovern, MD
    Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
  • Nolan Neu, MD
    Psychiatrist
  • Kristina Norman, APRN
    Nurse Practitioner
  • Lionel Pereira, MD
    Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
  • Susan Vonderheide, APRN
    Nurse Practitioner

Medical team

  • John Thomas, MD, Director of General Medical Services
    Family Practice/Medicine
  • Erik Shessler, MD
    Pediatrics
  • Tara Conroy, PA
    Physician Assistant
  • Vonda Haas-Rueda, PA
    Physician Assistant
  • Deborah Nussdorf, APRN
    Nurse Practitioner
  • Kristen Stevens, APRN
    Nurse Practitioner
  • Iris Zayin Sullivan, PA
    Physician Assistant