Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
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Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
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Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Haresh Tharwani, MD, DFAPA, is the founder, president, and chief medical officer of MD Psychiatry & Emotional Health, PLLC. The practice has offices in North Cary, South Cary, Durham (Southpoint Mall), and Raleigh (Mid-Town), North Carolina, where patients benefit from Dr. Tharwani’s clinical experience and expertise in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.
After completing his medical degree, Dr. Tharwani undertook general psychiatry training at West Virginia University’s School of Medicine. He served as a co-chief resident during his fourth year and was awarded “Best Resident of the Year” twice. Dr. Tharwani continued his training at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and then joined Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, as a psychopharmacology research fellow.
Dr. Tharwani is board-certified in general psychiatry and consultation-liaison psychiatry. With a passion for research and education, he was a faculty member at Duke University for 19 years, serving as a senior associate professor and medical director.
In 2005, the American Psychiatric Association named Dr. Tharwani the recipient of the “Best Teacher of the Year” award. He has also won many other awards, including “Compassionate Doctor Recognition,” the “On-Time Doctor Award,” and the “Patient’s Choice Award” on multiple occasions.
Dr. Tharwani specializes in treating patients with clinical depression, panic disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and personality disorders using evidence-based psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.
In his spare time, Dr. Tharwani enjoys activities that rejuvenate his mind and body, such as watching movies, listening to music, hiking, and relaxing at the beach.
She specializes in Perinatal, Infant, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry. After her successful completion of medical school in India, she moved to the United States to gather experience in the field of Psychiatry, which she is so passionate about. She also carries an in-depth research background from SUNY Upstate in New York, Duke University in Durham, and also served the Veterans Affairs hospital in Washington D.C. where her devotedness for trauma and PTSD stems from. Her journey continued to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, in Jackson, MS where she completed her Adult Psychiatry Residency. She was top of her residency program for the in-service examination called PRITE. She continued to travel and arrived in New Orleans, where she endured her love for the pediatric age group and dedicated 2 years to studying infant, child, and adolescent Psychiatry at LSU (Louisiana State University).
Having successfully completed training in both Adult and Infant, Child, Adolescent Psychiatry, she also has a profound affinity towards treating conditions during the Prenatal/pregnancy/postpartum period, aka PMAD’s (post-partum maternal anxiety and depression). A few other conditions she specializes in and has an immense interest in are – Developmental disorders of Infancy, Autism, ADHD, Trauma-PTSD, Transgender, OCD, Eating disorders, and other common psychiatric conditions such as mood and anxiety disorders catering to both the pediatric and adult populations. She is also certified in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for resistant depression and trained in Deep Brain Stimulation, (DBS).
Treating an individual as a whole is her approach to mental health. A complete Bio-psycho-social and holistic approach is the model she follows with her patient care. She truly believes, “Your brain health is in your hands and a sound mind is a sound soul that has the capacity to create a sound body.”
Haresh Tharwani, MD, DFAPA, is the founder, president, and chief medical officer of MD Psychiatry & Emotional Health, PLLC. The practice has offices in North Cary, South Cary, Durham (Southpoint Mall), and Raleigh (Mid-Town), North Carolina, where patients benefit from Dr. Tharwani’s clinical experience and expertise in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.
After completing his medical degree, Dr. Tharwani undertook general psychiatry training at West Virginia University’s School of Medicine. He served as a co-chief resident during his fourth year and was awarded “Best Resident of the Year” twice. Dr. Tharwani continued his training at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and then joined Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, as a psychopharmacology research fellow.
Dr. Tharwani is board-certified in general psychiatry and consultation-liaison psychiatry. With a passion for research and education, he was a faculty member at Duke University for 19 years, serving as a senior associate professor and medical director.
In 2005, the American Psychiatric Association named Dr. Tharwani the recipient of the “Best Teacher of the Year” award. He has also won many other awards, including “Compassionate Doctor Recognition,” the “On-Time Doctor Award,” and the “Patient’s Choice Award” on multiple occasions.
Dr. Tharwani specializes in treating patients with clinical depression, panic disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and personality disorders using evidence-based psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.
In his spare time, Dr. Tharwani enjoys activities that rejuvenate his mind and body, such as watching movies, listening to music, hiking, and relaxing at the beach.
Illusions Dissolved, PLLC is a mental health services business founded and owned by Shela A. West, PMHNP-BC. We specialize in providing transformative care for individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and bipolar disorder. With a background in mental health since 2013, Shela brings extensive experience and qualifications to her role as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). Shela A. West, PMHNP-BC, holds an impressive educational background, including an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), and an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) certification. With her continuous professional development and commitment to staying current with the latest research and practices, Shela ensures that her clients receive the highest quality of care rooted in evidence-based approaches.
Dr. Allen R. Dyer is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and Vice-chair for education at The George Washington University. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Brown University, then both his medical degree and a Ph.D. in religion and biomedical ethics at Duke University. He then completed psychiatry residency at Duke and psychoanalytic training at the University of North Carolina/Duke University Psychoanalytic Institute.
Allison Foroobar, MD, is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at Carolina Wellness Psychiatry, PLLC, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She provides comprehensive care for school-aged children, adolescents, and adults, which includes partnering with her patients’ families, teachers, and other specialists to promote overall wellness and building foundations for a successful life.
Dr. Foroobar has specialty training in treating the behavioral health needs of children, adolescents, and adults who suffer from co-occurring medical disorders such as epilepsy, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and congenital heart syndromes. She commonly treats patients with depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar disorder, eating disorders, trauma, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Ayumi Nakamura, MD, PhD is a board-certified adult psychiatrist. She grew up in Chapel Hill and later obtained her MD and PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During her PhD, she investigated the biological underpinnings of various neuropsychiatric disorders. She then completed her adult psychiatry residency at Duke University, where she also studied the impact of long COVID in brain health.
Dr. Nakamura specializes in the diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of depression, anxiety, bipolar and psychotic disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and PTSD/trauma and stressor-related disorders in adults ages 18 and older.
" Mental wellness is essential to our overall health, that is why I am motivated to seek synergies between proven pharmacotherapy, self driven monitoring of social/biological rhythms and tailored psychotherapies".
Dr Ikwechegh is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as well as the American Board of Preventive Medicine( Addiction Medicine).
He works to validate the import of mental health diagnoses while actively collaborating with patients to reinforce their own strengths towards a full life.
As part of a patient-centric team, he is aligned with the vision of Kairos Medical Consulting whose main objective is to uphold the model of care that recognizes that you are more than your diagnoses.
That is why he believes in offering the opportunity for collaboration at every step of your treatment journey with an impeccable team that is dedicated to your success.
At Kairos we believe that your voice is very important and every decision begins and ends with you.
“Dr. OBINNA IKWECHEGH Is smart, kind and genuinely cares about his patients. I wouldn’t choose to go anywhere else. He took out time to listen and to address my concerns,”