Andrew is motivated to build a better healthcare system. He grew up watching his family be consumed by a large monopolistic health system that did not lower healthcare costs in his hometown. He refuses to accept this is the best approach to our collective well-being.
He has been a mental health patient for many years, with a rough start after his first inpatient stay, being encouraged to give up on his dreams in life. He spent many years struggling, searching for the right care provider. He founded Kemet Health with his best friend to improve mental healthcare for everyone, and ensure nobody else struggled in this way again.
He previously co-founded an opioid addiction clinic in Kentucky which continues to help thousands of struggling individuals access necessary care through the Medicaid system, where few options are available.
He enjoys nontraditional approaches to wellness, psychoanalysis, and the spirit of entrepreneurship. He believes that knowing yourself deeply, finding your people, and following your intuition through life is the most powerful force in the world.
“If the system is corrupt then the people who adhere to the system… are not criminals. They are victims. And the system itself must be tried.” – Dave Chapelle
Brence Brooks is a psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner, board-certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2020. Prior to his career as a provider, he acquired more than 8 years of experience as a nurse, working both as a psychiatric RN and in the medical side of nursing in the intensive care unit and home health.
He received his bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Louisville and his master’s degree in Nursing from Walden University. Specialty areas include medication management for major depressive disorder, bipolar I and II disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, childhood behavioral disorders, psychotic disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Alexis Ryan is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with her Master’s of Science in Nursing acquired from Vanderbilt University’s No. 1 ranked program in the country. She combines expertise and evidence-based approaches to care with an unflagging commitment to compassion and kindness in order to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders with particular proficiency in mood disorders, trauma-related disorders, and eating disorders.
Adam is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner specializing in psychological trauma, anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder.
He has more than 25 years of experience in mental health, as a psychotherapist with a Cognitive Behavioral approach and as a nurse practitioner. He has helped people from all walks of life, all sorts of life experiences, from the coasts of Washington State to hills of Tennessee and Virginia; urban and rural.
Joseph D. Dolansky, D.O. is a board-certified psychiatrist with nearly 25 years of post-residency knowledge, skills, and expertise in providing top-quality, compassionate and holistic psychiatric care for his patients.
Dr. Dolansky provides high-quality evaluations in the treatment of a wide range of psychiatric disorders with considerable expertise in mood, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders.