The Ascend Story
Mission-driven. Clinician-led. Results-focused.
Founded to transform mental health care access, Ascend Healthcare delivers integrated psychiatric and behavioral health solutions with a commitment to equity, compassion, and operational excellence.
Our mission is to provide high-quality and accessible behavioral healthcare through integrated care models tailored to improve the health and wellness of our communities in need. Guided by this vision - providing seamless behavioral health integration into the most vulnerable populations - we partner directly with health centers to build fully integrated, sustainable behavioral health programs.
The Ascend Model
We partner directly with health centers to build fully integrated, sustainable behavioral health programs—bringing deep clinical expertise, operational support, and long-term accountability.
Clinically-led, fully supervised care teams
Built by FQHC operators who understand your model
Seamless EMR and workflow integration
Full clinical operations management
Aligned to your mission, funding, and quality goals
Our Program
Built by leaders who have worked inside health centers.
Our team brings direct experience in leadership, medical management, behavioral health integration, and clinical operations—giving us the depth to design programs that work inside the real-world complexities of community health care.
Brings nearly a decade of experience overseeing operations and clinical quality for the largest combined 24/7 psychiatric crisis center, inpatient, walk-in outpatient and opioid treatment center in Arizona.
Over 30 years of experience working with diverse populations within the behavioral health and corrections fields, both in the public and private sectors.
Practicing psychiatrist for 20+ years. Triple Board-certified in Adult, Child and Adolescent, and Addiction psychiatry.
Brings 20+ years of healthcare leadership with a focus on FQHC partnerships and growth.
Over 10 years of experience in community health operations and medical practice leadership.
Brings 28 years of behavioral health leadership spanning general mental health, SUD, and complex care populations.
Brings 10+ years of healthcare leadership across quality, compliance, and data strategy, partnering with executive teams to enhance performance, efficiency, and patient care delivery.
