Alyssa Hamel, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator; Clinical Assistant Professor
ADDRESS:
School of Nursing
University at Buffalo
304 B Wende Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214-8013
PHONE: 716-829-2389
EMAIL: alyssawe@buffalo.edu
Alyssa Hamel's early clinical experience includes several roles as a registered nurse within the Catholic Health System in Buffalo, NY. She began her nursing career on the medical/surgical and stroke care units at Sisters of Charity Hospital, where she also performed the role of charge nurse on an acute medical unit specializing in neurological care. During COVID-19, she also performed the role of acute care nurse at Sisters of Charity Hospital's St. Joseph campus, the state’s first COVID-19 dedicated hospital.
Early in her career, Hamel also expanded her nursing experience on a global stage, having participated in a nursing mission trip in South East Asia and caring for underserved populations in Kandy, Sri Lanka, where she provided stroke and neurological care in a rural teaching hospital.
As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, Hamel works at BestSelf Behavioral Health, where she’s responsible for assessing, diagnosing and providing pharmacological management and education for adults with a variety of mental illnesses. She was previously the primary psychiatric provider for the adult eating disorder treatment services.
Hamel remains engaged with the wider professional nursing community through her membership in the Neuroscience Education Institute, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society and American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
Hamel earned a bachelor of arts in psychology from UB in 2011 and a bachelor of science in nursing from D’Youville College. She also graduated from UB School of Nursing’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner DNP program in 2019.
- DNP, University at Buffalo
- BSN, D'Youville College
- BA, University at Buffalo
- Third wave cognitive behavioral therapies
- Contemporary recovery models for eating disorder treatment
- Behavioral health & primary care integration
- NSG 470 Concepts of Health Maintenance & Restoration
- NPM 568 Principles of Psychopharmacology
- NPM 569 The Neurobiological Basis of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
- NPM 652 Clinical Practicum I Seminar
- Member, Prevention and Addiction Services and Supports Committee of Erie County
- Member, Neuroscience Education Institute
- Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
- Member, American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Weissinger, A. C., Burns, R., & Campbell, N. J. (2021). Evaluating emergency department utilization for mobile mental health patients: A correlational retrospective analysis. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 27(5), 383-389. doi:10.1177/1078390320916236
Current
Role: Faculty Coordinator
Funding Source: HRSA
Opioid Workforce Expansion Program (OWEP)
Role: Faculty Coordinator
Funding Source: HRSA