Russell Medical Centers adds nurse practitioner Brookes

LEEDS — DFD Russell Medical Centers has added psychiatric nurse practitioner Miles Brookes to its team.
Brookes brings empathy for all patients and extensive experience to those with psychiatric and substance use disorders, a news release from DFD Russell Medical Centers said.
Brookes earned an associate degree in nursing at the University of Maine at Augusta in 2001, an undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Maine at Fort Kent in 2004, and a master’s degree from the University of Southern Maine in 2008. He is certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center, is a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and a member of the National Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau. He has a background in psychiatric consultation, medication management and helping those with psychiatric and substance abuse disorders.
“It is a great honor to be invited into the lives of our patients to serve their healthcare needs,” said Brookes. “I offer a holistic, integrated approach to treatment which offers a profoundly positive effect on quality of life.”
Brookes specializes in treating chronic and persistent mental health challenges compounded with substance use. He will be seeing current DFD patients referred by their primary care provider.
DFD Russell has locations in Leeds, Monmout, and Turner. For more information, visit dfdrussell.org.