Luis has an extensive range of experience in providing compassionate care in medicine, psychiatry and substance use treatment.
He graduated with honors from the Universidad Americana in Managua, Nicaragua (UAM) with a medical degree in primary care. He completed clinical rotations in surgery at Tulane University as well as rotations in pediatric care and internal medicine at the University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Luis graduated with honors from New York University with a master’s degree in nursing as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. He values his clinical training at NYC Health and Hospitals – Bellevue, with a focus on substance use and psychiatric care. His range of experience during this time included working with the consultation-liaison department which bridged medical and psychiatric care, the CATCH team (Consult for Addiction Treatment and Care in Hospitals), and the ACT team (Assertive Community Treatment) where he was part of the mobile intensive treatment team serving individuals with severe mental illness in the community. During his time at NYU, he was a member of Sigma Theta Tau, an honor society recognizing excellence in nursing care.
As a provider, he is guided by his commitment to patient-centered care. His range of practice includes settings that are based on the models of recovery and harm reduction where he has experience in assessment, delivery of MAT, and therapeutic interventions. He has collaborated in building, training and executing overdose prevention protocols in the first overdose prevention center (OPC) program in the United States. Within this program, he has also worked to help build a psychiatric program for New York’s most vulnerable patients and has experience working with marginalized populations. Luis has been featured at speaking engagements highlighting his range of experience regarding substance use and patient care.
Luis truly believes in meeting the patient where they are at, and in providing the best opportunity for each individual to lower their threshold to change. He values educating clients as a way to enhance their motivation and is inspired by witnessing the process by which a patient realizes their potential.
