Dr. Adrian L. Mesa

DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Dr. Adrian L. Mesa is the founder and CEO of AMP Mental Health. Active within the healthcare field since 2006, he earned his doctorate degree from the University of Miami, and has board certifications by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as both a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Aside from AMP, Dr. Mesa is an Army veteran, a father, a fitness enthusiast, and a photographer.

Adrian traces the roots of his interest in mental health long before the start of his career. Being a first generation Cuban-American, he saw in real time the repercussions of the stigmas held by the Latino community, and even in his own family, toward those with mental illness. Dr. Mesa saw firsthand how mental illness impacted his uncle, who remains a role model and life mentor to this day and cites him as a frequent source of inspiration.

Read what Dr. Mesa wrote about mental health in Miami’s Latino community, available in English and in Spanish.

“I saw how mental illness changed him, how it impacted his family, his children and his life as a whole. I also saw how fragmented, stigmatized, impersonal, and antiquated the mental healthcare system was. In the same breath, I noted the significance of receiving high-quality care for the patient and their family.” Dr. Mesa has instilled the core lessons that were shaped from these experiences into AMP’s services, which revolve around providing patients with the type of care he wishes his uncle was fortunate enough to receive from the onset of his illness.