Alexander Chianese, MSN, PMHNP-BC, CARN, PMH-C

Alexander Chianese, MSN, PMHNP-BC, CARN, PMH-C, is a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with advanced clinical expertise spanning acute, emergency, hospital-based, and community behavioral health settings. He holds national certifications in Addictions Nursing (CARN) and Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C), and his clinical background reflects a strong commitment to providing evidence-based, person-centered psychiatric care across the lifespan. 

As the Director of APN Education and Clinical Operations at Center for Family Guidance, PC, Alex leads the design, implementation, and growth of the Psychiatric Postgraduate APN Residency Program. His leadership centers on developing clinicians who practice with excellence, sound clinical judgment, and ethical integrity, while becoming strong collaborators within multidisciplinary teams. 

In addition to his leadership role within CFG, Alex serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, where he teaches and mentors graduate nursing students. He is also a published journal author, contributing to the psychiatric nursing and mental health literature with work that emphasizes diagnostic reasoning, psychopharmacology, and the integration of social and structural determinants of health into clinical decision-making. 

Alex is deeply committed to shaping the next generation of psychiatric nurse practitioners by fostering professional resilience, critical thinking, operational competence, and reflective clinical practice. His blended perspective as a clinician, educator, author, and systems-level leader informs his mission to elevate quality of care and strengthen behavioral health services across the continuum.