Erik Lee, PMHNP-BC: psychiatric nurse practitioner for adults with ADHD

Erik is a UCSF-trained, board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP).

After providing medication management services for several years at high-volume settings, including an early psychosis clinic, a crisis clinic, and several inpatient dual diagnosis programs, Erik entered private practice in 2017 dedicated to making high-quality psychiatric care accessible to more people, and his private practice evolved into Celium Healthcare in 2021 with offices in Portland, San Francisco, and San Diego.

A seasoned diagnostician and psychopharmacotherapist, Erik provides personalized care for a small panel of patients.

Erik completed a post-master’s PMHNP program (graduating summa cum laude) at the University of California, San Francisco and completed his PMHNP residency at UCSF’s Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute’s Consultation-Liaison Services. Erik earned a Master of Science in Nursing degree (also summa cum laude) from Samuel Merritt University, where he has served as adjunct faculty.

Prior to becoming a PMHNP, Erik spent several years as a psychiatric registered nurse (RN) at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) and acute psychiatric and forensic inpatient units (7B, 7C, 7L), and the San Francisco VA Medical Center’s Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).

Erik has received additional training at the IFS Institute, the Institute of Functional Medicine, the Neuroscience Education Institute, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and has completed a holistic medicine professional mentorship with integrative psychiatrist Dr. Kayse Budd. Erik became a Certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider (CPATP) in 2022.

A native of Singapore and a former resident of San Francisco for more than 20 years, Erik now calls San Diego home. Erik enjoys running, swimming, international travel, and spending quality time with friends and family.

Several patients have seen Erik for seven to ten years, and he’s rated 4.9 out of 5 on Google. Read the reviews.

How Erik approaches diagnosis

Diagnosis starts with your history: lifelong symptoms, family history, sleep, substances, and what you have already tried. Erik also looks for medical causes that can mimic psychiatric symptoms, such as thyroid problems or sleep apnea, and orders labs when they would change the plan. The diagnosis gets refined over follow-up visits.

Erik sees patients in person in Portland, San Diego, and San Francisco, and by video anywhere in Oregon and California.