Roger Rivera is board certified as a Family nurse practitioner (FNP) and Psychiatric–mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). His areas of expertise include psychiatry, family medicine, critical care, emergency medicine, and trauma surgery. He holds a Nurse Educator Certification from the University of Florida and is enthused with treating as well as teaching the art and science of integrative psychiatric care, especially with the experience incurred in the various specialties.

Roger is leading a research project at the University of Florida on post-traumatic stress disorder at the Puerto Rico Medical Center Trauma Hospital. His goal is to help implement a PTSD protocol through the aid of precision medicine.

At Mente Suave Psychiatry & Medicine, you can expect an integrative approach that includes incorporating treatment of mind and body, mental health evaluations, and psychiatric clinical care. Morose in today’s day and age, we often see a destitute in our society in achieving a balance in life and emotional wellness. With the aid of progressive testing to include genetic, metabolic, nutritional, hormonal, and various other measures coupled with evidenced-based research in the advancements of Neurobiology, managing short and long-term treatment goals specific to individual client needs is paramount.