Billi-Jo Fulton MSN, PMHNP-BC

Billi-Jo has a genuine passion for bringing good medicine to psychiatry and has always made it a goal to open a private practice in our small town. She was born and raised in Sullivan County, with a deep connection locally; growing up on a multigenerational family dairy farm. She is thrilled to return to her roots to provide compassionate and empathetic psychiatric care in her hometown. 

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Billi-Jo Fulton is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). She started her career in the emergency medical field over thirty years ago. She brings an extensive background of skills obtained over the years across a variety of settings. Starting as phlebotomist at the local small hospital in town while she awaited acceptance to the Lourdes Paramedic Program and has worked in the prehospital emergency field in firefighting and EMS since 1993. She has worked as a certified first responder, EMT basic/driver, EMT Paramedic, and even spent some time behind the desk telling people where to go (aka: Dispatch).  As a prehospital provider, Billi-Jo is well-versed in assessing a situation based on her clinical skills, making treatment decisions, and directing team members swiftly and efficiently during a crisis.

After becoming a registered nurse, she worked in a variety of units; med-surg, intensive care unit, emergency room, behavioral health in-patient, psychiatric emergency room, case management, assistant manager for a long-term care traumatic brain injury unit in and around Upstate, New York.  As a bedside provider for many years, she has always incorporated a less invasive to more invasive approaches that combine traditional medicine alongside other more holistic modalities.  

While completing her education, Billi-Jo received an internship with Dr. Nasri Ghaly; a leading expert in treating a multitude of psychiatric disorders.  After completing her degree, she continued to learn and grow while working with him in his Syracuse, New York location.  Here she was exposed to alternative treatment programs which included medical marijuana, Spravato, Suboxone, laser light therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, electroconvulsive therapy, and acupuncture.  The education and experience gained through Dr. Ghaly's mentorship has been life changing.  She is enthusiastic about providing this high level of care and expertise to her hometown community.