Christopher Graffitti, NP

Chris’ career began as a registered nurse at Stony Brook’s CPEP where he not only developed the critical thinking skills necessary to accurately assess and engage with his patients in a time sensitive manner but was also able to quickly build rapport with his patients that proved essential to their psychological well-being, during, arguably, the most difficult time of their life. It was during his time at CPEP that Chris discovered his ability to easily engage with children and make them feel more comfortable in a foreign environment. Over the next few years, Chris would continue to work while participating in the psychiatric nurse practitioner program. Chris joined Stony Brook Medicine’s first psychiatric nurse practitioner residency program in October 2020. The program was designed as a one-year rotation through various psychiatric inpatient and outpatient services of the hospital with the goal of developing and honing the skills necessary for independent practice. The final 6-months of the program focused on adult and child outpatient services through Putnam Hall. There, Chris would find his ultimate passion of working with the child and adolescent population. Since his rotation into outpatient services, Chris has worked with a variety of childhood disorders that include ADHD, depression, anxiety, and ASD among others. Chris enjoys the intricacies of the family dynamic and its role in child and adolescent development.