Lisa Tremayne
RN, PMH-C, CBC • Monmouth Medical Center — Department of OB/GYN
Lisa Tremayne, RN, PMH-C, CBC is a survivor of postpartum anxiety/OCD, and brings over 20 years of diverse, valued experience in the maternal health field. A tireless advocate for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), a maternal mental health advocate, lobbying for bills affecting screening and treatment for the Maternal Mental Health Coalition since its inception in 2016.
Lisa’s mission is to ensure that there are specialized treatment resources available for any woman experiencing maternal mental health issues, the number one complication of childbirth, affecting 800,000 annually just in the United States.
Lisa is the founder of The Bloom Foundation, an organization dedicated to connecting women and their families with reliable, effective, and evidence based mental health services across the country.
At Monmouth Medical Center, Lisa also created the Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, a multidisciplinary treatment center for both mother/baby, supporting maternal mental health from pregnancy through the first year of motherhood, through which she and her team have helped 1000’s of women and their families. This is the only program of its kind in New Jersey, and 1 of only 20 similar programs in the U.S.
Lisa speaks as a PMAD subject-matter expert on podcasts, television, online and in print.
– Deb
Lisa’s story:
Lisa is the founder of an innovative program of care for the patient and her family for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. She recognized the need and moved forward to implement PMAD at Medical Center, a member of RWJBarnabas Health. PMAD is a under diagnosed and treated mental health issue that affects 1 in 9 women during the postpartum period. What makes this care so unique is that all care is delivered as a direct extension of Antepartum, Intrapartum and Postpartum Care within the Department of Ob-Gyn with Mother/Baby Nurses, Social Workers, Peer Volunteers, and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners all with specialty training and a devotion to PMAD. Having these workers directly under the AVP of Mother/Baby and the Chair of the Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology helps usher the patient from the hospital, the PCP office and/or self-referral directly and smoothly into a continuance of patient care which now includes maternal mental health care without fear or shame.
Under Lisa’s management not only did the program continue during the trying times of the Pandemic, its enrollment increased 3-fold. The PMAD program is now recognized both nationally and internationally with Lisa presenting nationally at medical seminars and being interviewed on radio and television. The PMAD program is a model in maternal mental health for other hospital systems throughout the country trying to improve women’s mental health.
As the chairman of the Department of OB-GYN it is my privilege and honor to work with Lisa. All of us at Monmouth Medical Center are proud of her and fortunate to have as a member of our staff.
Lisa Tremayne, RN, PMH-C, CBC is a survivor of postpartum anxiety/OCD, and brings over 20 years of diverse, valued experience in the maternal health field. A tireless advocate for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), a maternal mental health advocate, lobbying for bills affecting screening and treatment for the Maternal Mental Health Coalition since its inception in 2016.
Lisa’s mission is to ensure that there are specialized treatment resources available for any woman experiencing maternal mental health issues, the number one complication of childbirth, affecting 800,000 annually just in the United States.
Lisa is the founder of The Bloom Foundation, an organization dedicated to connecting women and their families with reliable, effective, and evidence based mental health services across the country.
At Monmouth Medical Center, Lisa also created the Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, a multidisciplinary treatment center for both mother/baby, supporting maternal mental health from pregnancy through the first year of motherhood, through which she and her team have helped 1000’s of women and their families. This is the only program of its kind in New Jersey, and 1 of only 20 similar programs in the U.S.
Lisa speaks as a PMAD subject-matter expert on podcasts, television, online and in print.
– Deb
Lisa’s story:
Lisa is the founder of an innovative program of care for the patient and her family for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. She recognized the need and moved forward to implement PMAD at Medical Center, a member of RWJBarnabas Health. PMAD is a under diagnosed and treated mental health issue that affects 1 in 9 women during the postpartum period. What makes this care so unique is that all care is delivered as a direct extension of Antepartum, Intrapartum and Postpartum Care within the Department of Ob-Gyn with Mother/Baby Nurses, Social Workers, Peer Volunteers, and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners all with specialty training and a devotion to PMAD. Having these workers directly under the AVP of Mother/Baby and the Chair of the Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology helps usher the patient from the hospital, the PCP office and/or self-referral directly and smoothly into a continuance of patient care which now includes maternal mental health care without fear or shame.
Under Lisa’s management not only did the program continue during the trying times of the Pandemic, its enrollment increased 3-fold. The PMAD program is now recognized both nationally and internationally with Lisa presenting nationally at medical seminars and being interviewed on radio and television. The PMAD program is a model in maternal mental health for other hospital systems throughout the country trying to improve women’s mental health.
As the chairman of the Department of OB-GYN it is my privilege and honor to work with Lisa. All of us at Monmouth Medical Center are proud of her and fortunate to have as a member of our staff.
