Welcome to Acadia Psychiatry, PLLC
Shannon Murray MSN, CRNA, PMHNP-BC, APRN, PMH-C
Shannon is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner available to pediatric, adolescent, and adult patients ages 6 years and older in the state of Maine. Shannon enjoys working with patients across the lifespan and has a particular interest in the perinatal mental health as well as trauma patients, and first responders.
Experience and Education
Shannon has been a Registered Nurse since 2005 after graduating from Texas Woman's University with honors. She began her career on a telemetry unit caring for patients with congestive heart failure. She then did several years in the Coronary Care Unit at St. Luke's Hospital in the Texas Medical Center where she cared for patients post coronary events and specialized in the post myocardial infarction hypothermia protocol.
Baylor College of Medicine
Shannon graduated from Baylor College of Medicine with a Masters of Science in Nurse Anesthesia degree in 2011 with honors. Her first job as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) was at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Shannon did anesthesia for a wide array of procedures including: ENT, Vascular, Eye, Pulmonary, Urology, and ECT treatments.
Obstetrical & Trauma Anesthesia
Shannon worked for 8 years at the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA for Providence Medical Group. Shannon specialized in Obstetrical Anesthesia and Trauma Anesthesia during that time. It is during this time that Shannon developed a special interest in caring for the peri-partum population.
Pediatric Dental, Oral Surgery, and Gastroenterology Anesthesia
In addition to the above, Shannon also spent time providing anesthesia for pediatric dental cases, oral surgery cases, and gastroenterology cases at freestanding ambulatory surgical centers as an independent anesthesia provider.
University of Cincinnati and Psychiatric Training
In 2022, Shannon graduated with a 4.0 GPA from the University of Cincinnati with her Post-Masters Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program-Across the Lifespan. Her trainings included clinicals at Neurotherapy Northwest specializing in Neurotherapy, Biofeedback, and Quantitative EEG monitoring under the instruction of Dr. Linda Larson PhD. Shannon also completed clinical trainings at Daybreak Youth Services in Spokane, WA which is an inpatient addiction treatment center for teen girls.
PeriPartum Mental Health Certified (PMH-C)
Effective May of 2024, Shannon is a PeriPartum Mental Health Certified Provider through Postpartum Support International. Shannon completed the Psychopharmacology track training and passed the certification exam. She is listed in the PSI Online Provider Directory which can be found at psidirectory.com