Dr. Omar Ayala
MD
Dr. Ayala graduated University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden Cooper University Hospital as an adult psychiatrist. He then continued his education in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Drexel University College of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program. After years in the field, Dr. Ayala established his own practice in 2010, Ayala Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry. This is where he has been practicing full-time ever since. Dr. Ayala is also bilingual and is able to conduct his appointment in both English and Spanish.
Gilda Ayala
APN, FNP-BC, PMHNP- BC
Gilda Ayala, APN, graduated from Thomas Jefferson University Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2009 and received her Master’s in Family Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care in 2011. Gilda then continued her education at John Hopkins University, completing her Post Master’s in Nursing as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. In 2013, she joined Ayala Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry and has been part of the practice ever since. Gilda also was an adjunct clinical professor/instructor at Thomas Jefferson University prior to joining Ayala Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry full-time.
Frahnie Pierre
APN, PMHNP-BC
Frahnie Pierre, APN, graduated from Temple University with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2003. She has 18 years of nursing experience at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where she has worked with the pediatric behavioral health population in an acute care unit and has also spent several months working at a partial hospitalization day program for children with emotional and behavioral issues. Her passion and empathy for trauma-informed care and behavioral health led her to become certified as a Crisis Prevention Institute Instructor, in which she taught numerous hospital-wide classes on verbal de-escalation and non-violent intervention strategies. She graduated from Walden University with her Masters in Nursing as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She worked directly with Dr. Omar Ayala and Gilda Ayala, APN, during two of her clinical rotations and is now excited to be part of the Ayala Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry team!
Amanda Colli
APN, PMHNP-BC
Amanda Colli graduated from Salisbury University with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2015. She spent the bulk of her bedside nursing career in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit at Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience. Amanda furthered her education at Wilkes University and received her Master’s in Nursing as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in 2023. Psychiatry and the brain has always been Amanda’s passion and she looks forward to working with you at Ayala Child, Adolescent, & Adult Psychiatry!
Shauna Freeman
APN, PMHNP- BC
Shauna Freeman started her career as a registered nurse after receiving her Associates of Science in Nursing from Helene Fuld School of Nursing in New Jersey in 2009. In 2010, she graduated with a Bachelors of Nursing Science from Thomas Edison University. Subsequently she commenced her career as a nurse specializing in cardiac and progressive care units within hospital systems in south New Jersey. In 2014, she transitioned to a position as a mental health nurse where she discovered her aptitude for fostering interpersonal relationships with patients and the pressing need for psychiatric services.
Shauna’s professional journey encompasses a decade of experience working with children adolescents and adults in inpatient hospitals across South Jersey including Inspira Health Hospital, Jefferson-Cherry Hill Hospital and Ancora Psychiatric Hospital. Her observations highlighted the heightened awareness of mental health disorders among the youth and adults and the need for treatment and education.
In 2024, Shauna graduated as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. Shauna received comprehensive training under Dr. Omar Ayala at this office for most of her clinical rotations in 2024 and she is delighted to join the esteemed Ayala team.
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