Meet the People Behind the Person-Centered Care
At Kalamazoo TMS & Behavioral Health, healing starts with connections. Our team blends deep expertise with heartfelt compassion to make sure every patient feels seen, respected, and supported. Our patient-centered care starts from when patient is received at reception with warmth and kindness, receives services in a soothing and caring environment and feels deeply heard and emotionally supported by providers. Get to know the people who make our practice what it is and why they’ve dedicated their lives to mental wellness.
Dr. Ruqiya Shama Tareen
MD, MBBS, DDSc, DABPN, FACLP
A Leader in Whole-Person Psychiatry
Dr. Tareen’s interest in psychiatry began during her dermatology training, where she saw firsthand how emotional distress could manifest through the skin. That insight sparked a lifelong commitment to treating the mind-body connection with patient care, research, and innovation.
A double Board-Certified psychiatrist in General Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, Dr. Tareen is looking at psychiatric care in a different way. Her 20 plus years in treating patients in office and in general hospital as an expert psychopharmacologist guides her to find many ways to help patients with different combinations of medications along with utilizing psychotherapy to enhance patient’s response to medications. She also has keen interest in neuropsychiatry and offer various tests to clarify diagnosis so that she can provide more targeted treatment.
Her main area of focus is to find innovative ways to help patients who has not responded to combination of medications and psychotherapy. This is where her interest in interventional psychiatry started, initially with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS therapy) in 2010 and later on in Ketamine infusions and Esketamine nasal spray as a way to improve quality of life of treatment resistant depression.
She is nationally and internationally recognized for her research, publications, presentations, and advocacy in women’s behavioral health, psychodermatology, and somatic symptom disorders.
Amy Frits
AGNP-C Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Where Traditional Psychiatry Meets Holistic Healing
Amy Fritz’s journey into behavioral health began with her geriatric patients. She saw how often mental health symptoms were overlooked in older adults and made it her mission to change that. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Amy blends traditional psychiatry with her training in mindfulness, yoga, and Ayurvedic practices to help patients access healing on multiple levels.
Nisar Tareen
Chief Executive Officer
Driving Vision with Heart and Strategy
With over 40 years of global experience in IT and business operations, Nisar Tareen is the steady force behind the clinic’s daily function and long-term growth. His interest in mental health administration grew from supporting Dr. Tareen’s work and seeing the impact of truly patient-centered psychiatric care. He’s committed to building a practice where innovation, trust, and human connection coexist.
Amy Frits
AGNP-C Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Where Traditional Psychiatry Meets Holistic Healing
Amy Fritz’s journey into behavioral health began with her geriatric patients. She saw how often mental health symptoms were overlooked in older adults and made it her mission to change that. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Amy blends traditional psychiatry with her training in mindfulness, yoga, and Ayurvedic practices to help patients access healing on multiple levels.
Nisar Tareen
Chief Executive Officer
Driving Vision with Heart and Strategy
With over 40 years of global experience in IT and business operations, Nisar Tareen is the steady force behind the clinic’s daily function and long-term growth. His interest in mental health administration grew from supporting Dr. Tareen’s work and seeing the impact of truly patient-centered psychiatric care. He’s committed to building a practice where innovation, trust, and human connection coexist.
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