Nneoma Ogonnaya Aham-Iroetugo, BSN, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Nneoma Aham-Iroetugo, BSN, MSN, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with more than 13 years of progressive nursing experience spanning outpatient, inpatient, geriatric behavioral health, addiction, and community settings. Based in High Point, North Carolina, she currently practices at CapeSide Psychiatry, where she provides comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, psychopharmacology, medication management, and supportive psychotherapy for patients across the lifespan. Her clinical approach is holistic and evidence-based, integrating biological, psychological, and social factors into individualized treatment plans developed alongside an interdisciplinary team.

Nneoma is also a dedicated educator and mentor, currently serving as an RN-BSN instructor and shaping the next generation of nurses through classroom, simulation, and clinical instruction. She brings a distinctive dual perspective to her work, pairing advanced clinical expertise with a …Bachelor of Science in Business Administration that informs her understanding of healthcare operations, strategic planning, and quality improvement. Compassionate, collaborative, and driven by a passion for reducing mental health disparities, she pairs frontline care with a systems-level view of how behavioral health is delivered.

That same passion has carried her work across borders. As a member of the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA), Nneoma serves on the multidisciplinary psychiatric team for the organization’s annual medical mission to Nigeria, bringing mental healthcare to underserved, high-need communities where such services are scarce. In these resource-limited settings she delivers trauma-informed, culturally responsive care for a broad spectrum of acute and chronic psychiatric conditions, while educating patients, caregivers, local health professionals, and community leaders on addiction, suicide prevention, medication adherence, and the stigma that so often keeps people from seeking help. Beyond direct care, she supports mission leadership with operational planning and daily reporting aimed at making each mission more effective and sustainable than the last.

For Nneoma, this global health service is not a side commitment but a core expression of her conviction that quality mental healthcare is a matter of equity and human dignity — owed to every person, in every community, wherever they happen to live.

Capeside Psychiatry provides patients with the knowledge, therapy, counseling, and tools needed to live their best lives. We provide customized treatment plans that allow patients to keep their everyday lives intact. Telehealth appointments are offered as an option for patients who are not located near our physical offices, or for those who prefer to keep their treatments private. 

We are committed to continuously improving the quality care to the people we serve, remaining responsive to the needs of our customers, and anticipating our customer’s future needs. Above all else we value:

Drive - Capeside is a forward-looking company. We are driven to consistently move forward and take the effective action for the benefit of our clients. We view challenges as opportunities for success, and we are driven to recognize opportunities; to develop creative solutions; and to act with passion and commitment.

Strength - Since our inception in 2014, our strength is our drive to succeed. Capeside is a dynamic, growing company that is the market leader in North Carolina. As the market leader, we can be counted on to deliver quality service that the market expects; both today and tomorrow.

Loyalty - We believe in a win-win relationship for all stakeholders: clients, employees and the communities we serve. We are one team, and a professional family. We are fiercely loyal to our customers by consistently delivering unmatched quality service and by being responsive to changing customer needs. In turn, our customers and employees are loyal to Capeside and support its growth. All stakeholders are strongly committed to the philosophy and values of Capeside.

Prosperity - Drive, strength, and loyalty have created prosperity for all Capeside stakeholders: customers, clinicians, and Capeside staff. Prosperity allows us to persist and provide new opportunities for growth. For our staff, we can ensure job security and a safe work environment. For our clinicians, it is an unmatched work environment. For our customers, it means we free up time, resources, and maintain patient count, which improves bottom line.