Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. TeeJay Tripp, DO.
Hi Dr. TeeJay, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Dr. TeeJay Tripp, DO, has always been drawn to building and improving systems. As a kid, he was the one making neighborhood flyers to create work opportunities, and that entrepreneurial drive stayed with him. He studied chemical engineering at Arizona State University before beginning his professional career at Honeywell. Engineering taught him to analyze systems, identify inefficiencies, and refuse to accept “this is just how it’s done” as a final answer.
Dr. Tripp went on to earn his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona. He completed his adult psychiatry residency at a county hospital affiliated with Creighton University, followed by a two-year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship. He is dual board-certified in both General Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
During medical school, he conducted research focused on preventing cardiac muscle death following heart attacks and continued participating in research throughout residency. This early immersion in scientific inquiry reinforced a data-driven, evidence-based approach that continues to guide his leadership.
While in residency, he attended a lecture on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Later, in outpatient practice, he saw firsthand how many patients weren’t improving with medication alone. Some had tried multiple antidepressants, therapy, and other modalities, and were still struggling. He couldn’t accept that as the endpoint. He began researching and implementing TMS and exploring ketamine therapy, even collaborating with his father, a nurse anesthetist, to ensure safe and effective treatment protocols.
In 2017, he co-founded Serenity Mental Health Centers, alongside Ben and Tricia Pease, with the goal of expanding access to these advanced, evidence-based treatments. What started as a single clinic has grown significantly in response to patient demand. Today, as Chief Medical Officer, he focuses on maintaining high clinical standards, advancing research initiatives, and continuing to expand access to innovative care; always with the goal of helping patients achieve long-term remission and truly take their lives back.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It hasn’t been a straight path. One of the biggest challenges has been changing long-standing assumptions in mental health care. For decades, many patients were told medication was the primary or only option. Neuromodulation therapies like TMS require not only clinical validation but also education for patients, providers, and insurance companies.
Even with strong clinical outcomes, expanding access to innovative treatments takes persistent advocacy and data collaboration. Serenity has worked closely with insurers and contributed clinical research to help broaden approvals and improve accessibility.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Serenity Mental Health Centers?
Serenity Mental Health Centers was founded in 2017 with a mission to change the way mental health care is delivered in America. Too often, patients are told that medication is their only option, even when it fails to provide meaningful or lasting relief. Serenity exists to offer evidence-based, innovative treatments that restore function and give patients their lives back.
What began as a single clinic has grown into a rapidly expanding network of more than 35 clinics across nine states, supported by over 850 employees. Each new location brings advanced mental health treatments to communities where patients may have previously faced long wait times, limited options, or treatment-resistant conditions.
Serenity is known for its leadership in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), ketamine infusion therapy, and comprehensive medication management. Using FDA-cleared Deep TMS technology, Serenity has achieved exceptional clinical outcomes, including an 84% response rate and 78% remission rate for TMS treatment, with results that often last three years for most patients.
Under the leadership of Chief Medical Officer Dr. TeeJay Tripp, DO, a dual board-certified psychiatrist in both General Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Serenity focuses on restoring quality of life rather than simply managing symptoms.
Serenity is most proud of its commitment to expanding access to advanced mental health care. The company strategically opens clinics in high-need and military-focused communities, works closely with insurance providers to improve coverage for innovative treatments, and continuously advocates for broader adoption of evidence-based neuromodulation therapies.
Serenity actively collaborates on research, contributes clinical data to support expanded treatment approvals, and explores accelerated TMS protocols to improve outcomes and reduce hospitalizations. At the same time, Serenity invests heavily in recruiting and training top-tier providers who share its patient-first philosophy.
Success at Serenity is defined by remission rates, restored families, reduced suicidal ideation, and patients taking back their lives.
Are there any books, apps, podcasts or blogs that help you do your best?
Much of Dr. Tripp’s learning comes directly from peer-reviewed medical literature. He regularly uses Google Scholar to review current studies and journal publications, especially when working with complex or treatment-resistant cases.
Staying closely connected to emerging data ensures that our patients receive care grounded in the most up-to-date evidence. He’s always believed that medicine should evolve with research. Continuously reviewing new findings allows him to refine protocols and apply insights in real time to patient care.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://serenitymentalhealthcenters.com/arizona-psychiatry-clinics/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serenityhealthcenters/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/serenityhealthcenters
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/serenityhealthcare/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUjCjYSWw5KHbUQdemcXd-A
