About Us
Jeffrey Bayless, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC
Jeffrey is the owner and founder of Sagebrush Psychiatry. He launched Sagebrush in 2020 with the goal of not only providing high quality psychiatric care, but a better overall patient experience. He is a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, licensed and trained to diagnose and treat mental health concerns across the lifespan. Since graduating from the University of Texas in Austin, he has provided psychiatric services in a range of settings from community clinics, residential treatment centers, and traditional outpatient clinics. He prides himself on an evidence-based, collaborative approach where each patient makes informed decisions on the course of their treatment. He also believes that successful treatment plans must include non-pharmacological interventions and he will work with each patient’s strengths to determine which are most appropriate.
Jeffrey enjoys the outdoors and in his free time you can usually find him exploring the high desert or on the trails surrounding Lake Tahoe with his dog Becca.
David Walsh, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC
David is a board-certified Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, licensed and trained to treat behavioral health concerns across the lifespan. David brings a hefty work ethic to the practice, having worked in a range of psychiatric care positions from direct care tech in psychiatric hospitals to founding a busy outpatient psychiatry practice to executive leadership roles in the healthcare space. His extensive experience includes management of mood, anxiety disorders and thought disorders. In practice, David’s primary area of interest is in working with families facing addiction and supporting those in recovery through smart medication management. David knows the power of recovery because he is living it. His experience and belief in the recovery model inform his empathic yet pragmatic approach to behavioral healthcare.
David is an amateur musician with a love for the guitar. He is an avid golfer and professional dog-lover having fostered over 50 dogs a handful of which he eventually adopted.
Karen Ayes | Practice Manager
Karen Ayes completed her bachelor’s degree in medical technology in 2020. Over the years, she has provided clinical and administrative services for laboratories and cardiac specialty clinics. Currently with Sagebrush, Karen assists with onboarding new patients and is our in-house billing specialist. She helps coordinate patient care and numerous other tasks so our clinicians can focus on taking care of our patients. Outside of work, Karen loves to play with her dogs and cats, hanging out with her family, traveling and relaxing at the beach.
