Meet Brenda Dean, FNP-DC, the primary care provider at Paramount Health & Wellness in Portsmouth, Virginia. Brenda is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with more than three years of advanced practice experience and over 35 years of combined healthcare experience across primary care, urgent care, and specialized nursing. Her career began in dialysis nursing, where she spent more than 25 years providing care to patients with end-stage renal disease, an experience that continues to inform how she approaches chronic disease management today.
In primary care, Brenda has built a strong foundation in preventive medicine, wellness promotion, and the long-term management of chronic conditions, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients across the lifespan for a wide range of acute and chronic health needs. Her years in urgent care medicine added another layer to her clinical skill set: high-acuity patient assessment, rapid clinical decision-making, and the confident management of episodic and emergent conditions. That combination of backgrounds means she brings both a steady, preventive approach to routine care and the clinical instincts needed when something more urgent comes up.
Brenda's focus as a provider is patient-centered and comprehensive. Rather than treating a single complaint in isolation, she looks at the full picture of a patient's health history, current conditions, and goals to build a plan of care that fits their actual life, not a generic template. That approach carries particular weight for patients managing multiple chronic conditions at once, where coordinated, continuous care makes a real difference in outcomes.
As part of Paramount Health & Wellness, Brenda's primary care services are delivered within an integrated practice that also offers psychiatric and mental health care under the same roof, so patients are not left navigating separate systems for physical and mental health needs. Paramount accepts Tricare for spouses, dependents, and retirees, along with Medicare, and offers same-week appointments for new patients. Statewide telehealth is available across Virginia for patients who need flexibility in how they access care.
Paramount Health & Wellness is located at 3220 Academy Ave, Portsmouth, VA 23703, open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Call (757) 809-7807 or email contact@paramounthw.org to schedule an appointment or verify your insurance coverage.
Below, meet the provider dedicated to your primary care.
In primary care, Brenda has built a strong foundation in preventive medicine, wellness promotion, and the long-term management of chronic conditions, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients across the lifespan for a wide range of acute and chronic health needs. Her years in urgent care medicine added another layer to her clinical skill set: high-acuity patient assessment, rapid clinical decision-making, and the confident management of episodic and emergent conditions. That combination of backgrounds means she brings both a steady, preventive approach to routine care and the clinical instincts needed when something more urgent comes up.
Brenda's focus as a provider is patient-centered and comprehensive. Rather than treating a single complaint in isolation, she looks at the full picture of a patient's health history, current conditions, and goals to build a plan of care that fits their actual life, not a generic template. That approach carries particular weight for patients managing multiple chronic conditions at once, where coordinated, continuous care makes a real difference in outcomes.
As part of Paramount Health & Wellness, Brenda's primary care services are delivered within an integrated practice that also offers psychiatric and mental health care under the same roof, so patients are not left navigating separate systems for physical and mental health needs. Paramount accepts Tricare for spouses, dependents, and retirees, along with Medicare, and offers same-week appointments for new patients. Statewide telehealth is available across Virginia for patients who need flexibility in how they access care.
Paramount Health & Wellness is located at 3220 Academy Ave, Portsmouth, VA 23703, open Monday through Saturday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Call (757) 809-7807 or email contact@paramounthw.org to schedule an appointment or verify your insurance coverage.
Below, meet the provider dedicated to your primary care.
