Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents names medical director

Dr. Brett Sharp is a triple board physician and has 29 years of clinical experience.

Published April 30, 2020 by Sydney Lake

Photo courtesy Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents

Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent County, which treats patients who suffer from chronic illness, brain injury or neurological impairment, announced this week that Dr. Brett Sharp has been named as its medical director, which became effective April 20.

Sharp, who has 29 years of clinical experience, has been in private practice and medical director roles as a pediatrician and pediatric psychiatrist. In his new role, he will oversee medical care of all patients at the hospital. He is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both adult psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry and also by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Sharp attended the University of Utah School of Medicine and did his postgraduate training at the University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, practicing pediatrics, psychiatry and child psychiatry. He received his bachelor’s degree from Utah State University and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association.

Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents is a 110-bed hospital founded in 1983. It offers inpatient hospitalization and residential treatment.