Carissa Bencito, FNP-C, a certified family nurse practitioner, has joined Henry Mayo Newhall Primary Care. Bencito will see patients at the primary care practice on the Henry Mayo Campus and at the recently opened Henry Mayo Office in the Student Health Center on the campus of the California Institute of the Arts.

“We are delighted to have Carissa join our team at Henry Mayo Newhall Primary Care,” said Sian Durham, senior director of Ambulatory Services at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital. “Her depth of clinical experience and commitment to patient well-being directly align with our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community,”

Bencito will see patients at the Primary Care Practice except when she is at the CalArts office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. This practice is open to all CalArts students.

Bencito brings a wealth of clinical practice to Henry Mayo Newhall Primary Care. She has extensive experience working as a Family Nurse Practitioner in Los Angeles and Glendale, CA and in addition, she previously served as an Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner at Facey Immediate Care in Mission Hills and Saugus, CA. She provided comprehensive healthcare services to patients with acute and chronic conditions, managing patients of all ages. She has the ability to perform minor procedures, and enjoys counseling patients on wellness practices.

Bencito also served as a Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, where she focused on heart health. In this role, she monitored patient responses during cardiac stress tests and assessed, monitored and treated hospitalized patients with cardiovascular conditions.

Bencito obtained her Master of Science degree in Nursing Studies, with a certification in Family Nurse Practice, from Herzing University in Wisconsin. Prior to that, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Da La Salle University in the Philippines.

For more information or to schedule an appointment at Henry Mayo Newhall Primary Care, please call (661) 200-1710 or visit henrymayoprimarycare.com.

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Henry Mayo is a 357-bed, not-for-profit community hospital and trauma center. Your family can count on us for critical life-saving services and primary and specialized care. Our emergency department is open 24/7 to serve you, and a panel of physicians, both specialists and sub-specialists, are available around the clock for your most critical needs. We also provide a wide range of care through a number of services: a popular maternity department, lactation support, and childbirth education program, highly respected cancer program jointly operated with Keck Medicine of USC, advanced primary stroke center, an acute rehab unit that helps individuals regain their independence, top-notch cardiovascular services, outpatient primary care, urgent care, and wound care services, highly attentive physical and occupational therapies, and a number of inpatient and outpatient surgical services. The patient care teams who come to work at Henry Mayo every day are dedicated to providing the best possible care to you and your family.