Alicia Kletter

Alicia Kletter completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice at the University of San Francisco with certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). Her professional background includes 24 years as a family nurse practitioner and now PMHNP; with much of her career spent working with substance use disorders including methadone and buprenorphine maintenance. She further specialized within this field when she was the director of the City of San Francisco’s perinatal opioid use disorder clinic, working in tandem with city providers to treat perinatal opioid use disorder.

Alicia has developed and widely presented education and training related to perinatal opioid use disorders and methadone maintenance for numerous agencies and disciplines, including nursing, law enforcement, family nursing courses, and social service agencies. She has worked extensively with students, community workers, and internship programs across medical and behavioral health disciplines. In 2022, along with her husband, she was the featured presenter at the SONHP’s Crawford Lecture.

• Addiction medicine
• Perinatal opioid use disorder

• Addiction Medicine Interdisciplinary Education
• Continuity of Care for Substance Use Disorder 

• Interim Program Director for PMHNP DNP Program AY 24-25

• USF, DNP Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, 2022
• Samuel Merritt University, MSN Family Nurse Practitioner, 2004
• Rensselear Polytechnic University, BSN Biochemistry/Biophysics, 1999

• Nurse Practitioner, Withdrawal Management, Janus of Santa Cruz (2026-present)
• Adjunct Professor, USF, School of Nursing and Health Professions
• Adjunct Professor, Samuel Merritt University, School of Nursing
• Program Director, Family Addiction Center for Education and Training
• Staff Nurse, Emergency Room, Highland Hospital, Alameda County Medical Center

• Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty 2025
• 2022 Crawford Lecture Presenter "Opioid Use Disorder: Hope for Healing"

• Community Health Worker Program - Substance Use Disorder in Pregnancy