Stacy Flaten, FNP-BC, is a board-certified nurse practitioner and a member of our Behavioral Health team. She works with doctors, counselors, and other healthcare professionals to provide inpatient care to people with mental health and addiction issues. With close to 20 years of nursing experience, Stacy has cared for patients across the lifespan, practicing primarily in medical-surgical, NICU, and orthopedic settings in Fargo, Minot, and Bismarck, often in leadership positions. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from North Dakota State University in 2003 and completed a Master of Science in Nurse Education from the University of Mary, Bismarck, in 2015. She served on the nursing faculty of Minot State University for four years from 2014 to 2018. Later, she developed an interest in behavioral health nursing. She continued to advance her education, completing post-master’s training as a family nurse practitioner through Purdue Global University. Stacy is a member of the American Nurses Association.

Ron Meunier, M.D., is a psychiatrist specializing in behavioral health, a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental disorders, including various affective, behavioral, cognitive and perceptual disorders. Dr. Meunier earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Honors) from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, in 1995, and received training in Marriage and Family Therapy from Loma Linda University in California.  He earned his Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, in 1999 and a Medical Degree from the Medical University of the Americas in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2007.  Dr. Meunier was a Masters Level Clinician at the Southcentral Counseling Center, Anchorage, Alaska, from 1998 to 2002.  He served as a Psychology Intern at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Anchorage, from September 1997 to April 1998.  From July 2007 to June 2011, Dr. Meunier served as a PGY4 Resident at the Carilion Clinic – Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Psychiatry Residency Program (formerly University of Virginia, Roanoke-Salem Program), Roanoke, VA.