Nelly Burdette, PsyD
About Me
Chief Clinical Officer
Nelly Burdette, PsyD, is a clinical health psychologist and national leader in integrated behavioral health (IBH) with over 15 years of transformative impact. Before taking on the Chief Clinical Officer role, she worked as a consultant for CTC-RI and served as the Senior Director of IBH at CTC-RI. In this capacity, she drove statewide initiatives to revolutionize primary care through evidence-based, team-centered care and psychological safety training. Most recently, she also served as the Director of Population Behavioral Health (BH) at Boston Medical Center, where she advanced BH equity and quality across Massachusetts. Dr. Burdette holds a doctorate from Spalding University, with specialized training in Primary Care Psychology. She has pioneered integrated care models in diverse settings, including FQHCs, community mental health centers, and the VA, making a lasting impact on healthcare delivery for underserved populations.
Our Mission
The mission of CTC-RI is to support the continuing transformation of primary care in Rhode Island as the foundation of an ever-improving integrated, accessible, affordable, and equitable health care system. CTC-RI brings together critical stakeholders to implement, evaluate and spread effective multi-payer models to deliver, pay for and sustain high-quality, comprehensive, accountable primary care.