Psychiatry
Board certified since 2020
As System Vice Chair of Psychiatry and a practicing psychiatrist at Main Line Health, I am committed to fostering patient-centered, data-informed mental health care. I recognize the unique biological, psychological, social, spiritual and environmental factors that contribute to each patient’s health and well-being. With this, I strive to build therapeutic relationships based on trust and understanding, that encourages open communication and use of the best evidence to help patients heal, recover functioning they have lost or develop themselves further. Through leadership and continuous learning, I aim to enhance the quality of care our team provides, support innovation of our services, and promote a culture of empathy, safety and respect.
Dr. Hempel is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in diagnosis and outpatient treatment of mental and behavioral health conditions in patients aged 16 and older. He has a special interest in the care of adult professionals, students and older adults. His clinical interests include adult attention deficit hyperactivity and related disorders, treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, trauma-related disorders and neuromodulation therapies for depression. Dr. Hempel strives to provide personalized, evidence-informed, outcome-oriented care that combines compassion, understanding and a nonjudgmental point of view. Before joining Main Line Health, he was division chief of ambulatory psychiatry at Cooper University Health Care.