Attention
Enough room to listen for the context behind the immediate question.
About Apotheosis Health
A small practice built to make care feel human again.
Brad and Alley founded Apotheosis Health around a belief that health is more than medicine. It’s connection, trust, and care.
Why Apotheosis exists
Modern systems. More human medicine.
The practice was created to make space for the qualities that are easiest to lose in a busy healthcare system: attention, access, continuity, and trust.
Access
A more direct path to the practice through visits and secure communication.
Continuity
Care that can build on a relationship instead of repeatedly starting over.
Trust
A relationship where questions are welcome and decisions are made with the full picture in mind.
Meet the team
The people behind your care.
Alley is the primary provider, supported by a team that helps patient care and each visit run smoothly. Brad and Alley are married and built Apotheosis Health together around a shared goal: making healthcare more personal.
Primary provider
Alessandra “Alley” Tuttle, MSN, FNP-C
Alley is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with more than a decade of experience in hematology and oncology. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2013 and her Master of Science in Nursing in 2020, both from the University of Maine in Orono.
Her background in oncology and medical-surgical care gave her extensive experience caring for people with complex medical needs and navigating situations where multiple conditions, medications, and concerns overlap. She brings that experience to primary care with an approach grounded in trauma-informed care, careful listening, and a focus on the whole person.
Alley is also interested in holistic wellness and complementary approaches to care when they are appropriate, while keeping evidence, safety, and the individual patient at the center of decision-making.
In addition to her clinical work, Alley has served as an educator for undergraduate nursing students at the University of Maine.
Outside of work, she enjoys practicing mindfulness, spending time in nature, and being with her family.
Registered nurse and co-founder
Brad
Brad has worked as an RN for the last 15 years, and prior to that, worked in EMS. He has worked at multiple major hospitals in New England and has a wide array of experience including ER, ICU, and Oncology. Most recently, he has been working as an infusion nurse administering chemotherapies/biotherapies, IV fluids, and iron infusions.
Brad also focuses on mindfulness-based stress reduction and is passionate about incorporating mindfulness-based teaching at Apotheosis Health.
Registered nurse
Heather
Heather is a registered nurse with 14 years of experience, including an extensive oncology background. At Apotheosis Health, she supports patient care, intake, phlebotomy, weight-management services, infusions, and injections.
Her nursing approach is grounded in patient education, advocacy, and caring for the whole person. Heather also operates Your Essence (opens in a new tab), her independent wellness practice located within Apotheosis Health, where she offers sound-based and complementary wellness services.
Patient support
Adrianna
Adrianna is one of the friendly faces helping patients feel welcome from check-in through check-out. She helps keep visits organized, comfortable, and running smoothly behind the scenes.
Outside the practice, Adrianna is the photographer behind Adrianna Lynn Photo (opens in a new tab). Many of the photographs throughout this website were taken by her, capturing the people, spaces, and little details that make Apotheosis feel like Apotheosis. Her work is rooted in storytelling, travel, and connection, alongside her interest in holistic health and wellness.
Your Essence
Heather’s independent wellness practice, Your Essence, has a dedicated space within Apotheosis Health. The sound room is designed to be a quiet, welcoming place for private sound-based wellness sessions and time set aside to slow down.
Your Essence is Heather’s independent wellness practice and is separate from Apotheosis Health’s primary care services.
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The guiding idea
“Good primary care starts with knowing the person.”
Technology stays in the background. Human connection remains at the center.