Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: Detroit Medical Center
Certified by: American Board of Internal Medicine and American Academy of Pediatrics

Dr. Herndon has been on staff at Brighton Hospital as a part-time physician since 2006. She also works in the Detroit Medical Center. Dr. Herndon has been a presenter for numerous conferences at Wayne State University and Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Dr. Herndon was the Chief Resident in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the Wayne State University Med/Peds Residency. She is very involved with community service in matters such as the Teach Peace Outreach Program (for young adults), National Youth Sports Program, Informed Mother/Healthy Babies and several health fairs. Dr. Herndon is a member of the Detroit Medical Society.

Because of the expertise and commitment of Dr. Herndon and the rest of the Brighton drug and alcohol treatment experts, we are mending lives.  Our multidisciplinary team of drug and alcohol treatment experts know that chemical dependency is a disease – not a weakness.  We center our leadership in drug and alcohol treatment around treating every patient with compassion, dignity and clinical excellence, because this is how you deserve to be treated.  We know this because many of our drug and alcohol treatment experts are also in recovery, or are adult children of alcoholics.  Approximately one-half of Brighton's employees came to us first for admission into our drug and alcohol treatment center, before joining our staff.  When it comes to recognizing drug and alcohol problems in his patients, "It's hard to fool me", says Dr. Menestrina, M.D., FASAM, Director of the Detox Center.  "I've been there, I can relate."

Every Brighton Hospital addiction treatment associate receives annual service excellence training.  This is reflected by patient satisfaction scores exceeding 90 percent.  Plus, having established America's first Fellowship in Addiction Medicine in a clinical setting, we lead the nation in the medical education for drug and alcohol treatment experts. In addition, we help expand the understanding and knowledge of drug and alcohol treatment through regular rotations of nursing, medical and social work students.  These are some of our unique advantages in guiding our patients to recovery.  Welcome to hope.  Welcome to the experts at Brighton Hospital, a nationally leading drug and alcohol treatment center.