Millcreek Community Hospital Psychiatry Program
Program Director: Richard Herrick, D.O.
Telephone: (814)868-8278
Email: rherrick@mch1.org
Mission
The mission of the MCH Psychiatry
Residency Program is to provide Residents with a comprehensive structured cognitive and procedural
clinical education in both inpatient and outpatient settings that will enable them to become
competent, proficient, and professional Osteopathic Psychiatrists.
Program Overview
The Osteopathic Psychiatry
Residency rotation schedule represents a multifaceted approach which thoroughly accommodates the
official requirements for residency as put forth by the American Osteopathic Association. A
significant degree of flexibility allows each resident to individualize their rotation schedule to
satisfy personal interests as well as satisfy residency requirements. Residents enjoy the
opportunity to gain profiency of practice in a variety of clinical settings, including but not
limited to work in the public, private and rural sector. Also, the entire patient spectrum is
represented in terms of working with children/adolescents, adults and the elderly.
The Call
Schedule is formulated by the Senior Residents and reflects a fair approach to Call distribution
which allows for less time on call as each resident progresses through the program. The most
intense call schedule involves one weeknight of call per week and one weekend of call per month.
The resident on-call has around the clock access to an attending psychiatrist functioning as a
back-up for discussion of complicated cases or special circumstances.
Rotations
PGY 2
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Adult Inpatient Psychiatry - 6 months
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Child/Adolescent
Inpatient Psychiatry - 4 months
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Drug & Alcohol Inpatient
Detox - 2 months
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Neurology is recommended in Intern
Electives.
PGY 3
PGY 4
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Continued Community Outpatient Psychiatry
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Continued Psychotherapy Cases
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Crisis
Services and Case Management
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Electives that may include:
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Geriatric Inpatient
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Medical/Psychiatric
Inpatient
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Electroconvulsive Therapy
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Child/Adolescent Residential
With the largest Psychiatric Inpatient
Facility in Northwestern Pennsylvania, you will be exposed to multiple facets of Psychiatry that
will allow the Resident to be well rounded in the field. We also are active in the multiple
supportive services of mental health such as Crisis and Case Management.
Didactics include
lectures in Psychopharmacology, DSM IV Diagnosis, Psychotherapy, Mental Health Services, and
History of Psychiatry and much more.
(l-r)Dr. Mathew Sipple, Dr. Dennis Borczon, and Dr. Belinda Stillman
Affiliates
Millcreek Community Hospital in
conjunction primarily with Stairways Behavioral Health, Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, Presque
Isle Psychiatric Associates, and many other agencies of Erie County, participates in the
education of Psychiatry Residents by offering specialty rotations to enhance the scope, volume,
and variety of cases for both core and elective rotations.
Message from Senior Resident, Meghan
McCarthy, D.O.
The psychiatry residency at Millcreek Community Hospital has
equipped me with the skills to practice in a wide variety of clinical settings. As a senior
resident, I can speak to the comprehensive learning process from which I have benefited, including
high-yield didactic programming as well as a “learn-by-doing” approach in the clinical
setting. I feel the Psychiatry Residency at Millcreek Community Hospital represents
the perfect medley of academic study, real-world clinical practice and routine supervision
with skilled attending psychiatrists. At this point, I feel confident not only with
successfully taking the upcoming board examinations, but also with embarking on a lifelong career
in the field of psychiatry.
Please contact the following Psychiatry Residents
for further information:
- Meghan McCarthy, D.O.,
mmccarthy@mch1.org
- C.
J. Rush, D.O., crush@mch1.org
(l-r)Dr. Holland with Dr Chapman and Dr Behan
Dr Eberly during a consult
To apply to MCH's Internships, OGME1 Programs,
log onto the ERAS Website: www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm.
Students need to register with National Matching
at: www.natmatch.com.
For More Information,
Contact:
Marilyn Tracy,
Medical Education Coordinator
Medical Education
Millcreek Community Hospital
5515 Peach Street
Erie, PA 16509
(814) 868-8217
mchmeded@mch1.org
