Two psychiatrists have joined Millcreek Community Hospital's (MCH) Behavioral Health Care department, the region’s largest inpatient mental health care facility with separate units for adolescents, adults and seniors.

Richard E. Herrick, D.O. (pictured left), has returned to Millcreek Community Hospital as a full-time staff psychiatrist after working recently at MCH and then Saint Vincent Health Center.  Prior to that, he was a staff psychiatrist at High Point Regional Hospital in High Point, NC.  A graduate of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), Dr. Herrick completed his postdoctoral residency in psychiatry at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in addition to Family Medicine and Psychiatry internships at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Kentucky College of Medicine respectively.

Mark D. Strazisar, D.O. (right), joined the hospital as a staff psychiatrist following completion of a three-year, Psychiatric Residency program and a traditional, rotating internship at MCH.  An Erie native, he earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from LECOM and a B.S. degree in Biology from Gannon University.  Dr. Strazisar recently completed additional training in Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT).