Geisinger Behavioral Wellness Center Northeast

MOOSIC, Pa. – Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare have named Kelly Ankenbrand, M.B.A., as chief executive officer for Geisinger Behavioral Wellness Center Northeast, a new 96-bed inpatient behavioral well being hospital getting constructed via a joint venture partnership in between Geisinger and Acadia in Moosic. 

Ms. Ankenbrand succeeds Jenna Pacini. Ms. Pacini was named CEO in August 2022 with Ms. Ankenbrand as CEO-in-Education and Pacini’s successor. Ms. Ankenbrand completed her instruction ahead of schedule and with exceptional final results. Ms. Pacini will now develop into the CEO of an additional Acadia hospital.

In her new function, helpful March six, Ms. Ankenbrand will oversee the improvement of the facility like employees recruitment and instruction, clinical programming style and oversight of all important functions top to the opening of the new hospital.

“I am honored to be named as the new CEO of Geisinger Behavioral Hospital Northeast,” stated Ms. Ankenbrand. “The partnership of Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare promises to bring the highest excellent of behavioral healthcare to our neighborhood. I appear forward to getting aspect of this journey as we make a culture of compassion and service with higher requirements for clinical excellence to meet the desires of the neighborhood we serve.”

The joint venture partnership is assisting to address the improved will need for mental well being care in Pennsylvania. According to information from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 1 in five U.S. adults practical experience mental illness every single year. 3 out of five Pennsylvania communities do not have sufficient mental well being providers, and additional than 1.eight million adults in Pennsylvania have a mental well being situation.

Geisinger Behavioral Wellness Center Northeast is the initially of two hospitals that the joint venture plans to make to bring higher-excellent inpatient behavioral well being solutions to central and northeastern Pennsylvania. The second new freestanding inpatient behavioral well being hospital – Geisinger Behavioral Wellness Center Central – will be constructed in Danville. Each hospitals will serve adult and pediatric sufferers.

“We are quite excited to have a leader of Kelly’s caliber guiding the new hospital in Moosic,” stated Dawn Zieger, vice president of psychiatry and behavioral well being for Geisinger. “We want to thank Jenna for her robust leadership of the hospital via this significant phase of improvement and for instruction Kelly for her new function. We are pleased that in partnership with Geisinger, our shared vision of a state-of-the-art behavioral well being hospital is on track to develop into reality in August this year.”

Prior to joining Geisinger Behavioral Wellness Hospital Northeast, Ms. Ankenbrand served as the Vice President of Behavioral Wellness Solutions for the Commonwealth Wellness Network in Northeastern Pennsylvania. She has played a essential function in the delivery of neighborhood and hospital-primarily based psychiatric solutions all through the surrounding neighborhood for the final 25 years. 

Ms. Ankenbrand earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and English from Wilkes University and her Master of Enterprise Administration from the University of Scranton. Her involvement in the neighborhood goes beyond the delivery of care to incorporate the improvement and implementation of instruction applications to assistance initially responders and serving as co-president of the NAMI Northeast Area of Pennsylvania.

About Acadia Healthcare
Acadia is a top provider of behavioral healthcare solutions across the United States. As of December 31, 2022, Acadia operated a network of 250 behavioral healthcare facilities with around 11,000 beds in 39 states and Puerto Rico. With around 23,000 workers serving additional than 75,000 sufferers each day, Acadia is the biggest stand-alone behavioral healthcare business in the U.S. Acadia gives behavioral healthcare solutions to its sufferers in a range of settings, like inpatient psychiatric hospitals, specialty remedy facilities, residential remedy centers and outpatient clinics.

About Geisinger
Geisinger is committed to producing much better well being a lot easier for the additional than 1 million men and women it serves. Founded additional than one hundred years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the program now incorporates ten hospital campuses, a well being strategy with additional than half a million members, a investigation institute and the Geisinger College of Wellness Sciences, which incorporates schools of medicine, nursing and graduate education. With additional than 25,000 workers and 1,700+ employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Find out additional at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.