Oconomowoc-based Rogers Behavioral Health System announced today that it is opening a specialized regional treatment center in Appleton. Rogers expects to begin seeing patients at the location in the fall.
The new center, which will operate as Rogers Memorial Hospital—Appleton, will be located in leased office space at 4531 W. College Ave. near Highway 41. Rogers will offer adults an intensive outpatient program for obsessive-compulsive disorder and partial hospitalization programs for eating disorders, depression and anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
“Rogers has a long tradition of meeting community needs in southeastern Wisconsin,” said Paul Mueller, chief executive officer of Rogers Memorial Hospital. “Our goal is to complement existing services while providing convenient, local access to the specialized care for mental health and addiction that Rogers is known for. Four years ago, we extended our services to Madison. Now we’re excited to do the same in the Fox Valley.”
Added Dr. Theodore Weltzin, regional medical director for partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs: “We’re really pleased that we’ll be able to offer a diverse mix of behavioral health services in Appleton. These clinics offer an intensity of psychiatry and treatment like cognitive behavioral therapy that is hard to find, especially in these intensive programs.”
In addition to Weltzin’s medical leadership, Rogers will be supported by David Drewek, director of operations. Drewek previously served as service line director of the behavioral health inpatient unit for Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls as part of a management contract between Community Memorial and Rogers.
Appleton will become the sixth Wisconsin location for Rogers, which currently treats behavioral health patients in Oconomowoc, Brown Deer, West Allis, Kenosha and Madison. It recently opened similar specialty outpatient programming in Tampa, Fla., and plans to extend services to Nashville, Tenn., and Chicago in 2015 as well.
