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The Wright Center for Community Health expands access to behavioral health care
The Wright Center for Community Health is expanding access to behavioral health care by hiring a psychiatrist who will provide office-based remote psychiatry appointments for patients of all ages, helping to address the region’s shortage of mental health specialists.
Dr. Evan Silvi
Dr. Evan Silvi, a graduate of Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska, has joined The Wright Center to provide comprehensive psychiatric care. In addition to offering a full range of behavioral health services, he will collaborate with colleagues across the organization to further integrate mental health into whole-person primary health services, enhancing patient-centered treatment.
“When behavioral health care providers work hand in hand with primary care providers, patients’ health outcomes improve,” said Dr. Jignesh Sheth, senior vice president and chief medical and information officer at The Wright Center. “We know there’s a deep need for behavioral health services in Northeast Pennsylvania, so we’re excited to welcome Dr. Silvi to The Wright Center as we continue our focus on increasing access to care.”
After completing his psychiatry residency training and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, Dr. Silvi worked for a decade as a staff psychiatrist at SwedishAmerican Health System in Rockford, Illinois. More recently, the Beloit, Wisconsin, resident has served as a psychiatrist at several locations throughout the United States, including in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Additionally, Dr. Silvi has served as a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and a clinical preceptor at Albany Medical College. He’s given scholarly presentations on a variety of psychiatry topics, including childhood bullying, repetitive self-injury, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and more.
