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Office
24 Veterans Square
Media, PA 19063Phone+1 610-756-7776Fax+1 855-419-1563
Summary
- Dr. Sherry Nykiel is a psychiatrist in Media, PA and is the founder and Medical Director of Justus Mental Health, a psychiatric services organization providing education, consultation and clinical services. She received her medical degree from University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, completed the Massachusetts General/McLean Hospitals/Harvard Medical School Adult Psychiatry Residency and the Partners Healthcare/Harvard Medical School Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship. She has been in practice 17 years. Her clinical expertise is in Addiction Psychiatry and her areas of interest include co-occurring borderline personality disorders and substance use disorders, trauma and the treatment of opioid use disorders including the use of buprenorphine. She has extensive administrative and program development expertise having served as the Medical Director of McLean Fernside, Boston Medical Center Outpatient Psychiatry, Boston Public Health Commission Behavioral Health Services, First Steps Treatment Center at Crozer Keystone and as the Chief of Addiction Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services. In addition to her clinical work through Justus Mental Health, she currently serves as the Behavioral Health Medical Director for the Delaware Division of Medicaid and Medical Services.
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Addiction Psychiatry, 2009 - 2010
- Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 2005 - 2009
- University of California, Davis, School of MedicineClass of 2005
Certifications & Licensure
- DE State Medical License 2018 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2016 - 2024
- MA State Medical License 2007 - 2019
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Addiction Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Distinguished Fellow American Psychiatric Association, 2022
- Excellence in Teaching Award Delaware Psychiatry Residency Program, 2020
- Excellence in Teaching Award Boston University Psychiatry Training Program, 2016
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 10 citationsLithium to Allow Clozapine Prescribing in Benign Ethnic NeutropeniaSherry A. Nykiel, David C. Henderson, Gauri Bhide, Oliver Freudenreich
Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses. 2010-06-15 - 3 citationsPrevalence and Predictors of Limited Literacy in Public Mental Health Care.Alisa K. Lincoln, Mara Eyllon, Christopher Prener, Suzanne Garverich, John L. Griffith
Community Mental Health Journal. 2021-01-03 - 2 citationsThe impact of sharing: The use of shared medical appointments to allow providers to increase treatment access for substance use and related disorders.H. A. Colon-Rivera, A. M. Daum, Sherry Nykiel
Substance Abuse. 2016-03-20
Press Mentions
- What's HappeningFebruary 12th, 2016
- The Ethic of Access: An AIDS Activist Won Public Access to Experimental Therapies, and This Must Now Extend to Psychedelics for Mental IllnessJanuary 11th, 2022
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Addiction PsychiatryMember
- Association of Women PsychiatristsMember
- Fellow
- Member
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External Links
- Consultation for Treatment https://app2.luminello.com/sherrynykielmd/form
- Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/justusmentalhealth
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