About Compass Health Center
Compass Health Center strives to set the standard of excellence for Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) Programs by providing immediate access to specialized, evidence-based behavioral health treatment to our patients and their families.
What Sets Us Apart
The Compass Health Center Story
Compass Health Center was founded and is led by experienced child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrists Dr. David Schreiber, MD, and Dr. Claudia Welke, MD, who recognized the need for immediate access to specialized, patient-centered psychiatric care in the Chicago area.
While working together on a hospital inpatient unit, Dr. Schreiber and Dr. Welke observed a shortage of programs to address the needs of children experiencing behavioral health crises. Many children faced long wait lists, resulting in unnecessary emergency room visits and subsequent hospital admissions. Recognizing the potential for improved outcomes with timely, appropriate care, they set out to establish a center that could provide an alternative.
In 2011, Compass Health Center opened its doors to serve children, adolescents, young adults, and adults. Since then, Compass has annually served thousands of patients, expanding its reach to new regions and offering new specialty care programs.
Compass Health Center's multidisciplinary treatment team consists of over 55 psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners, along with more than 550 master-level clinicians. Areas of focus include OCD, trauma, school anxiety, depression, anxiety, substance use, bipolar disorder, PTSD, chronic pain, and child dysregulation. Treatment is provided in age-appropriate settings within child, adolescent, young adult, and adult programs. Compass Health Center has locations in Illinois (Chicago, Northbrook, and Oakbrook) and Maryland (Silver Spring), with virtual access to care available across both states.
Immediate, Specialized, Evidence-Based Care
Compass Health Center provides Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs with a deep commitment to clinical quality and patient/family satisfaction. Compass Health Center's goal is to help patients overcome debilitating mental health symptoms so they can continue living their best lives.
Compass Health Center's Treatment Team
Compass Health Center's multidisciplinary treatment team consists of over 55 psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners, and more than 550 master-level clinicians. Specialized staff include board-certified child, adolescent, adult, and addiction psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers, family therapists, trauma therapists, OCD therapists, and more.
The Compass Difference
Dedicated Clinicians
Full-time Psychiatrists/NPs
School and Community Partnerships
of Patients Would Refer Family or Friends
of Patients Step Down to a Lower Level of Care
Virtual PHP/IOP Programs Available
Meet the Founders
DAVID A. SCHREIBER, MD
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Compass Health Center & Compass VirtualDavid Schreiber, MD, is a Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist and the CEO and co-founder of Compass Health Center (CHC) and Compass Virtual. CHC is the largest provider of intensive non-hospital based psychiatric care in Illinois, with brick-and-mortar locations in Chicago, Northbrook, Oakbrook, and virtual statewide. Founded in 2011 with 11 employees, CHC has grown to 600 staff, including 450 clinicians, 50 of whom are psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners treating hundreds of crisis patients per day.
Together with CHC Co-founder Claudia Welke, MD, Dr. Schreiber has led an innovative, transformative model of in-person and virtual partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) services, with 48 specialized programs for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults. CHC’s mission is to create safe and caring environments that improve access to treatment, keep people at home and out of a higher level of care (e.g., emergency department and inpatient or residential facilities), and achieve better outcomes.
Dr. Schreiber attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City and completed his adult psychiatry residency at Yale University College of Medicine and his child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital. He has received numerous distinctions throughout his career.
CLAUDIA P. WELKE, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder, Compass Health Center & Compass VirtualClaudia Welke, MD is a Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist and the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Compass Health Center (CHC) and Compass Virtual. CHC is the largest provider of intensive non-hospital based psychiatric care in Illinois, with in-person locations in Chicago, Northbrook, and Oakbrook and in virtual settings statewide. Founded in 2011 with 11 employees, CHC has grown to 600 staff, including 450 clinicians, 50 of whom are psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners who treat 700 crisis patients per day.
Together with CHC Co-founder David Schreiber, MD, Dr. Welke has built an innovative, transformative model of in-person and virtual partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) services, with 48 specialized programs for children, adolescents, young adults, and adults. CHC’s mission is to create safe and caring environments that improve access to treatment, keep people at home and out of higher level of care (e.g., emergency department and inpatient or residential facilities), and attain better outcomes.
Dr. Welke attended the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago and completed her psychiatric residency in Adult Psychiatry and a fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine. She was the Director of the University of Chicago Fellows for Northshore Health Systems. Dr. Welke has appeared as a mental health medical expert on WGN 9, Fox News, and in many print and online media sources.
The Compass Difference
Putting you at the center of your care
Compass Health Center appreciates that each person served has a unique background, diverse needs, and different treatment goals. The Compass team believes truly individualized care leads to better clinical outcomes.
Age-specific, specialized PHP and IOP treatment
Compass Health Center's care model is designed to serve ages 5 through all stages of adulthood and specialized to treat a wide range of conditions including, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Substance Use, OCD, Chronic Pain, and more.
Experienced, compassionate treatment team
Compass Health Center's specialized staff includes board-certified child, adolescent, adult and addiction psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, counselors, nurses, and more. Compass's clinicians are solely focused on their specialized role allowing them to become true experts delivering the most specialized care.
Flexible options that work for you
Compass Virtual is a 100% virtual PHP/IOP option, allowing patients to overcome a range of barriers to care while ensuring the highest standards for clinical quality are achieved. Across both virtual and in-person programs, Compass's hours are designed to work for your schedule including after school and evening programs.
Deeply ingrained in the community
Every year Compass Health Center works with more than 500 academic institutions (elementary schools through college), more than 1,000 outpatient therapists, psychiatrists, and primary care doctors, and most major hospitals in the regions we serve. The Compass team works and supports many local non-profit mental health organizations to extend its community reach and help serve more people every day.
