About Compass Health Center

DAVID A. SCHREIBER, MD

Dr. David Schreiber is a psychiatrist specializing in child, adolescent, and adult crisis care. As the CEO and co-founder of Compass Health Center and Compass Virtual, he has expanded the organization to become the largest provider of intensive non-hospital-based psychiatric care in Illinois, with locations in Chicago, Northbrook, and Oak Brook and virtual services across the state. Compass also operates in Silver Spring, Maryland, serving patients across Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia through both in-person and virtual services. Plans are underway to extend services to Wisconsin and Minnesota in 2025.

Since its inception in 2011 with a team of 11, Compass Health Center has grown to over 600 professionals, including 500 clinicians and 55 psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners, collectively caring for children, adolescents, young adults and adults in mental health crises. Drs. David Schreiber and Claudia Welke have developed an innovative, evidence-based model of in-person and virtual Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) services. Their comprehensive approach includes 54 specialized programs tailored for various age groups and disorders, providing accessible treatment options that help individuals recover and avoid higher levels of care, such as emergency room visits or inpatient units.

Dr. Schreiber earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. He completed his adult psychiatry residency at Yale University School of Medicine and his child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades, including the Yale Psychiatry Resident Teacher of the Year award, Chief Fellow, Physician of the Year award at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and CRC Compassion Award.

A recognized authority in mental health, Dr. Schreiber has been featured in prominent media outlets such as CBS, NBC, the Daily Herald, and the Chicago Tribune, underscoring his commitment to improving patient outcomes through innovative and accessible treatment solutions.

CLAUDIA P. WELKE, MD

Claudia 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.