Dr. Julie Owen Named Inaugural Chief Medical Officer for Milwaukee’s Mental Health Emergency Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, April 13, 2023 – Julie Owen, MD, MBA, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine and emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), has been named the inaugural chief medical officer for Milwaukee’s new Mental Health Emergency Center (MHEC).
A freestanding emergency psychiatric facility located at 1525 N. 12th St., MHEC is a joint venture between Milwaukee County and Milwaukee’s four health systems: Advocate Aurora Health, Ascension Wisconsin, Children’s Wisconsin, and Froedtert Health. It offers crisis mental health assessment, stabilization, treatment, and transition care management for youth and adults. As in any emergency department, the goal is for patients who present at MHEC to receive timely, stabilizing treatment before transitioning to the next most appropriate level of care…