News Release
May 2000
News Release
Friends Hospital Psychiatrist Voted "Top Doc"
Michael J. Pertschuk, M.D., a psychiatrist at Friends Hospital has been voted "Top Doc" by Philadelphia Magazine in the category of Psychiatry with a specialty in eating disorders. Dr. Pertschuk serves as Medical Director of the Eating Disorders Program at Friends Hospital which includes inpatient treatment for male and female adults, adolescents and children suffering from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder.
Pertschuk, 49, received a B.A. from Yale University and his M.A. and M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He served a psychiatric residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and is board certified in psychiatry. He continues as a clinical associate professor of psychiatry for the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.
Friends Hospital, ranked one of the best psychiatric hospitals in the nation by U.S. News and World Report (2000), provides a system of programs and services designed to deliver "moral treatment" to the mentally ill. The hospital, which was founded by Quakers in 1813, is the nation’s first private psychiatric hospital. Friends Hospital offers a range of outpatient, partial hospital, inpatient and residential services at its Northeast Philadelphia campus and throughout the Delaware Valley for individuals of all ages.
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