This is a staff list for Coastal Harbor Treatment Center in Savannah, GA
(a.k.a. UHS, Universal Health Services,)
(we are working to acquire the complete records for ALL years)
We advise current and/or former staff to report any abuses you may have witnessed while working at Coastal Harbor Treatment Center. For information on your rights and how to take action, visit www.heal-online.org/blowthewhistle.htm. If you were fired or forced to resign because you opposed any illegal and/or unethical practices at Coastal Harbor Treatment Center, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Coastal Harbor Treatment Center, please contact info@heal-online.org if you remember the long-term employees and from which years. This will help! Also, if you recognize any of these staff as having worked at another program, please send in any information about their past or present employment at other facilities and/or cults.
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Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
| (Dr.) Ray Heckerman | CEO/ | Before coming to Coastal Harbor, he was Vice President of Sunshine Youth Services in Florida, Vice President of Operations at Magellan Health Services and CEO of Charter Behavioral Health System in Jacksonville, Florida. Ray worked with the state of Florida as a teacher and later "provided oversight" of the state’s mental health services for children. |
| (Dr.) Edward Merves | Medical Director | His professional experiences include holding the title of Director of the Children's Unit for Charter Psychiatric Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, Chief of the Child Psychiatry Service at Fort Stewart, Georgia... |
| (Dr.) Chrissie Clure | Attending Physician | |
| (Dr.) Manoj K. Dass | Attending Physician | Manoj K. Dass received his M.D. from the Institute of Medicine in Mandalay, Burma with a specialty in psychiatry. He worked as Psychiatric Consultant for Gateway Mental Health Clinic and as the Medical Director of Admissions at Georgia Regional Hospital in Savannah. |
| (Dr.) Arnold Negrin | Psychiatrist | He received his M.D. from Universidad Central Del Este in the Dominican Republic in 1984. Dr. Negrin has served as a Consulting Psychiatrist for the Georgia State Prison and the Claxton Detention Center in Claxton, Georgia and was also the Psychiatric Director as well as Medical Director for Charter of Savannah. |
| (Dr.) Khoa Vo | Psychiatrist | |
| Deena Schwabe | Admissions | |
| David Melear | Former COO | Melear was also the CEO of Provo Canyon School in 2007. |
| HEAL is in the process of reviewing the enrollment materials for Coastal Harbor Treatment Center. We have already reviewed and have found problems with other UHS enrollment materials including the Boulder Creek Academy Application. | ||
| Article: Violations and Problems at UHS, Inc. Owned Facilities | ||
| HEAL Report-- Provo Canyon School, Another UHS, Inc. Program | ||
*(Coastal Harbor Treatment Center, like many other programs in this industry, keeps a "tight lid" on any specific information regarding their staff, qualifications, and practices. Please contact us with the names of any staff of which you have firsthand knowledge or experience. Thank you for your help.)
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