Dr. Sarah deAsis brings experience in PTSD

Dayville, CT – United Services, Inc., Northeast Connecticut’s non-profit Community Behavioral Health and Wellness Center, announced the appointment of Dr. Sarah DeAsis as Medical Director on Friday May 1.

deAsis most recently was Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Day Kimball Hospital, where she had been on staff since 2012.

deAsis completed her medical training in the Philippines, and practiced there for several years before moving to the US and completing her residencies in Psychiatry at New Jersey Medical School and a Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship at Yale.  She is Board Certified in General Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry, and has additional experience specializing in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder treatment.

“United Services is thrilled to welcome Dr. deAsis to our team,” said United Services President/CEO Diane L. Manning. “Dr. deAsis brings a wealth of experience that will help United Services continue to grow our innovative behavioral health treatment programs.”

deAsis will be seeing clients at the agency’s Mansfield Center and Dayville clinics and will oversee the agency’s medical operations, including psychiatric services and Medication Assisted Treatment programs.

Dr. Venugopal Thangada, who has been serving as United Services Medical Director since 2018, will move to an Associate Medical Director role. Thangada will continue his oversight of United Services’ Child and Family Division and his role as a Child Psychiatrist, a position he has held at United Services since 1994.

deAsis joins a strong team of United Services’ prescribers and is the latest new addition. Kathleen MacKenzie, APRN, re-joined United Services in December 2019 and Wioletta Hryszan, APRN, and Yuri Troshin, APRN, joined the agency in February, adding to the agency’s team of Samer Ashour, APRN, Dr. Salvatore Iacobello, and Kimberly Milaney, APRN. The agency’s strong array of prescribers will allow for expansion of its medication programs.