When the Ku Klux Klan reared its ugly head in North Carolina and made racial threats, Dr. Neither thought Mitchell, who is Black, should instruct both white and Black students. His father Percy Mitchell Sr., was a teacher and coach in North Carolina in the early 1940s and the district had two superintendents, one white, one Black. Not bad for a kid from North Carolina, whose family moved to Williamsport, Pa., when he was 9 months old. He has served on the board of trustees, as president of the hospital’s medical staff, and as Premier Health’s first chief of staff.īefore that he worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base medical facility from 1972-75. He’s carrying our hospital to new heights.” ![]() Siewny, who’s serving his fourth year as board of trustees president at Atrium. ![]() He never disappointed in his diagnosis or his care. Siewny was caring for a pregnant woman who was mentally unstable, his first phone call was to Dr. Then he dropped the best compliment from one professional to another. “He has so much respect, a good heart and he’s a tireless worker.” “On every organization or committee he serves, he’s the chairman,” Dr. Mitchell was Atrium’s chief of medical staff. Greg Siewny, a retired Middletown OBGYN, said when they met, Dr. He’s more than part of the medical family. ![]() I’m just pleased to be part of the family at Premier.” “To know that I’m a symbol of the development and presentation of psychiatric services is huge and one that my family is proud of, I’m proud of. Mitchell, 80, who continues counseling children and adults in his psychiatry practice on Summit Drive. You never want “the late” engraved on your plaque. The best part, he said, he’s alive to enjoy the accolade. On Friday, during a short ceremony at Atrium, the hospital renamed the lobby of the Behavioral Health Pavilion in Dr. His countless patients, the staff at Middletown Regional Hospital and now Atrium Medical Center and Premier Health are forever grateful.
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