Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville is set to begin accepting patients on August 5 at its new location at 206 Maria Hall Drive. The facility, which has 96 beds, will offer care for adults, children, and adolescents experiencing acute symptoms of behavioral health disorders. These include conditions such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
This center is the second behavioral health facility established by Geisinger in partnership with Acadia Health. The first opened in Moosic in August 2023.
“Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville will serve patients with mental health conditions and in an acute setting where they get an intensive treatment plan to help them recover and get back into the community to continue their treatment outside the hospital,” said Imad Melhem, M.D., Geisinger chair of psychiatry. “As a psychiatrist who spent my whole career serving underserved communities, seeing the investment that Geisinger has placed in behavioral health and opening services in our areas couldn’t be more rewarding.”
The opening of this center will allow Geisinger to move inpatient behavioral health programs from both Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital to the new location. This shift is expected to increase medical care capacity at those hospitals.
In addition to providing clinical care, the Danville center will function as a teaching hospital for students and residents from Geisinger’s College of Health Sciences. Many graduates are expected to remain practicing within Pennsylvania.
“I feel this is the fulfillment of what Abigail Geisinger wanted us to do. She wanted to bring health care to our rural communities,” said Dawn Zieger, Geisinger vice president of behavioral health. “For the first time in central Pennsylvania, we’ll be able to offer mental health care in Danville so adults and children can stay in their communities, where they’re connected to their families and support systems. This is a place you’d be proud to stay yourself or send a family member. It really honors patients when they’re in probably the worst crisis of their life.”
The total investment for constructing the new behavioral health center was $49 million.
Geisinger serves about 1.2 million people across central and northeastern Pennsylvania through its network of hospitals and clinics. Founded by Abigail Geisinger in 1915, it operates over 160 sites including ten hospital campuses and runs its own health plan with more than half a million members. Its College of Health Sciences trains thousands annually while supporting numerous research studies. With more than 27,000 employees statewide—including nearly 2,000 physicians—Geisinger’s economic impact on Pennsylvania reaches approximately $16.8 billion each year. In 2024, it joined Risant Health as part of efforts to advance value-based healthcare nationally; further details are available at geisinger.org or through social media channels like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
