Chief Executive Officer
Patrick Ziemer returns to Alvarado Parkway Institute Behavioral Health System (API) as Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2024. Patrick has been a passionate advocate for behavioral health with a career span dating back over 30 years. Patrick was the CEO of API from January 2008 – April 2019. In 2019 he moved into the role of President and Chief Development Officer at the corporate level to lead and develop other companies in API’s continuum of care, also serving as the CEO of 4 Front Pharmacy and the Jackson House facilities.
With California’s shortfall of psychiatric beds at all three level of care, the most immediate and impactful solution to a growing problem was to develop a system of residential beds to ensure that patients get the right level of care at the right time. In 2017 Patrick helped open the first Jackson House in San Diego County serving voluntary patients who continued to need psychiatric stabilization but no longer needed acute inpatient treatment and others who benefit from a lower level of care. The goal of Jackson House is to help hospitals manage critically needed inpatient beds. Since 2019, Patrick has worked to establish Jackson Houses in Imperial, Riverside, Ventura, and Tulare counties. In addition to the mental health programs, Jackson House Recovery provides a substance use disorder program offering detox, medication assisted, and residential treatment. Within this model, 4 Front Pharmacy, West Coast Recovery Center, and Jackson House Visalia Outpatient Services were added to our family of services.
As an active member of the California Hospital Association (CHA) and a former Board Member of CHA’s Behavioral Health Advisory Board, Patrick worked with other hospital leaders to address needed services in San Diego, Imperial, and other counties in California.
Patrick is humbled by the opportunity to return as API’s Chief Executive Officer and continue to work with other hospital leaders in San Diego and Imperial County and HASDIC to ensure that essential psychiatric services are available to our communities.