Greater Regional adds full-time adult psychiatrist Mark Preston, MD

Greater Regional Medical Center announced Mark A. Preston, MD, board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, recently joined the Greater Regional medical staff in April. Preston specializes in adult psychiatry.

“I want to emphasize and devote the majority of my time in an outpatient behavioral health practice. I chose to come to Greater Regional because of the ability to develop close communication and coordination of care in a smaller organization,” said Preston.  “I am familiar with the Creston area as I spent summers here as a child and I continue to have family residing locally.”

Preston most recently practiced at Unity Point Health Psychiatry in Des Moines and was also in private practice in Des Moines. He attended Iowa State University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, graduated from medical school at University of Iowa – College of Medicine and completed his psychiatry residency and fellowship program at University of Iowa.

“Local and timely access to needed behavioral health services has been a significant challenge for several years in Creston and the surrounding region,” said Monte Neitzel, CEO. “Our providers and medical community identified a need to bring a greater presence for psychiatry and we’ve been working to recruit a provider for several years. We are very pleased to announce full-time psychiatry services are now available at Greater Regional.”

“Our family and internal medicine physicians are especially pleased to have Preston working with them in the clinic. Preston has a highly regarded reputation in his field of medicine and will complement the high quality, comprehensive services Greater Regional Medical Clinic offers,” said Gwen Buck, chief clinical officer. “Convenience and access to behavioral health care and treatment are two important factors to ensuring high quality care and service for our patients.”

Preston will lead the effort to create an outpatient adult psychiatry service line at Greater Regional which will provide local residents with improved access to psychiatry services locally. Individuals, age 18 and older, who are struggling with depression, anxiety, psychoses or addiction may call the clinic to schedule an appointment. Greater Regional will not be offering inpatient services.

Preston will be co-located with Greater Regional Medical Clinics in Suite 200 and will be accepting new patients. His office can be reached at 641-782-2131.

A public open house to welcome Preston will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Medical Arts Plaza.