Read Sulik, M.D.

Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry St Cloud hospital Behavioral Health Services

Dr. Read Sulik is the Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of St. Cloud Hospital Behavioral Health Services.  Dr. Sulik received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1993 and completed his training as a Pediatrician, Adult Psychiatrist, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the Triple Board Combined Residency Program at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. 

Dr. Sulik oversees the development of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric programs for children and adolescents at St. Cloud Hospital.  He has worked closely with the CentraCare Health Foundation to raise over 4 million dollars for the development of child and adolescent behavioral health services at St. Cloud Hospital, including Clara’s House, a new intensive freestanding partial hospitalization facility for children and adolescents with mental health and chemical dependency problems.

Dr. Sulik is involved in numerous community-based interdisciplinary and advocacy projects in Central Minnesota, which include the Children’s Emergency Assessment System Coalition, the Children Exposed to Violence Initiative, Independent School District 742’s Crisis Triage System and the federally funded Safe Schools / Healthy Students Mobile Wellness Center.

Dr. Sulik is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc., a member Board of the American Board of Medical Specialties.  He is the President for the Minnesota Society for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and a Councilor for the Minnesota Psychiatric Society.  He is also the chair of the newly formed task force on meeting the mental health needs of Native American youth in Minnesota.

Dr. Sulik speaks extensively regionally and nationally on depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, suicide, and violence in children and adolescents and also on models of integrating mental health and primary care.

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