Dr. Eric Achtyes, MD, MS, is a staff psychiatrist and researcher holding appointments at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services and Touchstone Innovare, both located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Dr. Achtyes received his bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Calvin College in 1997, a master of science degree from the University of Washington, in Seattle in 1998, and his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical school in Ann Arbor in 2003. He then completed a transitional internship in internal medicine at the Michigan State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 2004 before completing his adult psychiatry residency training at the MGH/McLean/Harvard program in Boston in 2007.
Dr. Achtyes’ main research interests include improving treatment for patients with schizophrenia. He is PI or co-PI on six clinical trials including three NIMH and NIDA sponsored studies: a smoking cessation study utilizing varenicline and CBT; a study assessing the use of folate and vitamin B12 for the treatment of cognition in schizophrenia; and RAISE, a study of first episode psychotic patients. He also practices ECT, sees patients in a local community mental health clinic in Grand Rapids, and does consultations in the area hospitals.
