Maryrose Bauschka, MD, CEDS

Dr. Maryrose Bauschka is the Medical Director for our Chicago Downtown locations. She has been an integral part of ERC Pathlight and ACUTE since 2019 and recently relocated to Chicago in February 2024 to work at our Downtown locations.

Dr. Bauschka earned her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed her adult psychiatry residency at the University of Utah. She spent two years as an adult inpatient psychiatrist at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute before joining the Eating Recovery Center in Denver, where she worked with the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition. She has extensive experience treating adults with mood and anxiety disorders, eating disorders, PTSD, personality disorders, and substance use disorders.

A passionate educator, Dr. Bauschka has held faculty positions at Rush Medical College, the University of Utah, and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, earning her Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CEDS) certification in 2022.