
Patrick Seche, MS
Patrick Seche is the Director of services in Addiction Psychiatry Division and an Associate Faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. This role includes overall management of clinical operations, administrative functions, fiscal management of 2 clinics, as well as oversight for 35 staff and faculty ranging from medical, supervisory, clinical, and support functions.
Patrick then went to the University of Rochester Medical Center/ Addiction Psychiatry Services in 2001, as a Senior Counselor and in 2003 became a Team Leader in the Methadone Maintenance program. In that role, he supervised 7 Counselors as well as the day-to-day clinical activities in the clinic. He also had oversight of the program’s admissions process. In 2005, Patrick became the Clinical Coordinator of Strong Recovery Chemical Dependency, which was the medically supervised outpatient clinic in Addiction Psychiatry. In that role, he managed the clinical operations, supervised the clinical and support staff along with some fiscal administrative responsibilities. At the beginning of 2008, Patrick was offered the opportunity to develop a plan to manage all Addiction Psychiatry Services. He developed a re-organization plan with a new leadership structure. The plan was approved by the Medical Center in June 2008 and at that time Patrick assumed his current management role of both Strong Recovery clinics in Addiction Psychiatry.