Meet the Pyschiatrists
Dr. Adam Nicholas
Dr. Adam Nicholas was born in Detroit, Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He obtained his Medical Degree from Wayne State University in Detroit and completed his residency in psychiatry at Wayne State University. Dr. Nicholas has over 10 years of experience practicing psychiatry in the Tri-City area.
Dr. Nicholas is particularly passionate about providing care for patients with severe mental illness and those in crisis. He began practicing inpatient psychiatry at McLaren Hospital in Bay City, Michigan in 2011 and he continues to provide care for patients at this facility both on the behavioral health unit and also on the medical floor as a part of the consultation liaison service. Dr. Nicholas also assists and supervises in the care of patients at the partial hospitalization program and geriatric psychiatry unit at McLaren Bay Region.
He currently has the role of chairperson of the psychiatry department and is the current Medical Director of the behavioral health unit at McLaren Bay Region. In addition to his other roles, Dr. Nicholas also supervises medical students and residents on their psychiatry rotations in his role as clinical assistant professor of psychiatry through the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University. He was given the physician of the month award at McLaren Bay Region in July 2017 and recently was named a Top Doctor. Dr. Nicholas has been a member of the American Psychiatric Association since 2008.
He lives with his wife and two children in the Tri-City area. He enjoys spending time with his family and traveling.
Dr. Ryan Cox
Dr. Cox obtained his medical degree from international medical school St. George’s University on the beautiful Caribbean Island of Grenada. Dr. Cox was planning on becoming a family physician until he rotated in psychiatry. He loved working with patients who suffered from mental illness and specifically those who required inpatient hospitalization.
During his psychiatry residency through Central Michigan University, he was offered a position at McLaren Bay with their inpatient geriatric unit. Dr. Cox accepted the position and found a new love within psychiatry, working with the geriatric population. While at lunch with his mentor, Dr. Nicholas, they discussed the difficulty their staff was having finding follow up psychiatry appointments for patients being discharged from their units. The discussion ultimately led to a recognition of the needs of the community and the birth of Serenity Bay Health.
Dr. Ryan L. Cox was born in Idaho and grew up in a small farming community called Rigby. He worked on his family farm up until he left for a 2-year service mission for his church at the age of 19. After returning from his mission, he worked and was intermittently attending school until he met his future wife that set him straight and gave him the encouragement and support, he needed to finish his degree and go to medical school.
Dr. Cox and his family’s original plan was to come to Michigan for training and then return to the West however they love the Midland community where they live and feel Michigan is their home. Dr. Cox loves basketball, golfing, spending time with his kids and seeing how many times he can get his wife to roll her eyes at him in a day (current record 17).