Current Residents
PGY-1
Ethan Holland, MD
Corey Lin, MD
Tiffany Loo, MD
Sasha Morissaint, DO
Jenny Reni, DO
Janet Wang, MD
PGY-2
Scott Armstrong, MD
Akshar Brahmbhatt, DO
Sana Khan, MD
Neha Madangarli, MD
Rachel McCann, MD
Kevin Muthu, MD
Okeemah Nicolini, MD
James Wing, MD
PGY-3
Katelyn Butler, DO
Chief
Medical School: LMU-DCOM
Undergraduate: Berea College, Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a minor in African and African American
Studies
Hometown: MEMPHIS!
Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy playing basketball, spending time with my puppy Trill and the rest of my
family, sampling hotwings from various restaurants around the city, coloring, and
shopping
Psychiatry interests: Forensics, ECT/TMS, community psychiatry
Favorite Quote: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" -Marshon Lynch
Caleb Cheatham, MD
Undergraduate: Stetson University (DeLand, FL)
Hometown: Memphis, TN
Hobbies/Interests: Woodworking, kayaking, rollerblading
Favorite Quote: "Most of my life is off the label" -Dr. Paul Hill
Future Plans: Keeping my options open!
Mallie Dennis-Vacheron, MD
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Undergraduate: University of Memphis
Hometown: Booneville, Mississippi
Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my family, traveling with my husband, all things French (I graduated
with a degree in French and taught English there after college), watching cooking
videos on YouTube and occasionally cooking myself
Favorite Quote: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will
never forget how you made them feel” - Maya Angelou
Future Plans: I would love to practice psychiatry in a rural, underserved area like my hometown
in Mississippi.
Danielle Melton, DO
Hometown: Port St. Lucie, Florida
Medical School: VCOM -Auburn
Undergraduate: University of South Florida
Hobbies/Interests: Paddle boarding, biking, trivia, board games
Psychiatry Interest: Women’s health
Future Plans: Outpatient
Joy Patel, MD
Medical School: Meharry Medical College SOM
Undergraduate: ETSU
Hometown: Spring Hill, TN
Hobbies/Interests: Soccer, Hiking, Travel
Favorite Quote: “I am not throwin' away my shot” - Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Future Plans: My future plans over the next 4 years is to find my avenue in the vast field of Psychiatry.
Currently, I am interested in pursuing child and adolescent, but open to other possibilities.
Zachary Reiners, MD
Chief
Medical School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Undergraduate: University of Arkansas
Hometown: Sherwood, AR
Hobbies/Interests: Always down for anything sports, especially my Razorbacks. Still play more Xbox than
I should these days. Always ready to eat a good meal and working on perfecting homemade
pizza. Love to travel when I have the opportunity.
Future Plans: Adult psychiatry, specifically hoping to work with first episode psychosis patients
PGY-4
Vitaly Chernish, MD
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Medical School: UTHSC
Undergraduate: Lee University
Hobbies/Interests: Russian language and culture
Future plans: considering CAP fellowship
Parker Loy, MD
Hometown: Germantown, TN
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Undergraduate: University of Tennessee
Hobbies/Interests: Reading, walks in the woods, cars
Psychiatry Interest: Outpatient
Future Plans: TBD
Favorite Quote: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt
James Montgomery, DO
Medical School: VCOM - Carolinas
Undergraduate: Wofford College
Hobbies/Interests: Golf, Reading, Exercising, Being outdoors
Psychiatry interests: Treatment Resistant Depression and Anxiety
Future Plans: Hoping to do a combination of inpatient, outpatient and ECT/TMS
Favorite Quote: “I don’t think I’ve ever been to an appointment in my life where I wanted the other
guy to show up.” -George Costanza, Seinfeld
Zoë Reasons, MD
Hometown: Memphis, TN
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Undergraduate: University of Memphis
Hobbies/Interests: I have five chickens, two dogs, and a horse. Basically, my hobbies include petting
as many animals as I can on a daily basis, being outside in all capacities, and I
am personally interested in local draft beer.
Psychiatry Interest: Mood disorders, adolescent psychiatry, transitional age psychiatry
Future Plans: Potentially CAP fellowship
Favorite Quote: “I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious” -Michael Scott
Taiane Ferrari, MD