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Current Residents

PGY-1

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Ethan Holland, MD

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Corey Lin, MD

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Tiffany Loo, MD

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Sasha Morissaint, DO

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Jenny Reni, DO

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Janet Wang, MD


PGY-2

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Scott Armstrong, MD

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Akshar Brahmbhatt, DO

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Sana Khan, MD

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Neha Madangarli, MD

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Rachel McCann, MD

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Kevin Muthu, MD

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Okeemah Nicolini, MD

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James Wing, MD


PGY-3

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Katelyn Butler, DO
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Bio

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 


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Caleb Cheatham, MD

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Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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!

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Mallie Dennis-Vacheron, MD

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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. 

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Danielle Melton, DO

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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

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Joy Patel, MD

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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. 

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Zachary Reiners, MD
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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

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Vitaly Chernish, MD

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Hometown: Nashville, TN
Medical School: UTHSC
Undergraduate: Lee University
Hobbies/Interests: Russian language and culture
Future plans: considering CAP fellowship

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Parker Loy, MD

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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

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James Montgomery, DO

Bio

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 

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Zoë Reasons, MD

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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

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Taiane Ferrari, MD

Aug 10, 2023