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Psychiatry Faculty

Peter Buckley, MD

Chancellor

 
Syidah Abdullah, EdD, MPH

Assistant Professor

General Adult

Valerie K. Arnold, MD

Associate Professor

Child and Adolescent

Onome Ataga, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

General Adult

Alicia Barnes, DO, MPH

Associate Professor

Social and Community Psychiatry

Kelsey Bastian, MD

Assistant Professor

General Adult

Iverson C. Bell, MD

Associate Professor

General Adult

Ronald Lynn Cowan, MD, PhD

Chair and Harrison Distinguished Professor

General Adult

 

Allison R. Ford, MD

Assistant Professor

General Adult

 

Jessi Gold, MD, MS

Chief Wellness Officer, UT System

Associate Professor

Psychiatry

Melissa L. Hoffmann, PhD

Associate Professor

Child and Adolescent

Khyati N. Kothari, MD

Assistant Professor

Program Director, Adult Psychiatry Residency Program

General Adult

Ian Michalak, MD

Assistant Professor

Child and Adolescent

Jacqueline Page, PsyD

Professor

Youth Behavioral Health

Rory Pfund, PhD

Associate Professor

General Adult

Altha J. Stewart, MD

Associate Professor

Social and Community Psychiatry

Ferrell E. Varner, MD

Assistant Professor

General Adult

Ladoris Warren, MD, MBA, MS

Assistant Professor

Child and Adolescent

 

Affiliated Faculty

Sandra Baltz, MD
Veterans Administration
Geriatric Psychiatry

Yuxiao Barnes, MD
Veterans Administration
General Adult

Christie Brooks, MD
Veterans Administration
General Adult

Hugh Caldwell, III, MD
Veterans Administration


Jessica Cummings, MD
Lakeside
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

D. Andrew Elliott, MD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Ashley Fournier-Goodnight, PhD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Brett George, MD
Memphis Mental Health Institute
General Adult

Renee Minirth, MD
Memphis Mental Health Institute
Schizoaffective Disorder and Schizophrenia

Christopher White, MD
Lakeside
General Adult

Darrell Wilson, MD
Veterans Administration


 

Joint Faculty

Candace Brown, PharmD, DNP
Professor Emeritus
College of Pharmacy

Mace Coday, PhD
Professor
Department of Preventative Medicine

Karen Derefinko, PhD
Professor
Department of Preventative Medicine

Kelsey Maloney, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Peggy O'Cain, MD, FASAM
Assistant Professor
Family Medicine

Liz Paiml, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Tracee Ridley-Pryor, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Instructor
Nursing/Acute Care
Kazuko Sakata, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology

 

Volunteer Faculty

Mohsin Ali, MD
Assistant Professor
Scott Armstrong, MD
Assistant Professor

Karen Berry, MD
Assistant Professor

Jacob Bezold, MD
Assistant Professor

William Bobo, MD, MPH
Professor

Daniel Boyd, MD
Instructor

Keith Caruso, MD
Associate Professor

Adam Chan, MD
Assistant Professor

Dolores DiGaetano, MD
Instructor

Ellen Edens, MD
Professor

Neil Edwards, MD
Emeritus Professor

John Greene, MD
Instructor

Reut Gruber, MD
Associate Professor

Jerry Heston, MD
Professor

Audrey Hime, MD
Assistant Professor

Kristin Hoffman, PhD
Assistant Professor

James Howell, PhD
Assistant Professor

William Jackson, MD
Assistant Professor

Jorge Leal, MD
Associate Professor

Renee Minirth, MD
Assistant Professor

Mallory Mitchell, MD
Assistant Professor

Michael Murphy, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor

Laura Murphy, PhD
Professor

William Murphy, PhD
Emeritus Professor

Eliyahu Reich, MD
Assistant Professor

Renate Rosenthal, MD
Emeritus Professor

Kenneth Sakauye, MD
Emeritus Professor

Charles Samenow, MD, MPH
Associate Professor

Jonathan Shaw, MD
Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Vannucci, MD
Assistant Professor

 

 

 

 

Jul 13, 2026