Hometown: Orchard Park, NY
College: University of Chicago
Medical School: Jacobs School of Medicine and biomedical Sciences
Psychiatry Interests: Forensic Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, First-Episode Psychosis
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
College: University of Puerto Rico
Medical School: Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
Psychiatry Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Personality Disorders, Eating Disorders, Trauma-Related Disorders, Addiction Psychiatry, Dual Diagnosis, and Cross-Cultural Psychiatry.
Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL
College: University of Florida
Medical School: Temple University
Psychiatry Interests: Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, perinatal psychiatry and the intersection of all three.
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
College: Auburn University
Medical School: University of Alabama - Birmingham
Psychiatry Interests: Public / Global Mental Health, Intersections of Physical / Mental Health, Integrated Care, Neurodiversity / Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD
College: University of Southern California
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Psychiatry Interests: Addiction, Neuromodulation, Interventional Psychiatry, Women's Mental Health, Psychotic Disorders, Integrative Psychiatry
Hometown: Rockwall, TX
College: Harvard University
Medical School: UT Southwestern
Psychiatry Interests: Cultural Psychiatry, Interventional Psychiatry, Medical Ethics
Dr. Kristina Alton joined the Vanderbilt faculty in July 2025 after completing her psychiatry residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). During residency she served as a chief resident, developed a collaborative care program with the LGBTQ+ primary care clinic at VUMC, and completed an additional training certificate program in LGBTQ+ Health. She attended medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received an undergraduate degree in biology from Emory University.
Clinical Interests:
LGBTQ+ mental health, psychotherapy, innovative care delivery models, trauma-related disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, neurodiversity
Hometown: Marion, KS
College: Colorado Christian University
Medical School: University of Kansas
Psychiatry Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Autism and Neurodevelopment, Medical Ethics and Humanities
Hometown: Mt. Pleasant, MI
College: University of Michigan
Medical School: Michigan State College of Human Medicine
Psychiatry Interests: Psychotic Disorders, Suicidality, Neuroimaging, and Neuromodulation.
Hometown: Overland Park, KS
College: University of Kansas
Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Psychiatry Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, ADHD, Autism