Sloane Sparks, DNP, PMHNP

Dr. Sparks is a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who began in 2017 as a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (2014), Master of Science in Nursing (2016), and Doctor of Nursing Practice (2020) from Vanderbilt University.

Clinical care includes practice in the School-Based Mental Health Program via telehealth and on-site visits, the psychiatric consultation-liaison service at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital with a focus in the heme/onc population, the Vanderbilt Center of Excellence for children in state custody, and Psychiatric Assessment Services for emergency psychiatry.

She also frequently precepts VUSN students. She is the Psychiatry Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Team Lead, dedicating additional time to recruitment, training, engagement, and orientation of all APPs throughout Vanderbilt Behavioral Health.