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
 

Dr. Michelle Weyhaupt joined the Vanderbilt Department of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in 2025. She is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and practices general psychiatry with a particular interest in women's mental health. In addition to her general psychiatry clinic, Dr. Weyhaupt maintains a psychosexual clinic, where she provides both psychotherapy and psychiatric medication management for patients with concerns around sexual function and wellbeing.

Dr. Weyhaupt graduated summa cum laude with undergraduate degrees in biology and psychology from the University of Alabama in 2017. She then received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2021, followed by residency in general psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Throughout her medical training, she has also pursued education with the Institute of Psychosexual Medicine in London, UK, where she was the first visiting student from the US, and with Sexual Health Alliance, working toward her certification in sex therapy.

Psychiatry Interests: Sexual Dysfunction, Reproductive Psychiatry, Eating Disorders, Transitional Age and College Psychiatry

Hometown: Dallas, TX
College: Texas A&M University
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine

Psychiatry Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry, Mood Disorders
 

Hometown: Forest Grove, OR
College: Grinnell College
Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University

Psychiatry Interests: Psychosis, Mood Disorders, Psychotherapy
Research Interests: Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive Assessment, Schizophrenia

Hometown: Attica, IN
College: Purdue University
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine

Psychiatry Interests: HIV psychiatry, LGBTQ mental health, health equity and advocacy.

Hometown: Woobridge, NJ
College: Cornell University
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Psychiatry interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry, pediatric integrated care, health services research

Hometown: Woobridge, NJ
College: Cornell University
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Psychiatry Interests: Child and adolescent psychiatry, pediatric integrated care, health services research