Wilson publishes paper on PTSD in ICU survivors for Frontiers in Neuroscience

July 1, 2020
Jo Ellen Wilson, M.D., MPH, Instructor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, has published a new paper, titled "The Association Between Brain Volumes and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Intensive Care Unit Survivors: A Preliminary Study," in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.  Wilson is also a Ph.D. candidate in the Epidemiology program with VUMC's Institute for Medicine and Public Health and specializes in psychosomatic medicine.

Taylor Gautier, LCSW

Taylor
Gautier
LCSW
Assistant in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
taylor.gautier@vumc.org

Taylor is currently the program coordinator for 'Navigate', Vanderbilt's first episode psychosis multidisciplinary specialty team.

She provides individual, group, and family psychotherapy within the Vanderbilt Psychosis Clinic and also works with first episode psychosis patients and their families during their inpatient stay at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital

Clinical Description

Taylor's focus and specialty is therapy with pediatric and young adult clients and she enjoys working with a variety of presentations but has a special interest in supporting individuals and families with chronic illnesses during their transition from pediatric to adult care.

Victoria Yee, MD

Victoria
Yee
MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
victoria.yee@vumc.org

Dr. Victoria Yee completed her medical training at Wayne State University School of Medicine and her residency training at the Medical College of Georgia.  

Dr. Yee joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2020 and is part of the Emergency Psychiatry Service. She holds joint appointments in Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine.

Shawn Wright, MSN

Shawn
Wright
MSN, PMHNP
Professional Staff
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of General Psychiatry
shawn.wright@vumc.org

Michael Radyko, MSSW, MSN, PMHNP

Michael
Radyko
MSSW, MSN, PMHNP
Professional Staff
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of General Psychiatry
michael.j.radyko@vumc.org

Michael Radyko is a Board Certified, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who joined the department in 2020. He has been providing psychiatric services as a clinician since 2004. He received his Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, and his Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee. His clinical practice has included inpatient, residential, home-based, and outpatient settings in the diverse areas of dual diagnosis/co-occurring disorders, addiction, homelessness, seriously mentally ill, Bureau of Prisons, rape and sexual abuse, and chronic pain.    

Clinical Description

Michael provides therapeutic treatment/medication management to adults ages 18 and up. His treatment interests expand across the full spectrum of psychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar, thought disorders, substance abuse, grief, sexual assault, and trauma-related issues resulting from post-traumatic stress. Since 2016 he has provided mental health treatment for medically fragile patients.    

Nathaniel Allen-Slaba, D.O.

Nathaniel
Allen-Slaba
D.O.

Hometown: Bellingham, WA
College: Pacific Lutheran University
Medical School: Pacific Northwest University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Psychiatry Interests: Addiction Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry and Emergency Psychiatry. 

Brianna Lewis, PhD

Brianna
J.
Lewis
PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Psychology

Dr. Lewis' research interests are varied and lie at the intersection of translational clinical-research related to ASD.  She has served as a research clinician supporting various federally-funded research programs investigating social and sensory processing across the lifespan in individuals with ASD, as well as potential biomarkers for ASD.  She investigates psychological assessment measures and diagnostic processes related to ASD, with a particular interest in comorbidities and differential diagnosis in individuals who seek an evaluation for ASD during late-childhood through adulthood.

brianna.j.lewis@vumc.org

Dr. Brianna Lewis is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.  She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Fordham University and completed her clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center specializing in psychological assessment and interventions for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities. While on faculty at the Yale Child Study Center, she was a clinical psychologist on a multi-disciplinary team in the Developmental Disabilities Clinic.  She also holds an M.Ed. from Harvard and is passionate about school advocacy and service coordination for individuals with developmental disabilities, as well as those with mental health, learning, or behavioral challenges.

Taylor, Blackford publish manuscript on mental health of clinicians treating COVID-19

May 27, 2020
Warren Taylor, M.S., MHSc
Warren D. Taylor, M.D., MHSc, and Jennifer U. Blackford, Ph.D., professors of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, have written a new publication detailing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of front-line clinicians.  The manuscript, published in The Annals of Internal Medicine, describes physiological changes that occur with stress that lead to burnout and mental health disorders.  It challenges many providers' reluctance to seek treatment and proposes strategies to maintain mental health.
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