Psychiatry Residents - 1st Year

  • Casey Cai, M.D.

    Hometown: Tulsa, OK
    College: University of Oklahoma
    Medical School: UT Southwestern

    Psychiatry Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Palliative Care Psychiatry, Integrated Care, Medical Education, Psychotherapy

  • Benjamin Eric Johnson, M.D.

    Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska 
    College: University of Denver​​​​​​​
    Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Psychiatry Interests: Addiction psychiatry, SUD stigma, psychosis, psychedelic research, TMS/ECT

  • Anita Louie, M.D.

    Hometown: Belle Mead, NJ
    College: Johns Hopkins University​​​​​​​
    Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

    Psychiatry Interests: Child Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry, Women’s Health, LGBTQ Health

  • Maxwell Roeske, M.D., Ph.D.

    Hometown: Wauwatosa, WI
    College: University of Dayton
    Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

    Psychiatry Interests: First-Episode Psychosis; Inpatient Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology; Neuroimaging; Medical Education

  • Anna Sears, M.D.

    Hometown: Nashville, TN
    College: University of Chicago
    Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center 

    Psychiatry Interests: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Community Psychiatry, Mood Disorders, Psychoanalysis

  • Nicole Vonada, M.D.

    Hometown: Hollywood, FL but coming to Nashville by way of Charleston, SC!
    College: Medical University of South Carolina
    Medical School: UT Southwestern

    Psychiatry Interests: Forensic psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosis

  • Shalinee Wayland, M.D.

    Hometown: Gainesville, FL
    College: Florida State University
    Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine

    Psychiatry Interests: Consult-Liaison Psychiatry, first-episode psychosis, Med/psych, forensic psychiatry 

  • Claire Willman, M.D.

    Hometown: Overland Park, KS
    College: Creighton University
    Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine

    Psychiatry Interests: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry, Psychotic Disorders, Human Trafficking, Medical Education

  • Gulcan Yildiz, M.D.

    Hometown: Nusaybin, Turkey
    College: Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
    Medical School: Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Psychiatry Interests: Psychotic Disorders, Mood Disorders, Neuroimaging, Neuromodulation, Interventional Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Psychotherapy

  • Nicholas Young, M.D.

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

    Psychiatry Interests: Transitional Ages, First-Episode Psychosis, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry