Resident Achievements
Awards/Posters/Fellowships
AWARDS
Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Resident Award in Psychiatry
Third year medical students select the psychiatry resident who demonstrates excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service
- 2020: Carrie Robey, MD
2019: David Jensen, DO
2018: Carrie Robey, MD
2017: Suzanne Azzazy, DO
2016: Whitney Gilley, MD
Caduceus Award
Honors the Psychiatry resident who has gone above and beyond their call as educator and mentor - selected by M-3 students.
- 2020: Deep Kalaria, MD
2019: Carrie Robey, MD
2018: David Jensen, DO
2017: Reagan Gilley, MD
2016: Suzanne Azzazy, DO
Third Year Medical Student Psychiatry Rotation
Best Resident Teaching Recognition since July 2016
Samar Abdel-Jabbar, MD
Clay Blanchett
Nigel Dsouza, MD (4x)
Jeff Forrest, MD
Reagan Gilley, MD
Whitney Gilley, MD
Preston Helmly, MD (3x)
Tony Hu, DO
Joseph Ikekwere, MD (3x)
David Jensen, DO (2x)
Krupa Nataraj, MD
Eugene Owsley, MD
Carrie Robey, MD (3x)
Kevin Rowe, DO
Jean Salcedo, MD MBA (3x)
Luke Stanley, MD
Dylan Strohl, MD (3x)
Geeta Tadepalli, MD (2x)
Tamie Wells, MD (2x)
Louis A. Cancellaro Award
Award honoring a graduating resident who has demonstrated excellence in clinical practice, shown compassion in the care of patients, and has demonstrated outstanding leadership potential.
- 2020: Geeta Santoshi Tadepalli, MD
2019: Tazley Hobbs, MD
2018: Joshua McDevitt, MD
2017: Reagan Gilley, MD
2016: David Burrow, MD
PRITE Award
Highest Psychiatry Resident In-training Exam score from the overall group of residents
- 2019-20: David Jensen, DO
2018-19: Preston Helmly, MD
2017-18: Jeff Forrest, MD
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting (an APA meeting), October 2019. "Anticipating and Increasing Access to Mental Health Services in Pre-&Post-Operative Weight Loss Surgery Patients." Geeta Tadepalli, MD and Shambhavi Chandraiah, MD FRCPC.
Institute for Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting (an APA meeting), October 2018. "Addressing Psychiatric Health Equity in Rural Areas Through Recruitment and Retention." Tazley Hobbs, MD and Shambhavi Chandraiah, MD FRCPC.
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 2018. "The Devil is in the Details: Formication as a Dose Related Side Effect of Antidepressant Medication." Eugene Owsley, MD and Shambhavi Chandraiah, MD FRCPC.
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting, March 2018. "When a Benzodiazepine Can Help Save a Life: Periodic and Malignant Catatonia in an Aging Veteran." Suzanne Azzazy, DO, Shannon Cook, MD and Traci Carroll, MD.
American Psychiatric Association Scientific Meeting and Clinical TMS Society Conference, May 2017. "Evidence-Based Literature Review of Maintenance Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (MTMS)." Joseph Ikekwere, MD, et al.
American Psychiatric Association, Atlanta, GA May 2016. "Associations of Alcohol Consumption and Marijuana Use With Major Depressive Episode: results From the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Data". Joseph Ikekwere, MD, et al.
Society of Biological Psychiatry, Atlanta, GA, May 2016. "High levels of Norepinephrine-Dopamine Reuptake inhibitor Bupropion Suppresses Chronic NMDA-antagonist Dextromethorphan Abuse in a U.S. Combat Veteran with PTSD." Newton Agrawal, MD.
Society of Biological Psychiatry, Atlanta, GA, May 2016. "Glutamate vs Dopamine Dysregulation: What NMDA-receptor Antagonist Ketamine is Teaching us about Mood Disorders (the Role of DARPP-32)." Newton Agrawal, MD.
RECENT RESIDENT FELLOWSHIPS
2020-21
Geriatric ~ Vanderbilt University
2019-20
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ~ Case Western University
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ~ University of Florida
2018-19
Geriatric ~ Vanderbilt University
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ~ University of Michigan
2017-18
Sleep Medicine ~ Dartmouth College
Addictions ~ University of Louisville
2016-17
Forensics ~ Case Western University
Addictions ~ University of New Mexico
Note:
ETSU now has an Addiction Medicine Fellowship that started 2020-2021.