Resident Achievements

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

• 2023: Donika Hasanaj, MD
• 2022: James Kim, MD
• 2021: David Jensen, DO
• 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 third year medical students.

• 2023: Donika Hasanaj, MD
• 2022: James Kim, MD
• 2021: Nigel Dsouza, MD
• 2020: Deep Kalariya, 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 2020

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.

• 2023: Clay Blanchett, MD
• 2022: Christina Largent, DO
• 2021: Carrie Elizabeth Robey, MD
• 2020: Geeta Santoshi Tadepalli, MD
• 2019: Tazley Hobbs, MD
• 2018: Joshua McDevitt, MD
• 2017: Reagan Gilley, MD

PRITE Award

Highest Psychiatry Resident In-training Exam score from the overall group of residents

• 2022-23: James Kim, MD
• 2021-22: Sri Pallavi Morampudi, MBBS
• 2020-21: David Jensen, DO
• 2019-20: David Jensen, DO
• 2018-19: Preston Helmly, MD
• 2017-18: Jeff Forrest, MD

Poster Presentation at the American Psychiatric Association, May 2023

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

American Geriatric Society, May 2023. "Worsening Delusions Secondary to GI Complaints." Clay Blanchett, MD, and Scott Sprabery, MD.

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 2023. "Justice System Requirements Lead to Suicidal Crisis and First-Time Psychiatric Hospitalization for Adolescent." Katelyn Cserjes, MD, and L. Carlos Isaza, MD.

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 2023. "The role of social support and school belonging in mental health among college students in Central Appalachia." Praveen Fernandopulle, MD, MSc, and Manik Ahuja, PhD, MA.

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 2023. "SSRIs and Tinnitus – Sertraline Side Effect of a Potential Treatment." Jeuel Paña, MD, and Shambhavi Chandraiah, MD, FRCPC, DLFAPA.

Indo-APA Scientific Session, May 2023. "Under Pressure: A Case of Psychosis in a Patient with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension That Challenges Conventional Clinical Wisdom." Sarvatit Patel, DO, and Preston Helmly, MD.

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 2023. "A Call to Action for Evidence-Based Research Supporting the Utilization of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Agents in Adolescent Pregnancy." Geetha Vyas, MD, Natania Paul, MS4, and L. Carlos Isaza, MD.

Appalachian Student Research Forum, April, 2022. "Enuresis in a Female Patient after Starting Fluoxetine." Deep Kalariya, MD, and Rajesh Kadam, MD.

Appalachian Student Research Forum, April, 2022. "COVID-19's Impact on The Use Of Media, Educational Performance, and Learning in Children and Adolescents with ADHD who Engaged in Virtual Learning." Christina Largent, DO, and Tazley Hobbs, MD.

Appalachian Student Research Forum, April, 2022. "Cannabis induced Depersonalization/Derealization disorder." Sri Pallavi Morampudi, MBBS, and Shambhavi Chandraiah, MD, FRCPC, DLFAPA.

American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training, March, 2022. "Do Journal Clubs work? Effectiveness of a New Standardized Presentation Format for Journal Club." Syed Hasan, DO, and Shambhavi Chandraiah, MD, FRCPC, DLFAPA.

American Academy of Family Physicians Global Health Summit (October 20-22nd, 2021)  
Title: Associations between diet, food insecurity and mental health. 
Authors: Thiveya Sathiyaseelan, MD, Praveen Fernadopulle, MD, Manik Ahuja, PhD, MA. 

American Psychology Association Annual Meeting (August 14th, 2021)  
Title: Gender differences association with nutrition, exercise, and mental health outcomes in Tennessee 
Authors: Thiveya Sathiyaseelan, MD, Manik Ahuja, PhD, MA, Praveen Fernandopulle, MD, MSc, Jessica Cox, BS, Manul Awasthi, MPH 

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting (May 1-3, 2021) 
Title: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Mental Health Leading to Increased Suicide Risk in women. 
Authors: Thiveya Sathiyaseleen, MD, Manik Ahuja, PhD, MA, Praveen Fernandopulle MD, MSc 

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May, 2021. "A Case of Hyperparathyroidism and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder." David Jensen, DO, and Thomas Stoss, MD.

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May, 2021. "Psychiatric Manifestations in a Patient with Hyperparathyroidism." Krupa Nataraj, MD, and Traci Carroll, MD.

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May, 2021. "Drastic reduction in restraint/seclusion on a child/adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit through developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed care." Carrie Robey, MD, Luis Isaza, MD, Dixie Waye, RN/BSN, and James Shannon.

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May, 2021. "A Mandate to Innovate--Limited Mental Health Resources in the Context of Increasing Tennessee Nursing Home demand. Tamie Wells, MD, and Kaushal Shaw, MBBS.

Appalachian Student Research Forum, March, 2021. "Don't Sleep on Zolpidem: A Case demonstrating benefit of Zolpidem in Malignant Catatonia." Nigel Dsouza, MD, and Shambhavi Chandraiah, MD FRCPC, DLFAPA.

Association for Academic Psychiatry, July, 2020. "PRITE Review and Remediation - A Resident Driven Remedy." Preston Helmly, MD, and Shambhavi Chandraiah, MD, FRCPC, DLFAPA.

American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting (April 25-29th, 2020) 
Title: The association between food insecurity, mental health, and race 
Authors: Thiveya Sathiyaseleen, MD, Manik Ahuja, PhD, MA, Praveen Fernandopulle MD, MSc

Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Annual Meeting April 2-4 2020 San Diego, CA 
Title: Obesity, Depression, and Substance Use among Women 
Manik Ahuja, PhD, MA, Thiveya Sathiyaseleen, MD,Rajvi Wani PhD., Praveen Fernandopulle MD, MSc 

"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, DLFAPA.

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, DLFAPA.

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, DLFAPA.

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.

PUBLICATIONS

Early Age of Cannabis Initiation and Its Association With Suicidal Behaviors Authors: Manik Ahuja, Manul Awasthi, Suzanna Gim, Kathie Records, Johanna Cimilluca, Kawther Al-Ksir, Johnathan Tremblay, Riddhi P Doshi, Thiveya Sathiyaseelan, Praveen Fernandopulle
SAGE Journals
Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 
Volume 16, 2022
Published online 2022 August 10th
PMID: 35966616
PMCID: PMC9373116
DOI: 10.1177/11782218221116731
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35966616/

Obesity, food insecurity, and depression among females. 
Authors: Thiveya Sathiyaseelan, MD, Manik Ahuja, PhD, MA, Rajvi J. Wani, PhD, Praveen Fernandopulle, MD
Archives of Public Health. 2020; 78: 83 
Published online 2020 September 17th  PMID: 32959002 
PMCID: PMC7495400 
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-020-00463-6 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7495400

RECENT RESIDENT FELLOWSHIPS

2023-24

Addiction Psychiatry ~  Grossman School of Medicine, New York University
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ~ University of Florida
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ~ University of Louisville
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ~ Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech

2022-23

Addiction Psychiatry ~ Baylor College of Medicine

2021-2023

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ~ Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

2020-21

Geriatric ~ Vanderbilt University

2019-21

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.