- EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, College Scholars (1987)
- Doctor of Medicine, Wake Forest University Medical School, Winston-Salem, NC (1991)
- Residency PGY 1, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, Department of Psychiatry (July 1991-June 1992)
- Residency PGY 2 and 3, Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, Department of Psychiatry (July 1992-June 1994)
- Residency PGY 4, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, Department of Psychiatry (1994-June 1995)
- LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
- National Board of Medical Examiners (July 1992)
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - #42396 (May 1996)
- State of Tennessee - #MD0000026123 (1994 to present)
- ECT Fellowship, Duke University, Department of Psychiatry, Durham, NC (2014)
- Brain Stimulation Course and TMS Certification, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry, Charleston, SC (2015)
- APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (January 1997-June 1997)
- Medical Staff, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, TN (1995-1997)
- Medical Staff, The Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN (1995-1997)
- Medical Staff, Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN (1995-1997)
- Medical Director, Geriatric Partial Hospitalization Program, Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (2001-2008)
- Medical Staff, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, TN (2008-2010)
- Medical Staff, Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville, TN (2010-2012)
- Medical Staff, Skyline Medical Center, Nashville, TN (2012)
- Medical Staff, Rolling Hills Hospital, Franklin, TN (2012-present)
- Medical Director, Inpatient Psychiatry, ECT, TMS and Consult-Liason Services, Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN (2012-present)
- EMPLOYMENT
- Gayle D. Foster, MD, PC, General Adult Psychiatry, Long-term care facility consulting, Knoxville, TN (2001-2008)
- Psychiatric Associates, PLLC, Nashville, TN (2008-present)
- PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Medical Review Committee, Ethics Committee, Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (2001-2007)
- Human Rights Committee Member, Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Nashville, TN (2012)
- Ethics Committee, Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Committee, Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN (2012-2015)
- TEACHING
- Clinical Teaching, Meharry Psychiatry residents on psychiatry inpatient unit and ECT, Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN (2012-present)
- Volunteer teaching and Supervising of Medical students, Vanderbilt Shade Tree Clinic, Nashville, TN (2013-present)
- Clinical Professor, Volunteer Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt School of Medicine (February 2015-present)
