New Faculty in the Department of Medicine

Faculty

Amanda Allen MD

Amanda Allen, MD

Instructor in Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Resident
Specialty
Family Medicine
MD - Ross University, Roseau, Dominica
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Julia Anderson MD

Julia Anderson, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Chief Resident
Specialty
Internal Medicine
M.D. - Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Hometown
Naperville, IL
Kimberly Beiting MD

Kimberly J. Beiting, MD

Medical Director of the Inpatient Consult Service, Division of Geriatric Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine

Vanderbilt Primary Care, North One Hundred Oaks

Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program Faculty

kimberly.beiting@vumc.org
Division
GR
Specialty
Geriatrics
Hometown
Manhattan Beach, California
Dr. Beiting received her BA in Comparative Human Development from the University of Chicago and her MD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She completed her residency at McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency Program at Humboldt Park and went on to complete her clinical Geriatric Medicine Fellowship at the University of Chicago with an additional research year in Geriatrics through the University of Chicago Postdoctoral Program in Clinical Research and Medical Informatics (TL1). Her primary clinical and research interests center around providing high-quality primary care for older adults, improved care models and transitions of care in skilled nursing facilities, and the care of older adults with opioid use disorders and the impact of the opioid epidemic on an aging population.  She also has a passion for medical education and the teaching of geriatric principles to all levels of learners. She is very excited to join the Vanderbilt faculty in the Division of Geriatric Medicine.
Laura Binari MD

Laura Binari, MD

Clinical Fellow Instructor

Division
NP
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Hometown
Annandale, VA
Laura grew up in Annandale, Virginia with her parents and older sister. She traveled a short drive from home to the University of Virginia for college, where she majored in Neuroscience. During her time at UVA, she developed a passion for medicine while volunteering at the free clinic and the university hospital. After graduation, she stayed in the beautiful city of Charlottesville for another year to complete her research project on the development of the peripheral nervous system. She continued her migration south for medical school at EVMS where she met her fiancé, Barron, who will be starting residency in Pediatrics at Vanderbilt. Outside of medicine, Laura enjoys running, playing soccer, baking (and eating) desserts, cheering for the Washington Redskins, and relaxing with family and friends. Laura is very excited to move to Nashville and to join the Vanderbilt family! Member of AOA.
John Bowers MD

John Bowers, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Hospitalist
Specialty
General Internal Medicine
M.D. - Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Hometown
Sarasota, FL
Denaya Conley MD

Denaya Conley, MD

Instructor in Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Resident Physician
Specialty
Family Medicine, Primary Care
D.O. - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
M.S. - Mississippi College
Hometown
Opelousas, LA
Michael Diatte MD

Michael Diatte, MD

Instructor in Clinical Medicine

Instructor in Clinical Pediatrics

michael.diatte@vumc.org
Division
IM
MD - Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Megan Dupuis

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division
HO
Previous Role/Title
Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Specialty
Hematology and Oncology
M.D. - The State University of New York
Ph.D. - The State University of New York
Hometown
Clifton Park, NY
Thomas Finn III, MD, MBA

Thomas Finn, III, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division
GI
Previous Role/Title
Gastroenterologist
Specialty
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
MD - Dartmouth Medical School
MBA - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Hometown
Laconia, NH
Dr. Finn specializes in general gastroenterology, with particular interests in colorectal cancer screening, colon polyps, gastroesophageal reflux disease, Barrett's esophagus, eosinophilic esophagitis, Celiac disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, diarrhea, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and hemorrhoids. Dr. Finn believes strongly in incorporating education into his patient visits, helping patients to understand their diagnoses and the rationale for recommended treatments.
Anne Gifford MD, MPH

Anne E. Gifford, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine

Vanderbilt Primary Care, South One Hundred Oaks

Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program Faculty

anne.gifford@vumc.org
Division
GR
Specialty
Geriatrics
Hometown
Boston, MA
Dr. Gifford joins the faculty in the Division of Geriatrics at Vanderbilt after completing a residency in Family Medicine in Worcester, MA, and fellowship training in geriatric medicine in Portland, OR. Clinical interests include treatment of osteoporosis in older adults, recognizing osteoporosis in male older adults, treating urogynecologic issues, dementia diagnosis, and dementia care at every stage, as well as support for families and caregivers. She is interested in integrating geriatric medicine into emergency and surgical medical fields in hopes of providing the best possible care for older adults. When away from work, she enjoys hiking and exploring green spaces, and spending time with family.
Megan Gunn MD, MA

Megan Gunn, MD, MA

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Urban Bioethics
Specialty
Internal Medicine
M.D. - University of Tennessee, School of Medicine
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Kyrie Herring MD

Kyrie Herring, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

kyrie.herring@vumc.org
Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Hospitalist
Specialty
Internal Medicine
MD - Rush Medical College
Hometown
Shepherd, MI
Michael Herring MD

Michael Herring, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

michael.herring@vumc.org
Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Resident
Specialty
Internal Medicine
M.D. - Rush Medical College
Hometown
Dover, NH
Kristin Hines MD

Kristin Hines, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine

and Palliative Medicine, General Internal Medicine & Public Health

Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) Unit, 7 Round Wing

Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program Faculty

kristin.l.hines@vumc.org
Division
GR
Specialty
Geriatrics, Hospice & Palliative, Internal Medicine
Ohio State University
Hometown
Hartford City, Indiana
Dr. Hines recently joined Vanderbilt faculty in the division of Geriatrics, with dual interests in palliative medicine and the inpatient management of acutely ill elderly adults. She is from a small town in rural Indiana and completed her Bachelor of Science at Indiana University. She completed her professional training at THE Ohio State University College of Medicine where she graduated Cum Laude. Dr. Hines completed her internal medicine residency at Vanderbilt University. She then stayed to do both a Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship as well as a Geriatric Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Hines is now on the clinician-educator track, teaching both medical students and post-graduate physician trainees how to care for those with life-limiting illnesses and advanced age. She and her husband, Andrew, are proud East Nashvillians and when not at work, love to travel, camp, backpack, and spend time with their rescue cat, Taco.
 
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Steven Humphrey MD

Steven Humphrey, MD

Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine

Division
CA
Previous Role/Title
Private practice physician
Specialty
General Cardiology
M.D. - Mercer University School of Medicine
Hometown
Jonesboro, Georgia
Dr. Humphrey has practiced general cardiology in Nashville, TN since 2007. During that time his office was routinely recognized for outstanding patient experience. Research interests include primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Humphrey and his wife, Shayna, have twin daughters, who attend Northwestern University. When not working, Dr. Humphrey enjoys fitness, camping, trout fishing, reading, and cooking.
Edward Iglesia MD, MPH

Edward Iglesia, MD, MPH

Instructor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Division
AP
Previous Role/Title
Instructor in Medicine and Pediatrics
Specialty
Allergy/Immunology
MD - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
MPH - University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
BA Rutgers University
Hometown
Branchburg, NJ
Dr. Iglesia earned his medical degree at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He subsequently completed an additional residency in preventive medicine at the University of North Carolina Hospitals, during which he earned his MPH at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. His interest in food allergy prevention led him to additional clinical training in UNC Hospital's allergy/immunology fellowship and in the Duke-UNC T32 research training program in allergy and clinical immunology. With a secondary appointment in pediatrics, Dr. Iglesia will be training in the Learnings Health Systems Scholars Program K12 with a focus on population and public health approaches to prevention of food allergy and other allergic conditions. He is married to a transplant hepatologist and has two young children, with whom he enjoys exploring local trails, parks, playgrounds, and eateries/dessert-eries with his family.
 

Taylor Jensen, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

taylor.jensen@vumc.org
Division
IM
M.D. - University of Utah
Paras Karmacharya MD, MS

Paras Karmacharya, MD, MS

Instructor of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology

Division
RH
Previous Role/Title
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Specialty
Rheumatology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN - Master's Degree in Research - Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS)
Hometown
Rochester, MN
Dr. Karmacharya’s clinical expertise include psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ankylosing spondylitis, inflammatory bowel disease associated arthritis, and reactive arthritis. He is part of the Psoriatic Arthritis Research Consortium (PARC), which includes five PsA-dedicated clinics in the US aimed to improve patient-centered care and advance personalized medicine in PsA. The mission of his clinical and research program is to improve outcomes in PsA by developing better treatment strategies for PsA, and to understand the factors leading to the development of PsA enabling early intervention.
As a result of his post-doctoral MSK research training and Master of Science training in Clinical and Translational Sciences, he is proficient in the use of large databases, designing and performing longitudinal studies with primary data sources, and outlining clinical and treatment heterogeneity in different patient subgroups using machine learning methods. He received the Medical and Pediatric Resident Research Award as a resident and the Philip S. Hench Award 2020 for Outstanding Achievement as a Rheumatology fellow. He has received research grants from Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN), Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA), and Assessment of spondyloarthritis international society (ASAS) to understand how chronic conditions influence the risk and outcomes in spondyloarthritis.
Sharon Katuin DO

Sharon Katuin, DO

Instructor in Clinical Medicine

sharon.katuin@vumc.org
Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Physician
Specialty
Family Medicine
D.O. - Western University of Health Sciences
Hometown
Rocklin, CA
Zeynep Kubilay

Zeynep Kubilay

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
M.D. - Yeditepe University Medical School
Angela Lowenstern MD

Angela Lowenstern, MD

Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology

Division
CA
Previous Role/Title
Interventional Structural Heart Disease Fellow
Specialty
Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
M.D. - University of Michigan Medical School
Hometown
Kalamazoo, MI
Dr. Lowenstern specializes in the care of patients with coronary and structural heart disease. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency, Cardiovascular Fellowship and Interventional Cardiology training at Duke University. This included a year specifically devoted to the percutaneous treatment of  structural heart disease. She also completed two years of dedicated clinical research training at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, serving as Chief Fellow during her second year. Her research interests include the prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease as well as the percutaneous management and outcomes of patients with structural heart disease.
See Wei Low

See Wei Low

Division
AP
M.B.B.S. - International Medical University

Daniel Maselli

Division
GI
Previous Role/Title
Fellow
Specialty
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
M.D. - University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hometown
Dover, MA

Maliha Naseer

Division
GI
Previous Role/Title
Fellow
Specialty
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
M.B.B.S. - Fatima Jinnah Medical University
Graduate School - Aga Khan University, Karachi Pakistan
Hometown
karachi, Pakistan

Jennifer Nohrden, MD

Instructor in Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Attending Physician
Specialty
Urgent Care, Family Medicine
M.D. - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Hometown
St. Paul, MN
Peter Paik MD

Peter E. Paik, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

peter.e.paik@vumc.org
Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Nocturnist
Specialty
Internal Medicine
MD - Perelman School of Medicine
MA, Convenant Theological Seminary, Saint Louis, Missouri, 2008
BS, Biology - Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, 2001
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Aniket Rali MD

Aniket S. Rali, MD

Assistant Professor, Heart Failure

aniket.rali@vumc.org
Division
CA
Previous Role/Title
Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Fellow
Specialty
Heart Failure
Hometown
Chattanooga, TN
Elise Reid MD

Elise Reid, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
University of Washington
Hometown
Port Angeles, WA

Elise was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. In high school she played multiple sports as well as playing in the orchestra. She attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA where she studied biology and philosophy while developing a love of Gonzaga basketball. Go Zags! For medical school she attended the University of Washington where she fell in love with internal medicine. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, travel, and quirky ice cream shops. Elise is looking forward to a new adventure in Nashville!

Chelsea Rick DO

Chelsea Rick, DO

Instructor in Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine

Vanderbilt Quality Scholar

Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program Faculty

chelsea.rick@vumc.org
Division
GR
Specialty
Geriatrics
William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Hometown
Fulton, Mississippi
Dr. Chelsea Rick is proud to be joining the faculty within the Vanderbilt Division of Geriatric Medicine where she will focus on offering humanistic, individualized medicine to older adults primarily in the clinic, post-acute, and long-term care settings. Having been raised in Fulton, MS, where her mother personally inspired her path to medicine and helped her realize her love of learning from and listening to older adults in her community, she was passionate about Geriatric Medicine from an early age. She went on to pursue undergraduate studies at Millsaps College where she graduated with Honors Distinction in Biology with a minor in Faith and Work. She then completed medical school at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, during which she took a one-year hiatus to serve as Miss Mississippi 2013 affording her the opportunity to reach children and communities throughout her beloved home state. Dr. Rick is board-certified in Family Medicine, having completed a residency at North MS Medical Center before coming to Nashville to pursue specialty training as a Vanderbilt Geriatric Medicine Fellow. In addition to her clinical work, she will be working with the Nashville VA as an Advanced Geriatric Fellow, pursuing her research interest in frailty, and serving as a Vanderbilt Quality Scholar while obtaining a Master of Public Health. She enjoys singing, dancing, going to the theatre, spotting cute dogs on walks, and spending time with family.
 
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Kristin Rutterer

Kristin Rutterer

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Hospitalist
Specialty
Internal Medicine
M.D. - University of Tennessee School of Medicine
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Ravi Shah MD

Ravi V. Shah, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division
CA
Previous Role/Title
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Specialty
Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology
M.D. - Harvard Medical School
Hometown
Tempe, AZ
Dr. Shah is a clinical-translational scientist, with a focus on studying the translational epidemiology of cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) and its impact on cardiovascular disease. His major areas of interest include the study of precision phenotypes of metabolic disease (clinical, imaging, and molecular) and their relation to cardiovascular disease. His work unites small translational studies and large cohort epidemiologic approaches to understand the relation between metabolism and cardiovascular health. Recent work from his group and collaborators has defined exercise-induced changes in metabolism and their relation to cardiovascular disease, metabolic correlates of long-term metabolic disease and aging, and the role of genetic profiles of obesity susceptibility on long-term obesity development, among other topics. He has experience in clinical, basic, and translational techniques in the space of cardiometabolic disease and heart failure. His work has been published in high-impact journals in cardiovascular and general medicine, including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Cardiology, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and affiliated journals. He is the recipient of several research project awards that build on the theme of cardiometabolic disease prevention, and serves as an Associate Editor for Circulation Research.
Donna Shell MD

Donna Shell, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

donna.shell@vumc.org
Division
IM
MD- University of Michigan
Kendall Waddey MD

Kendall Waddey, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Resident
Specialty
Internal Medicine
M.D. - University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Ryan White MD

Ryan D. White, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

ryan.d.white@vumc.org
Division
IM
Previous Role/Title
Fellow/Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Specialty
Internal Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine
M.D. - University of Missouri School of Medicine
Hometown
Lohman, MO