Current Residents

Hometown: Sonoma, CA
Undergraduate: Southern Methodist University (Biochemistry, Psychology, Mathematics)
Graduate: Texas A&M Health Sciences Center (MS, Medical Sciences)
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine

Alexander is interested in psychosis, personality disorders, and inpatient psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys programming, reading, and video games.

Hometown: Galveston, TX
Undergraduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Biology)
Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham (MS, Biomedical and Health Sciences)
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Ballinger is interested in consultation-liaison psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, and sports psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, climbing, motorcycles, and any form of sport.

Medical School: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

Hometown: Huntsville, AL
Undergraduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Biology)
Medical School: University of South Alabama College of Medicine

Bouslog is interested in psychotherapy and lifestyle psychiatry. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her cat, being outside, yoga, and movies.

Hometown: Ocean Springs, MS
Undergraduate: University of South Alabama (Chemical Engineering)
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Bozman is interested in outpatient, ketamine clinics, and VA care. In his free time, he enjoys running, weight lifting, hiking, writing, and gaming.

Hometown: Bossier City, LA
Undergraduate: Centenary College of Louisiana (Biology)
Medical School: Louisiana State University Health Shreveport

Brogan is interested in correctional psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, psychedelics, and trauma throughout the lifespan. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, gardening, concerts, hanging with friends, and being a cat mom.

Chief Resident

Hometown: Florence, AL
Undergraduate: Birmingham-Southern College (Mathematics)
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Brown is interested in psychotherapy and outpatient psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, gardening, bicycling, and piano.

Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Undergraduate: Auburn University (French)
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Cao is interested in child and adolescent psychiatry, Huntington's disease, and neuropsychiatry. In her free time, she enjoys reading, running, and baking.

Hometown: Franklin, TN
Undergraduate: The University of Alabama (Psychology, Biology)
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Collier is interested in community psychiatry, interventional psychiatry, and emergency psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys rock climbing, weight lifting, hiking, and espresso.

Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
Undergraduate: Stetson University (Religious Studies)
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine

Crapps is interested in cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and adolescent psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys birding, photography, hiking, reading, and scuba.

Hometown: Jasper, AL and Maryland
Undergraduate: University of Alabama (Biology, Dance) 
Medical School: University of South Alabama College of Medicine

Cuomo is interested in sports psychiatry and first episode psychosis. In her free time, she enjoys distance running, traveling, and mission work in Uganda.

Medical School: Meharry Medical College

Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Undergraduate: University of Alabama (Spanish)
Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Denton is interested in child and adolescent psychiatry and public psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys playing music and cooking.

Hometown: Huntsville, AL
Undergraduate: University of Alabama (Biology)
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Edney is interested in psychosis, emergency psychiatry, and treatment-resistant depression. In his free time, he enjoys walking his dogs, college football, cooking, and traveling.

Undergraduate: Augusta University (Cell and Molecular Biology)
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Ghodasara is interested in consultation-liaison psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and academic medicine. In her free time, she enjoys reading, hiking small mountains, trying new recipes, eating good food, watching baseball, and cricket.

Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine - Daytona Beach Campus

Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine

Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Hometown: Palm Harbor, FL
Undergraduate: University of Florida (Chemistry)
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine

Makar is interested in inpatient psychiatry and mood disorders. In her free time, she enjoys reading, working out, and cooking.

Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate: Kenyon College (Neuroscience)
Graduate: Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health (MPH)
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Suwanee, Georgia

Massa is interested in psychosis, interventional psychiatry, and research. In his free time, he enjoys Premier League soccer, Lego, trying new restaurants, and cooking/baking.

Hometown: Alexander City, AL
Undergraduate: University of Alabama (Chemical Engineering)
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

McCaleb is interested in psychosis, psychedelics, and child and adolescent psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys baking, soap/cheese/candle making, and video games.

Hometown: Homewood, AL
Undergraduate: University of South Alabama (Biomedical Sciences)
Medical School: University of South Alabama College of Medicine

McClelland is interested in psychosis, sleep, and interventional psychiatry. In her free time, she enjoys reading, kayaking, hiking, movies.

Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine - New Orleans

Hometown: Richland, MS
Undergraduate: University of Southern Mississippi (Biochemistry
Graduate: University of Mississippi Medical Center (MS, Biomedical Sciences)
Medical School: University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine

Morgan is interested in first-episode psychosis, adolescent psychiatry, LGBTQ+ mental health. In his free time, he enjoys reading, LEGO, concerts, trying new restaurants.

Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Healthcare Management)
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Osman is interested in human trafficking, child and adolescent psychiatry, and trauma disorders. In her free time, she enjoys reading, painting, weight training, and cooking.

Chief Resident

Hometown: Madison, MS
Undergraduate: University of Mississippi (Biochemistry, Spanish)
Medical School: University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine

Ostrovsky is interested in first-episode psychosis, emergency psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. In her free time, she enjoys walking her dogs, tennis, pickleball, pilates, trying new restaurants and coffee shops, and traveling.

Hometown: Meridian, MS
Undergraduate: Mississippi State University (Chemistry) 
Medical School: University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine

Payne is interested in psychosis, neuropsychiatry, interventional psychiatry, and psychotherapy. In his free time, he enjoys video games, reading, hiking, and human-animal ethics.

Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine - Shreveport

Hometown: Hoover, AL
Undergraduate: University of South Alabama (Biomedical Sciences)
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Prahad is interested in emergency psychiatry, sports psychiatry, and treatment-resistant depression. In his free time, he enjoys fantasy football, basketball, golf, and video games.

Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Hometown: Columbia, SC
Undergraduate: University of South Carolina (Biology)
Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Robinson is interested in first-episode psychosis, treatment-resistant depression, and forensics. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, reading, college football, NFL, cooking/baking, and traveling.

Hometown: Berlin, Germany
Undergraduate: Troy University (Psychology)
Medical School: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

Shephard is interested in PTSD, veteran-based care, and nutritional psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys working out, spending time with family, and finance.

Hometown: Daytona Beach, FL
Undergraduate: University of Florida (Microbiology)
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine

Spiletic is interested in emergency Psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, and community psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys golf, basketball, exercise, Xbox, and traveling.

Hometown: Daytona Beach, FL
Undergraduate: University of Florida (Biology)
Graduate: Florida State University (Biomedical Sciences)
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine

Tanios is interested in psychosis, emergency psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, addiction medicine, and consultation-liaison psychiatry. In her free time, she enjoys embroidery, cooking/baking, and going on walks.

Chief Resident

Hometown: Mobile, AL
Undergraduate: University of Alabama (Psychology)
Graduate: University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine (MS, Medical Sciences)
Medical School: Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

Vallas is interested in transitional-age psychiatry, first-episode psychosis, psychedelics, medicine-psychiatry interface, and sports psychiatry. In his free time, he enjoys making music, movies, trivia, trying new restaurants, golf, pool, and keeping his French bulldog from trying to eat everything.

Hometown: Mandeville, LA
Undergraduate: Louisiana State University (Biochemistry)
Medical School: Louisiana State University Health New Orleans

Wareham is interested in psychosis, child and adolescent psychiatry, and PTSD.