Our Staff

Edwin Rogers, PhD, Co-Director
Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor
UT Graduate School of Medicine

Michael Hughes, MD, Co-Director
Child Psychiatrist
Cherokee Health Systems

Kristin Dean, PhD, Project Manager
Clinical Psychologist
Cherokee Health Systems

Debra Swisshelm, MS
Clinical Case Manager
Cherokee Health Systems

Carolyn Dockery
Administrative Coordinator
Cherokee Health Systems

Kara Johansen, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
Cherokee Health Systems

Consultants

Angela Warden, MD
Pediatrician
Cherokee Health Systems

Tennessee's Center
of Excellence Locations:

UT Graduate School of Medicine and Cherokee Health Systems, Knoxville

Southeast, Chattanooga

Vanderbilt University, Nashville

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City

The UT-CHS COE serves the following Tennessee counties:

Anderson
Blount
Campbell
Claiborne
Cocke
Grainger
Hamblen
Jefferson
Knox
Loudon
Monroe
Morgan
Roane
Scott
Sevier
Union