Audrea Kay Merchant is a board-certified psychiatrist licensed in Tennessee, Florida, and North Carolina. She currently works at Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital and Center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where she provides adult, geriatric, and addiction psychiatry services. Previously, she worked in Lumberton, North Carolina from 2003 to 2011 as a psychiatrist for Southeastern Regional Mental Health and Southeastern Regional Medical Center.

1. Audrea Kay Merchant MD, PhD
133 Normandy Rd., Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 356-3564, (910) 536-2389
docmerchant@hotmail.com
Personal Information:
Place of birth:Misawa, Aomori-ken,Japan
Citizenship:USA
Gender:Female
Marital status:Single
Children:JosephM.MerchantIV,10 yearsold
Licensure and DEA:
Tennessee - MD0000048094
Florida- ME 111645
NorthCarolina- 200301264
DEA number– FM3029659
EmploymentHistory:
RidgeviewPsychiatricHospital andCenter,240Tyrone Rd., OakRidge,TN 37830, (865) 482-1076. Adult,
geriatric,andaddictionpsychiatry.
February2012 to current
Lead 16 bed acute unitincluding privatepay, Medicare,Medicaid,and uninsured patients
Conductpsychiatricassessment,psychopharmacology,laboratory interpretation, 1:1 supportive
psychotherapy
Superviseopiate,alcohol,and poly-substancemedicaldetoxification,and alcohol&drug
counseling

2. Lead multi-disciplinary treatmentteam
SuperviseFNPand provideproblemfocused primary care
Participatein on-call duties1 in every 4 daysand every other weekend
Staff admissionswithmobilecrisis team
Southeastern Regional Mental Health, 450 Country Club Rd., Lumberton, NC 28358, (910) 738-
5261. Adult, geriatric, and addiction psychiatry (in-patient),
Southeastern Regional Medical Center, 300 W. 27th St., Lumberton, NC 28358, (910) 671-5573.
11/2003 to 11/2011..
Initial assessment, psychopharmacology, discharge summation, laboratory and
radiological interpretation;
Supervision of 2 mid-level providers;
Dictation;
In-patient consultation and liaison for Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery,
and Pediatrics;
On-call 1 in every 4 days and 1 in every 4 weekends;
Crisis center initial assessment, psychopharmacology;
Mobile crisis team staffing.
Standardized the initial assessment and daily mental status examination documented in
the medical record for psychiatric inpatients and consult/liaison patients
Performed in-service lectures on substance abuse, medical detox for alcohol,
benzodiazepines, and opiates, and involuntary commitment processes
Residency Training:
Internal Medicine training for 2 years concurrent with Psychiatric training for 5 years
Board eligible in psychiatry
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, 2100
Stantonsburg Rd., Greenville, NC 27835, (252) 847-4100. 1998 to 2003.

3. Internal Medicine: Initial assessment, medical pharmacology, laboratory and
radiological interpretation, discharge planning and summation; consult/ liaison for
multiple sub-specialties ; emergency room assessments; supervision of medical students;
weekly continuity clinic; weekly on-call duties.
Psychiatry: Initial assessment, psychopharmacology, laboratory and radiological
interpretation, discharge planning and summation; consult/liaison service; 1 year
continuity clinic(psychotherapy and psychopharmacology); 1 year pain management
clinic; supervision of medical students and junior residents; weekly on-call duties.
Medical Education:
Duke University School of Medicine
Davison Building, 201 Trent Dr., Durham, NC 27710, (919) 684-2985 1995 to 1998.
Medical Doctorate 5/17/1998
Graduate Education and Training:
University of Michigan Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 915 E. Washington St., Ann
Arbor, MI 48109, (734) 763-0171
University of Michigan Medical School Department of Pharmacology, 1150 W. Medical Center
Dr., 1301 MSRB III, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (734) 764-8165 1989 to 1995
Doctor of Philosophy, concentration in Pharmacology 7/1/1995
Two years of didactic training followed by 4 years of laboratory research in cancer
chemotherapy;
One year teaching assistant;
Four years laboratory manager;
Doctoral Dissertation and oral defense: Biochemical Characterization of Nonapoptotic
Cell Death in Two Human Gastrointestinal Tumor Cell Lines
Grants and Fellowships:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Individual Research Grant 1990 to 1995

4. Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies Individual Research Grant
1989
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 1989
National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Research Fellowship
1989
Publications:
“Prevention of Fluorodeoxyuridine-Induced Cytotoxicity and DNA
Damage in HT29 Colon Carcinoma Cells by Conditional Expression of
Wild-Type p53 Phenotype” L.A. Parsels, R.C. Zellars, T.L. Loney, J.D.
Parcels, M.F. Clarke, A.K. Merchant, T.S. Lawrence, and J. Maybaum.
Molecular Pharmacology 52: 600-605 (1997).
“Expression of Wild-Type p53 Stimulates an Increase in Both Bax and Bcl-
xL Protein content in HT29 Cells.” A.K. Merchant, T.L. Loney, and J.
Maybaum Oncogene 13(12): 2631-2638 (1997)
“Dependence of Fluorodeoxyuridine-induced Cytotoxicity and Megabase
DNA Fragment Formation on S Phase Progression in HT29 Cells.” H.Y.
Tang, K.L. Weber, T.S. Lawrence, A.K. Merchant, and J. Maybaum. Cancer
Chemotherapy Pharmacology 37: 486-490 (1996).
“Bcl-2 Inhibits Chemotherapy-Induced Apoptosis in Neuroblastoma” M.
Dole, G. Nuñez, A.K. Merchant, J. Maybaum, C.K. Rode, C.A. Bloch, and
V.P. Castle. Cancer Research 54: 3253-9 (6/15/1994).
Organizations:
Association of Multicultural Scientists
MedStart (Advocacy is the first chapter of a child’s success story.)
Undergraduate Education:
University of Tampa, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606, (813) 253-6251, 1985 to 1989
Graduated with Honors and Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science 5/6/1989
Major: Chemistry

5. Minor: Biology
Scholarship: University of Tampa Presidential Academic Scholars Award
Employment: Chemistry Laboratory Assistant 1986 to 1989
Organizations: Association of Minority Collegians