Cassaundra Goins Simms, MD

Dr. Cassandra Simms is board certified in Adult and Child/adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Simms received her medical degree from the University of Kentucky in 1999. She completed her Psychiatry Residency and Child/Adolescent fellowship at the University of South Carolina. During her residency, she served on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Residency Selection Committee, and was chosen to be Chief Resident for Child & Adolescent Fellowship Program. In May 2004, Dr. Simms moved to Chattanooga Tennessee where she worked with Focus Psychiatric Services, Inc. and Parkridge Valley Hospital treating children and adolescents in an outpatient and inpatient setting. With Parkridge, Dr. Simms served on the broadcast to discuss depression and anxiety in children. In 2009, Dr. Simms became a faculty member with University of Tennessee School of Medicine where she briefly served as an instructor for clinical education where medical students shadowed for a portion of their psychiatry rotation. From August 2012 to August 2015, Dr. Simms was employed at Community Health Systems via SkyRidge Medical Center in Cleveland Tennessee. She provided outpatient care to adults and children at Behavioral Health of Cleveland. She provided inpatient care to adults at Pine Ridge Treatment Center via acute hospitalization, consultation, and intensive outpatient programs. In August 2015, Dr. Simms transitioned her outpatient private practice to Comprehensive Psychiatric Care, PLLC in Chattanooga Tennessee. She has been joined by several therapists and a Nurse Practitioner to provide services to our beloved community. She collaborates with Health Connect and Centerstone to provide medical management to clients in their program and offer supervision to nurse practitioners in the surrounding areas.