Krystle Graham, DO
Psychiatry Residency Training Director
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine; Erie, PA
Residency: Medical College of Georgia; Augusta, GA
Dr. Graham is passionate about educating residents and medical students in community mental health and is proud to be part of the founding team to develop a training program within a Community Service Board. She has dedicated her career to providing mental health care to underserved individuals and those with severe and persistent mental illness and works primarily in the inpatient setting.
Prior to moving to Savannah, Dr. Graham served as the founding Residency Program Director at Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC, Medical Director of Adult and Geriatric services in Augusta, GA, as well as various academic leadership roles. She is currently an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry at Mercer University School of Medicine and serves as the Southeast Regional Clerkship Director for Medical College of Georgia.
Dr. Graham is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and co-chairs the Distinguished Fellowship Selection Committee through the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association. Nationally, she is the senior representative for the American Association of Psychiatry Residency Training Directors (AADPRT) to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)’s Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS). As the CFAS representative, she serves as a voice for psychiatrists and trainees within AAMC’s leadership and governance structures.
Dr. Graham is originally from Ohio and loves the coastal weather and friendly community. She lives on the water with her husband, three children, and three dogs. She enjoys biking, boating, exploring local coffee shops and restaurants, dolphin watching from her dock, and the beautiful evening sunsets.
Chrissie Clure, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Associate Training Director
Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Services
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia; Augusta, GA
Psychiatry Residency: Medical University of South Carolina; Charleston, SC
Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, MUSC; Charleston, SC
Fellowship: Addiction Psychiatry, MUSC; Charleston, SC
Dr. Clure has been the Assistant Director of the Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Program at the Medical University of South Carolina and is currently the Medical Director for Gateway and the Medical Director of the Lakeside Crisis Stabilization Unit for Children and Adolescents in Savannah, Georgia. She also directs the psychiatry clinical rotation for South University’s PA program.
Dr. Clure specializes in the treatment of adults, children and adolescents across the full continuum of care from outpatient to residential services and has extensive experience in treating high acuity youth and those in crisis.
Her board certifications include the American Board of Obesity Medicine and also serves on the local board for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Alexandra Dodd, MD
Psychiatry Residency Assistant Training Director
Psychiatrist
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia; Augusta, GA
Residency: University of South Carolina; Greenville, SC
Dr. Dodd is a psychiatrist at Gateway Behavioral Health Services in Savannah, GA, serving as an attending physician for the resident rotations at the outpatient Azalea Clinic, same-day access clinic at the BHCC, and telepsychiatry. She is also the ACT team psychiatrist for AmericanWork's Savannah Assertive Community Treatment team, where she specializes in community treatment of adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Dr. Dodd is a graduate of the University of Georgia Honors Program in Athens, GA, where she completed her B.S. in Chemistry in 2013, and a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA, where she completed her Medical Doctorate in 2017. She completed her psychiatry residency training at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville Psychiatry Residency Program, where she also served as chief resident, and moonlighted at South Carolina Department of Mental Health's Patrick B Harris Psychiatric Hospital and at Prisma Health- Marshall I Pickens hospital.
Dr. Dodd has had a passion for teaching since a young age, and has assisted and directed educational activities for learners ranging from 4th grade science students, to high school, undergraduate, medical school, and graduate medical education.
In addition to providing clinical supervision, she enjoys teaching didactics and assisting residents with board preparation. She is delighted to be in beautiful seaside Savannah, and when not providing psychiatric care or teaching, likes to spend time on reading, gardening, travel, and music.
Paige Marnell, MD
Addiction Medicine Fellowship Training Director
Medical Director, Addiction Services
Medical School: New York Medical College; Valhalla, NY
Residency: The University of Chicago; Chicago, IL
Fellowship: Addiction Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern; Dallas, TX
Dr. Marnell is board-certified in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventative Medicine and General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She completed her residency training at The University of Chicago and fellowship training in Addiction Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern. She is passionate about expanding addiction graduate medical education, recently developing an Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program at her institution where she currently serves as the Program Director. Furthermore, she broadened the core general psychiatry curriculum to include extensive addiction training, yielding addiction-competent graduates. She is a fierce advocate for ensuring widespread MOUD access to all persons in her community and created the first community-based harm reduction program in Chatham County. She has served in multiple leadership roles including the Board of Trustees for the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association, Medical Director of Addiction Treatment Services for Magnolia/Gateway Community Service Board, and has a faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry, Mercer University School of Medicine.
She lives in beloved Savannah, GA with her husband, two daughters, and senior retired-racing greyhound, Samson.
Jay Synn, MD
Medical Director, Savannah Behavioral Health Crisis Center
Medical School: Tulane School of Medicine; New Orleans, LA
Residency: Eisenhower Army Medical Center; Fort Gordon, GA
Dr. Jay Synn is a board certified psychiatrist with 24 years of clinical experience. After graduating from Tulane School of Medicine, he completed his residency at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Fort Gordon, GA. He served as Chief of Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic at Darnall Army Medical Center for 2 years, then served as Chief of First Calvary Division Mental Health Clinic at Ft. Hood, TX.
Following his military service, Dr. Synn went into private practice for twenty years in Hickory, NC where he gained experience in inpatient care at an 80+bed psychiatric hospital and outpatient care at his private outpatient clinic. He has experience in community mental health as a provider for ACTT and assisted-living facilities, and has extensive experience in medication-assisted treatment programs while serving as both provider and medical director at a substance abuse treatment center.
Dr. Synn enjoys fishing, biking, and spending time with his wife, 3 grown children, and 2 rescue pups
Kevin Winders, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Director
Azalea Clinic Site Director
Medical School: Emory University; Atlanta, GA
Residency: Emory University; Atlanta, GA
Fellowship: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Emory University; Atlanta, GA
Dr. Winders was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia and received a B.S. degree from the University of Georgia. He spent 9 years at Emory University completing medical school, a general psychiatry residency and a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship.
Dr. Winders has been in private practice in Savannah since 2000 and on faculty at the Gateway Behavioral Health Psychiatry Residency Program since 2020.
Dr. Winders is board certified in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and past president of the Georgia Psychiatric Physician's Association (GPPA.) He currently serves on the GPPA CME and Ethics committees.
Dr. Winders enjoys spending time with his family, boating and learning to play several musical instruments.