Kayla Williams Mehr

A native of Morristown, Kayla graduated from Morristown East High School. She is the daughter of David and Melody Williams.

Kayla graduated from the BSN program at the University of Tennessee. She served as Treasurer of the Student Nurses Association and completed an internship with the Dean of Research for the College of Nursing. She completed an internship at Morristown Hamblen Hospital and participated in a service trip to Honduras. She was the 2012 and 2013 recipient of the Artie Ruth Reilly nursing scholarship.  She earned her Master of Science in Nursing from the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

Kayla is board certified by the ANCC as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP). She is a designee for the State Opioid Treatment Authority and provides educational assistance primarily focused on Medications for Opioid Use Disorder within the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services’ Department of Clinical Leadership. She serves as the Program Manager for the Homebuilders grant, which provides evidence-based intensive family preservation services in the Middle Tennessee area.  Previously, she provided medication management and therapy services in the post-acute and outpatient psychiatric care settings.

Kayla resides in Smyrna, Tennessee with her son Williams (Will).