New Physicians join Williamson Medical Group

Ysela Carillo

Williamson Medical Group is excited to announce that beginning Feb. 1, board-certified general and critical care surgeon Ysela Carrillo, M.D. and family medicine physician Dana Chandler, D.O. will join WMG as full-time providers.

Carrillo is originally from Albuquerque, NM, where she completed medical school at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Following a trauma and critical care fellowship at Vanderbilt, she remained on faculty practicing both general surgery and surgical critical care until 2004.

She then went on to practice at Texas Tech University. She returned to Nashville in private practice and in 2007 rejoined Vanderbilt University’s Department of Surgery in Williamson County. During that time she established her surgical practice at Williamson Medical Center with Vanderbilt. Over the course of the last 10 years at Williamson Medical Center, she is very accustomed to the community as well as to the WMC staff and surgery teams.

Carrillo, who has been a practicing surgeon since 1999, said she learned early on in medical school that she had strong interest in surgery and knew that it was the right career path for her. Although she enjoys taking care of basic general surgery issues, she is able to take on cases that are more difficult because of her background in critical care surgery.

Carrillo will join WMG’s surgery team consisting of A.J. Bethurum, M.D., Preston Brown, M.D., and Dustin Smith, M.D., at 4601 Carothers Parkway in Franklin, just a few blocks from the medical center.

Dana Chandler

Chandler, who hails from Adamsville, TN, will join WMG’s practice located in Thompson’s Station at Tollgate Medical Plaza. She will reunite with high school friend Anna Herring PA-C in that office.

Chandler attended medical school at Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine and after graduation did her residency with the Family Medicine Residency Program at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Since 2009, Chandler has been with Family Health Group in Mount Pleasant, TN.

Tim Burton, WMC’s associate administrator for operations, who oversees Williamson Medical Group, said he couldn’t be more excited to add two physicians the caliber of Carrillo and Chandler to the roster of WMG physicians.

About Williamson Medical Center

Williamson Medical Center offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, 24-hour emergency care, preventive health screenings and wellness activities. Services offered by Williamson Medical Center are developed to provide the most cost-effective, convenient and accessible health care possible. More than 600 physicians represent 70 medical specialties and sub-specialties. The caliber of physicians and care at Williamson Medical Center offers patients a level of expertise and sophistication one expects to find at larger facilities, but with compassion and convenience unique to WMC. In 2015, the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital Vanderbilt at Williamson Medical Center opened on our campus, adding dedicated pediatric emergent and inpatient care to our offerings. With our fully equipped pediatric rooms, we are now able to provide focused, specific care to the children of our community as well as their parents. For more information visit www.williamsonmedicalcenter.org.

ABOUT WILLIAMSON MEDICAL GROUP
Williamson Medical Group is a family of physicians and mid-level providers who practice family and internal medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, breast health, pulmonary and sleep medicine and travel medicine. With offices in Franklin, Brentwood and Thompson’s Station, the physicians and staff at WMG are focused on delivering exceptional health care to the members of our community. For more information on WMG and its physicians, please visit www.williamsonmedicalgroup.com.