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Our Providers

Pediatricians

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Dr. Stephanie Shults, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

Dr. Stephanie Shults began Shults Pediatrics, PC in September 2002 after practicing pediatrics in the Knoxville area since 1994. Dr. Shults grew up in North Knoxville and is currently married and has two daughters. After graduating from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, she attended the University of Tennessee medical school in Memphis. She then completed her pediatric residency at LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee and is board certified in pediatrics.

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Dr. Gurpreet “Tina” Bullen, MD, FAAP

Dr. Bullen has been a practicing pediatrician in Knoxville since 1994. She attended James H. Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, TN, prior to completing her pediatric internship and residency training at St. Louis Children's Hospital from 1990-1993. She worked as a hospitalist at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis before moving to Knoxville.
In joining the Shults Pediatrics team in 2015, Dr. Bullen feels she has found the perfect fit professionally.
Dr. Bullen is a board certified pediatrician.
In her spare time she keeps busy with her four children and enjoys walking, hiking, yoga and tennis.

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Dr. Rebecca Greenbaum, MD, FAAP

Dr. Rebecca Greenbaum is a board-certified pediatrician dedicated to providing compassionate care for children. Dr. Becca is originally from Florida, where she completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida. She graduated medical school from St. George's University in Grenada and completed her residency in Atlanta at Morehouse. In 2020, she moved to East Tennessee where she began working at Children's Urgent Care. In her spare time, she likes to be outdoors and spend time with her animals! Dr. Greenbaum brings a wealth of knowledge, and we are excited to have her on our team. 

Advanced Practitioners

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Sarah Jones, CPNP

Sarah Jones is a pediatric nurse practitioner and certified through the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. She earned her Bachelor and Master of Science in biology and secondary education from University of Tennessee. She returned to UT a few years later after teaching and starting a family to earn her Master of Science in Nursing. She joined Shults Pediatrics in 2009. She loves being a part of the Shults Pediatrics team and building relationships with our patients’ families. She lives in Knoxville with her husband, Casey, and four children who are growing up way too fast.

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Lauren Gaylord, CPNP

Lauren Gaylord is a pediatric nurse practitioner and is certified through the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board. Lauren is from Knoxville and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Carson-Newman College in 2006 and her Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt in 2007. Lauren enjoys cooking, regular walks with friends and watching her three boys play baseball. She is excited to be back serving the children in her hometown!

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Catherine Winchell, FNP-C

Catherine is a Family Nurse Practitioner, certified through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Catherine has been working at UT in the NICU for the last eight years. She has a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from The University of Tennessee Knoxville and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from LMU. She completed close to 200 clinic hours while completing grad school with us at Shults Pediatrics!

Additional Providers

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Tabitha Damron, LCSW

Tabitha is our newest Behavioral Health Specialist seeing patients out of our new Blount County location. She is from the Blount County area and graduated from Maryville College where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Psycology. Following graduation, she attended The University of Tennessee where she obtained her Master of Science in Social Work. Tabitha joins us from New Hope Children's Advocacy Center in Blount County where she started as a clinical therapist over 20 years ago before transitioning to lead New Hope as the Executive Director for the last 10 years. She's worked alongside Dr. Shults and Dr. Mona throughout her career and is excited to be working alongside them directly. Tabitha and her husband, Steve have been married over 20 years. Together, they have one son who keeps them busy with baseball!

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Mandy Welch, RDN

Mandy is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian in the process of completing her Masters in Nutrition. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia and internship practicum work locally in Knoxville. She had worked in Clinical practice for 10 years before taking a break to be home with her three boys. As a Client of Shults Pediatrics for the past 12 years she is thrilled at the opportunity be added to join such a dynamic team of professionals and excited to offer the addition of nutrition counseling to the practice. Hobbies: Reading, hiking, being outdoors and spending time with her family Favorite children’s Author - J.K Rowling, Barbara Park