Dr. Spells is Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and completed fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry. Her medical degree was earned from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She completed her general psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Spells is licensed in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, and the United States Virgin Islands. She has a broad range of experience across multiple age ranges and treatment settings and adapts well to the challenges of underserved environments. Dr. Spells also has facilitated the start of two Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities in North Carolina in addition to two mental health agencies, also in North Carolina. Her experiences in corrections, forensics, community mental health, private practice, inpatient, residential, consultation and liaison, emergency psychiatry, and telepsychiatry contribute to her strong ability to maintain flexibility in the constantly changing world of medicine.