Christopher P. Ashley, MD

Dr. Christopher Ashley was raised the youngest of six children in Charlotte, Tennessee, and graduated from Dickson County High School near Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Ashley received both a B.A. and a B.S. from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville graduating Summa Cum Laude. He then graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. degree in Radiological Technology and Certification in Nuclear Medicine from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Following his medical school education, Dr. Ashley completed his internship and residency at the University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Dr. Ashley and his wife of eighteen years, Toni, have five children: Zackary, Haley, Noah, Elijah, and Isbella. He, Toni, Zackary, Haley, and Noah all take and compete in Taekwondo, as well as play competitive soccer. Eli and Isabella have been involved in gymnastics. Dr. Ashley enjoys spending time with his active family, he is state licensed to coach soccer at a club level and has coached youth baseball, Pop Warner football, and basketball.

Education

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  Nashville, TN
  Nuclear Medicine Technology Program, Summa Cum Laude
  (1988-1989)

• Austin Peay State University
  Clarksville, TN (B.S. Radiological Technology, Summa Cum Laude)
  (1987-1988)

• Austin Peay State University
  Clarkville, TN (B.A. - Chemical & Biology, Cum Laude)
  (1983-1987)

• Meharry Medical College
  Nashville, TN (M.D. - 1989-1993)

• Internship
  University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences
  Little Rock, AK
  Transitional Internship (1993-1994)

• Residency
  University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences
  Little Rock, AK
  Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Residency Training
  Chief Resident (1996-1997)
  

Professional Organization Membership

• American Medical Association
• American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation
• American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• Association of Academic Physiatrists
• Tennessee Medical Association