Dr. Chambless Johnston from Johnson City, Tennessee, is the founder and CEO of East Tennessee Recovery where he treats people with addiction issues using integrative care. Dr. Johnston was born in Nashville and grew up in Tennessee. He went to East Tennessee State University (ETSU) for his undergraduate degree with a major in Biology and a minor in History. He went to the American University at the Caribbean School of Medicine on St. Maarten, a beautiful island in the Caribbean, and graduated in 2002. He did his internal medicine residency at East Tennessee State University and then began practicing internal medicine in 2006. In his work as a hospitalist, he encountered many patients that had addiction issues and he really wanted to provide more options for them.