New Family Medicine, Pediatrics Faculty Join College

July 29, 2016

Dr. Katie Gates has joined the College of Community Health Sciences as assistant professor of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine. Gates is a graduate of The University of Alabama Family Medicine Residency, operated by the College, where she served as chief resident. Originally from Oxford, Alabama, Gates earned her bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama. As a Rural Medical Scholar, she earned her master’s at UA in human and environmental sciences and her medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, receiving her third and fourth years of clinical education at the College, which also operates as the School of Medicine’s Tuscaloosa Regional Campus. The Rural Medical Scholars Program is for rural Alabama students who want to become physicians and practice in rural communities. Gates graduated from the College’s Family Medicine Residency in 2016.   Dr. Sara Phillips has joined the College as assistant professor of Pediatrics. Phillips is originally from Boaz, Alabama, and received her bachelor’s degree in biology from The University of Alabama. As a Rural Medical Scholar, she earned her master’s at UA in human and environmental sciences and her medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, receiving her third and fourth years of clinical education at the College, which also operates as the School of Medicine’s Tuscaloosa Regional Campus. Phillips completed her residency in pediatrics at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences