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Dr. Chase Cates, DO, MPH, AAHIVS
Medical Director Physician &#; LGBTQ Healthcare, HIV, Internal Medicine
Dr. Chase Cates grew up as a closeted kid in Dallas, TX. Seeing the consistent discrimination of LGBTQ people faced kept him in the closet until medical school.
He obtained a bachelor’s degree in biology from San Angelo, TX, and a Masters Degree in Public Health in College Station. TX. He studied in Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Seton Hill for medical academy, and completed his clinical rotations in Elmira, NY. During this time, he was on an away rotation at an HIV clinic in Dallas that ignited his passion to help this demographic. After finishing medical school, he did his residency in Internal Medicine in Searcy, AR.
While in Arkansas, he witnesses the discrimination LGBTQ people encounter in healthcare firsthand. He experienced dislike for being engaged to his partner. He had nurses make comments behind his back. He was at his limits with these abuses and did what he could and educated my peers around him. He presented several lectures regardi
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