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Provider Spotlight | Don Pate, M.D.

Dr. Pate has been practicing in our community since 2011. He is a boardcertified General Surgeon, Fellow American College of Surgeons. For our community he is our general surgeon, a hospitalist, and over sees the New Vision drug addiction withdrawal program at the hospital.

Pate has been practicing medicine for thirty-one years; he has five years of residency training and twenty-six years of private practice experience. He received his training at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, Georgia. After training he had a private practice in Sparta, Tennessee from 1996 until 2011. He then relocated to Newport and has been here since. Dr.

Pate decided to go into medicine because his first son was born prematurely, and he spent several weeks with him at a NICU at Georgia Baptist in Atlanta. It’s here that Dr. Pate became intrigued with medicine and decided to pursue a career in healthcare. He went back to school and completed his pre-requisites, took the MCAT and got accepted into medical school.

Dr. Pate understands the family side of medical situations, as his experience is what lead him to this career, and he is passionate about the care they receive. When not at the hospital working, Pate enjoys playing golf. He is an avid golfer and has shot his age several times. He also enjoys spending time with his family, who are all Newport natives and Newport High School graduates or will be, Kay class of ’94, Ella class of ’24 and Evin class of ’30. As the picture suggests, “I love my family and we love the beach,” says Pate. Dr. Pate is always willing to lend a helping hand and Unity Health and our community are lucky to have him as part of our team.

Dr. Pate practices at Unity Health Newport Surgical Clinic at 1117 McLain St., Suite 600 in Newport. Office Hours are Monday through Thursday 8 a.m.5 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. To schedule an appointment, please call (870) 523.6796. N

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