Dr. Bates has been in private practice in Plano since 1999. She is proud to be a member of the community, and has been privileged to help many patients over the years. Dr. Bates has served as chief of medicine at Medical Center of Plano, and is a regular local speaker on a variety of medical topics. Dr. Bates is Board Certified in Internal Medicine by the National Board of Medical Examiners, and certified by Cenegenics Education and Research Foundation in age-management medicine. In addition, she has completed training in medically supervised weight loss and bioidentical hormone replacement pellet therapy. She is currently working on a Board Certification and Fellowship in anti-aging and regenerative medicine.