Dominique Isaac, M.D. Family Practitioner
Dr. Isaac received her undergraduate degree in 1993 from Princeton University in Princeton, NJ. She graduated with honors form the Department of Sociology, and also received a certificate in African-American studies. She earned her medical degree in 1998 from Albany Medical College in Albany, NY. Dr. Isaac completed her residency in June 2001 at the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s-Illinois Masonic Family Practice Program in Chicago, IL, where she served as Chief Resident her final year. She is currently a physician at Asa G. Yancey Health Center where she practices the full scope of Family Medicine including pediatrics, women’s health, adult medicine and prenatal care. She is Board-certified in Family Medicine.

Denise McLaughlin, Certified Nurse Midwife, MPH
Ms. McLaughlin received her nurse-midwifery education at the State University of New York (Downstate Medical Center) in 1975 and her Masters in Public Health from Columbia University in 1978. While she has been associated with the Grady Health System since 1976, she currently provides prenatal and family planning services on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Asa G. Yancey Health Center In addition, she facilitates special group classes for pregnant women, such as a Centering Pregnancy Program, that meets on Tuesdays.

Mamie Phillips, M.D. Pediatrician
Dr. Phillips graduated from Spellman College in Atlanta, GA with a B.S. in 1974. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in 1978 and completed her residency in pediatrics at Emory University and Grady hospital in 1981. After working for many years in private practice, she joined the Emory faculty as a pediatrician at Asa G. Yancey Health Center in 2000. Dr. Phillip’s area of special interest in medicine is patient education. She is Board-certified in Pediatrics.

Michael Rafferty, M.D. Internist
Dr. Rafferty graduated from Amherst College in Amherst, MA in 1974 with B.A. in Russian Language. He received his M.D. from Boston University School of Medicine in 1979 and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC in 1982. He is Board-certified in Internal Medicine (1982). Following his training he served two years in the Indian Health Service in Kotzebue, Alaska and completed fellowship training in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of California in San Francisco. He joined the Emory University faculty and the Grady Memorial Hospital staff in 1988 following six months with the U.S. Information Agency in the former Soviet Union. He has recently participated in Grady Health System exchanges with the former Soviet republic of Georgia. His other interests include quality improvement and medical informatics.

Carla Schissel, PhD, Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner
Carla Schissel received her B.S. in nursing from the University of Pittsburgh in 1964, her Master’s of Science in nursing from the University of Maryland in 1968 and her Doctor of Philosophy from Emory University in 1979. She received her nurse practitioner certification from the University of Rochester in 1974 and is certified by the American Nurses’ Association Credentialing Center. She has been a nurse practitioner at Asa G. Yancey Health Center in adult medicine since 1974.

Betti Jo Steele, M.D. Pediatrician
Dr. Steele graduated from Mercer University in Macon, GA with a B.S. in Chemistry in 1979. She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA in 1983. 1n 1986 she completed her residency in pediatrics at Emory University and Grady Hospital. She has been on the faculty at Emory University since 1986 and has been a pediatrician at Asa G. Yancey Health Center since 1991. Dr. Steele is Board-certified in Pediatrics.
Jeanne Urschel, Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner
Jeanne Urschel graduated with a B.S. in Nursing from The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1964. She received her Masters of Science in Nursing in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at the Medical College of Georgia in 1979. In 1982 she was certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses’ Association Credentialing Center. She has provided primary care for people 16 years and older since 1979 at Asa G. Yancey Health Center.

Elizabeth Walton, M.D. Internist
Dr. Walton graduated with honors with a B.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1989 and earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in 1994. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC in 1997. Dr. Walton joined the Emory faculty and has been a physician for adult patients at Asa Yancey since 1998. Dr. Walton is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and serves as the Medical Liaison