Dr. Camille Coates-Clark completed her undergraduate studies summa cum laude at Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas where she was later inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. In 1993, she graduated with her medical degree from The Howard University College of Medicine and later completed her orthopedic surgery residency also at Howard as well as a sports medicine fellowship at Staten Island Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Staten Island, New York with an affiliation with Hospital for Special Surgery. She currently practices at the North Florida South Georgia VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida where she has served the veterans for 15 years.