Dr. Kitty Carter-Wicker is passionate about her life’s work. She takes pride in serving her community and partnering with her patients to achieve their best health. For more than 30 years, the Southwest Atlanta native has been practicing family medicine. As a young girl, she says she watched her late grandmother, “Kitty,” take care of elderly neighbors in their community. This had a profound impact on Carter-Wicker’s life and inspired her to become a doctor.
”I was named after my grandmother,” explained Dr. Carter-Wicker. “And I never ever wanted to hear her say, ‘I am ashamed of you having my name.’ So my whole life has been trying to make my mother and my grandmother proud of me. I never wanted to embarrass them, and that’s why I’m sitting here today as Dr. Kitty Carter-Wicker.”
The Morehouse School of Medicine alum is currently a professor of family medicine at her alma mater and serves as the medical director of the Atlanta University Center Consortium’s Student Health and Wellness Center.
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