Carrie M. Phillips, PA-C is a physician assistant specializing in rheumatology at the Arthritis Center of North Georgia, seeing patients at the Gainesville location. With seventeen years of clinical experience and more than a decade focused exclusively on rheumatology, Carrie is one of the most seasoned providers in the practice — and in the north Georgia rheumatology community.

A north Georgia native raised in Blue Ridge, Carrie earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega before completing her Master of Physician Assistant Studies at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. She has been licensed in Georgia since 2008 and holds national certification through the NCCPA.

Before joining ACNG in 2013, Carrie spent more than four years as a physician assistant in nephrology, managing patients with chronic kidney disease, lupus nephritis, vasculitis, and renal transplant. That background gives her a uniquely deep understanding of systemic autoimmune disease and its effects across multiple organ systems — expertise that is particularly valuable for patients with complex or overlapping conditions.

In her rheumatology practice, Carrie provides comprehensive management of autoimmune and inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, the spondyloarthropathies, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren’s syndrome, systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), inflammatory myopathy (polymyositis and dermatomyositis), Raynaud phenomenon, vasculitis, crystalline arthropathies (gout and pseudogout), and osteoporosis. She is experienced in managing complex medication regimens including biologics, DMARDs, corticosteroids, and immunosuppressants, and performs joint and bursal injections and arthrocentesis in the office.

Carrie is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, the Georgia Society of Rheumatology, and the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Outside of the clinic, Carrie enjoys hiking, traveling, and home projects — still rooted in the north Georgia mountains she grew up in.