Caroline B. Pate

Caroline Pate, OD, FAAO is a Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Pate earned her undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College, her OD degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, and completed a residency in Family Practice at UAB School of Optometry. She has been a member of the UAB Optometry faculty since 2005, where she teaches Diseases of the Anterior Segment and serves as the Director of Residency Programs. Dr. Pate received the Alabama Optometric Association’s Young OD of the Year in 2014, the UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2017, the Alabama Optometric Association's Educator of the Year Award in 2019, and the AOA's Educator of the Year Award in 2020.