Katie Bates, CRNA

Katie Bates, CRNA

Katie Bates was born and raised in SD. She graduated from the Mount Marty bachelors of nursing program in 1992. After working 12 years as a nurse in the Cardiac ICU and Cardiac Cath Lab setting Katie obtained her anesthesia degree from Mount Marty College in 2010. She has worked at Monument Health as a CRNA from 2010 until her moving to the Plastic Surgical Center of Rapid City in 2020.

Katie is a mother to 4 children and is married to Doug who works as a Lumber Broker with Forest Products distributors. Katie enjoys reading, traveling, hanging with her dogs and any outdoor activities that take her into the beautiful Black Hills. She is the president of the Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Rapid City chapter which is a non-profit that makes beds for kids who do not have beds of their own.

Katie enjoys working at the Plastic Surgical Center because she is able to care for the patient throughout the entire surgical experience, this gives her the opportunity to really get to know the patient, their family and share in their experience.