CENTRAL ALABAMA GASTRO - Key Persons


Brittney McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Insurance Specialist

Caitlin Lackey

Job Titles:
  • Office Nurse

Derek K. Holcombe

Dr. Holcombe grew up in South Carolina where he attended the University of South Carolina, graduating with a B.S. in Biology in 1984, summa cum laude. He graduated from the USC School of Medicine in 1988 with honors. He then moved to Alabama to train in Internal Medicine at UAB where he completed his residency in 1991. After residency, he moved to Alexander City where he practiced full time working in the Emergency Department at Russell Medical as a Board Certified Internist. During this time, he met his beautiful wife Robin, an Alexander City native. They moved to Memphis where Dr. Holcombe completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Tennessee, Memphis in 1994. He was then recruited back to Russell Medical where he has practiced as a Board Certified Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist for over 25 years. On the personal side, Dr. Holcombe enjoys a healthy lifestyle. He is an avid biker, and loves to spend time in the gym. He enjoys water sports, hunting, and snow skiing. When there is free time, he loves to spend it traveling with the beautiful women in his life, Robin and daughter Lorin. They love to travel to some of their favorite places in the Bahamas, and try to make it out west to the slopes at least once a year.

Kim Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Linda Colley

Job Titles:
  • Receptionist

Tiffany R. Patterson

Job Titles:
  • Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Tiffany Patterson is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and has been with Central Alabama Gastroenterology since 2018. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics from Jacksonville State University in 2003. She began her healthcare career as a clinical dietitian after completing internship at Morehead State University. Wanting to have a greater involvement and influence on patient health, she attended nursing school at the University of Alabama Birmingham. She received her Master of Science in Nursing from UAB in 2017 and is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Tiffany currently resides in Clay County, Alabama with her husband and their 3 children.