OUR TEAM
OUR TEAM
Craig M. Buettner, MD
PRACTICING SINCE 1995 | UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA TEAM PHYSICIAN SINCE 1995
Specialties
- Family Medicine
- Sports Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Wellness care for children and adults
- Disease management, including mood disorders
- Primary care sports medicine and office orthopedics
- Concussion management
Education & Training
- Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA
- Residency: University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Fellowship: American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, AL
Board Certifications
- American Board of Family Medicine
Memberships
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Medical Society of Sports Medicine
- American College of Sports Medicine
- American Sports Medicine Fellowship Society
Personal Interests
- Bible study
- Spending time with family
- Golf, tennis, and exercising
- Boating and hunting
- Watching sports, especially the University of Alabama and the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team
- Covering high school sports
Jeffery C. Laubenthal, MD
PRACTICING SINCE 2001 | UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA TEAM PHYSICIAN SINCE 2001
Specialties
- Family Medicine
- Sports Medicine
Board Certifications
- Family Medicine
- Sports Medicine
Education & Training
- Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
- Residency: Capstone Family Medicine, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Fellowship: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Jeffery C. Laubenthal, MD joined West Alabama Family Practice & Sports medicine in 2001 and has served the needs of the West Alabama community in the areas of family practice and sports medicine.
He has been a team physician for the University of Alabama since 2001, taking care of various teams throughout the years—most significantly, baseball, soccer, and softball. He has also been a team physician for several Tuscaloosa high schools, including Northridge, Brookwood, and Holy Spirit.
Dr. Laubenthal was born and raised in Birmingham. After graduation from E.B. Erwin High School he attended the University of Alabama where he excelled in academics and athletics, lettering in baseball for four years and winning the SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar Athlete of the Year in 1992. He was also a first-term academic All-American in 1993 and was honored once again by the SEC when he was named an SEC legend in 2012.
He has continued to be directly involved in the advancement of baseball at the university, being the team physician since 2001, and serving as the chair of the steering committee to raise funds for the new Sewell-Thomas Baseball Stadium.
Dr. Laubenthal has been happily married to Katherine Kelleher Laubenthal, a former USA National Team member and All-American Alabama gymnast. They have two daughters, Lilly and Claire.
Christopher Albright, CRNP
PRACTICING SINCE 2021
Specialties
- Family Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Family Medicine
- Sports Medicine
Education & Training
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Board Certifications
- Family Nurse Practitioner, ANCC
Memberships
- American Nurses Association
- Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Alabama
- Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society
Personal Interests
- Serving at church while strengthening my relationship with God
- Spending time with my wife, daughter, family, and friends
- Golf, hunting, fly fishing, and traveling
- Outdoor activities and traveling
- Roll Tide and Go Braves!
Natasha Horner, CRNP
PRACTICING SINCE 2010
Specialties
- Family Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Family Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Urgent Care
- Occupational Medicine
Education & Training
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Board Certifications
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Memberships
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Personal Interests
- Spending quality time with family
- Spoiling my grandbaby
- Embroidering and crafting
- College football
- Being outdoors
Lacey Quarles, CRNP
PRACTICING SINCE 2000
Specialties
- Family Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Family Medicine
Education & Training
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Board Certifications
- Family Nurse Practitioner
Memberships
- American Nurses Association
Personal Interests
- Outdoor activities
- Spending time with family
- Attending church
Coty Wade, CRNP
PRACTICING SINCE 2011
Specialties
- Family Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Serving people through medicine with a holistic approach, encompassing the spirit, mind and body
Education & Training
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Board Certifications
- Family Nurse Practitioner
Memberships
- American Nurses Association
Personal Interests
- Strengthening my relationship with God
- Spending time with family
- Exercising (HITT, running, yoga)
- Enjoying smooth jazz
- Member of the Alabama Army National Guard
Olivia Wright, CRNP
PRACTICING SINCE 2015
Specialties
- Family Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Family Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Urgent Care
Education & Training
- Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Board Certifications
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Memberships
- American Nurses Association
Personal Interests
- Spending quality time with family
- Small group Bible study
- Alabama football
- Water recreation
W. Blake Hubbard, PA-C
PRACTICING SINCE 2015
Specialties
- Family Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Family Medicine
- Sports Medicine
- Dermatology
Education & Training
- South University, Savannah, GA
Board Certifications
- Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE)
Memberships
- American Association of PAs
- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Personal Interests
- Athletics and golf
- Professional and college sports
- Outdoor activities
- Spending time with family and his three dogs
- Traveling