CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — Betty Phillips first graduated from nursing school in 1956, working for 40 years as a nurse and returning to school to earn two additional degrees in 1976 and 1986.
But after a brief retirement in 1996, Phillips returned to the UVA Health plastic surgery clinic four years later and hasn’t left since. Now, at the age of 90, she still comes into the clinic every Monday and typically one Friday a month to do what she loves.
“I don’t realize that I’m 90, I guess,” Phillips joked. “I still think as long as I can offer something, I’d like to be here.”…