Overview

Dr. Collins is originally from Cleveland, Ohio and completed her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. She then went on to complete a combined degree at The Ohio State University in Medicine and a Masters of Public Health with a focus on Policy and Management. Her entire family are alumni of Ohio State, where she also met her wife. Dr. Collins' wife matched at the CDC in the Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship in Atlanta as she was finishing medical school and Dr. Collins was fortunate to match at Emory University in Gynecology and Obstetrics for residency in Atlanta.

Emory's residency, which focuses on addressing health disparities and promoting health equity, well-prepared her to care for very high acuity patients from around the state of Georgia as well as for academic practice in Atlanta. Dr. Collins stayed on as an Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics with the Generalist Division at Emory University Hospital Midtown. She also teaches both medical students and residents.

Dr. Collins has a part-time clinical practice in OB/GYN at Emory Midtown. Her clinical interests are preventative medicine, healthy living through life changes, family planning, and reproductive justice/ advocacy, decreasing maternal morbidity and mortality (especially in patients of color), breastfeeding and postpartum care, and LGBTQIA patient care. She has a growing transgender patient population and while she does not provide hormone management, she does provide well adult exams including chest exams, pap smears, STD testing and management, PReP, and gynecologic surgery. She also sees pregnant patients and GYN surgery consults including for laparoscopic and vaginal hysterectomy, fibroid removal, ovarian cysts, and abnormal bleeding management, to name a few.

She and her wife now own a home in Atlanta and have two children in Atlanta Public Schools. They have loved getting to know their community through involvement in the local neighborhood organization, public school, parks, PTA and other events. They are avid bicycle commuters and walkers and support alternative transportation options. She often sees patients around town and always enjoy catching up, hearing about their families and building community.

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine

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Research