Betsy Collins, MD, MPH, FACOG (she/her)

Emory Distinguished Clinician

Betsy Collins, MD, MPH, is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at University of Texas at Austin and 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. It was at Ohio State where she met her wife. Eventually, they both moved to Atlanta where her wife completed a fellowship at the CDC in the Epidemic Intelligence Service program and Dr. Collins started at Emory University to complete a residency program in Gynecology and Obstetrics.

During her residency, Dr. Collins focused on care for the underserved as well as very high acuity patients from around the state of Georgia. She then stayed on as an Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics with the Generalist Division at Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) where she still continues to take care of patients as well as teach both medical students and residents. Dr. Collins currently has a part-time clinical practice in OB/GYN at EUHM. Her clinical interests are preventative medicine, healthy living through life changes, family planning and reproductive justice/ advocacy, decreasing birther morbidity and mortality, breast/chestfeeding and post-partum care. She is an advocate for the LGBTQIA patient population and continues to see a growing transgender patient base. She provides full scope Obstetrics and Gynecologic care including delivering babies, preventative health services, gynecologic care, and surgery.

In addition to her teaching and clinical practice, Dr. Collins is a very active public health advocate. She is a steering committee member at the Georgia Clinicians for Gun Safety (GC4GC), a newly formed group of concerned healthcare providers to reduce firearm injury and death in our state. She also is very active in reproductive justice advocacy, especially supporting Georgia citizens in the right to make decisions for their own bodies and to live safe and healthy lives-whatever is best for themselves and their families. Finally, she is a staunch advocate for access to affordable, high-quality health care for every person.

Dr. Collins and her wife live in Atlanta and have two children that attend Atlanta Public Schools. They have loved becoming involved in their community through local neighborhood organizations, school programs, parks, PTA and other events. They are both avid bicycle commuters and walkers and support alternative transportation options. She loves to see her patients in and around the area and enjoys catching up, hearing about their families and building community.