Amy MD, CPE, FAAFP

Dr. Mullins currently serves as the Medical Director for Quality Improvement for the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Mullins has 14 years of experience as a family physician, including administrative expertise focused on practice transformation to the patient-centered medical home model of care. She most recently served as both a practicing family physician and as medical director at Trinity Clinic in Whitehouse, Texas, where she worked from 2002 to 2013. During her tenure there, Mullins helped lead the practice to achieve level III patient-centered medical home recognition from the National Committee on Quality Assurance. Mullins also served as a physician champion for the entire Trinity Mother Frances Health System where she facilitated system-wide medical home implementation, including a nurse navigation and care coordination program. She received the System’s Award for Excellence in Innovation in 2012.

Dr.Mullins’s current responsibilities with the AAFP include liaison work with other national organizations in the quality arena, as well as national-level policy and advocacy work emphasizing the PCMH. She also actively participates in the development, deployment, and implementation of performance measures.

Dr. Mullins has spoken extensively on the topics of patient engagement, team work in primary care, and physician engagement in transforming one’s practice to become a PCMH. A native of Texas, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biology at Abilene Christian University and her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has the AAFP Degree of Fellow, an earned degree awarded to family physicians for distinguished service and continuing medical education.