Keisha Callins, MD, MPH

Dr. Keisha Reneé Callins, M.D., M.P.H, is an obstetrician/gynecologist with Community Health Care Systems, a federally qualified health center network in central Georgia. She currently serves as chair of the National Advisory Council for the National Health Service Corps and was a former NHSC scholar. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor and Joy McCann Endowed Professor with Mercer University School of Medicine. She was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Georgia Composite Medical Board (2014-2018), and the Sandra Dunagan Deal Early Language and Literacy Board (2017 to present). She serves on the board of directors for the Healthcare Georgia Foundation Board, the Georgia State Medical Association, and the Bibb County Medical Society. She is the chair of the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) Task Force on Physician/Health Care Workforce Resilience and the Georgia OB/GYN Society Breastfeeding Medicine Committee. She has participated in several leadership opportunities such as Leadership Georgia, MAG’s Georgia Physicians Leadership Academy, and the C.H.A.M.P.S. Transformational Healthcare Leadership Fellowship at Morehouse School of Medicine. She is a member of the Middle Georgia Medical Society, Rotary Club, Junior League, and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Callins earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of Virginia; Master’s in Public Health degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health; Doctor of Medicine degree from Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and graduate medical training at MSM OB/GYN Residency Program. Dr. Callins brings a wealth of knowledge to women’s health for rural and underserved populations and is actively involved in pipeline mentorship, translational research, and community engagement. Her personal mission statement is, “You may not be able to change the world, but you can change the world of everyone with whom you interact”.