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Phone: (276) 679-8890 Allen Mullins is a board-certified internist who works in a group practice associated with Norton Community Hospital in Norton, Virginia. At this time, the practice includes three internists and two nurse practitioners. The practice is expanding to include three family practice physicians, scheduled to join the group in September 2000. Born August 25, 1968 in Norton, Virginia, Dr. Mullins is a citizen of the United States. He grew up nearby in Clintwood, Virginia. He is married and the father of two children. In 1990, Dr. Mullins took a BS degree in Biology from Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia in Wise, Virginia. He earned an MD degree in 1994 from Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia. In 1997, he completed a three-year Internal Medicine residency at Marshall University School of Medicine. He was Chief Resident during the last year of his training. Dr. Mullins practiced with Medical Management Services at St. Mary's Hospital (now Mountain View Regional Medical Center) in Norton between 1997 and 2000, then joined Community Physicians at Norton Community Hospital in February 2000.
Mullins sees an average of 20-25 patients per day in the office. The nurse practitioner sees 10-15 patients a day. Dr. Mullins estimates that 5% of his patients are adolescents, 60% are adults under the age of 65, and 35% are senior adults. About 50% of his patients are covered by Medicaid or Medicare, 48% have commercial insurance coverage, and 2% are uninsured.
Dr. Mullins really enjoys general internal medicine. His personal interests include mountain biking, fitness, and hunting. Mullins believes that his practice is prototypical among rural internal medicine practices based in small hospitals. Residents who work with him can expect to encounter sicker patients that those seen by suburban internists, and they can expect to learn how to evaluate and treat patients without the immediate backup of a tertiary care center staffed by a full spectrum of subspecialists. Residents who rotate with Dr. Mullins may choose to stay in area motels - Holiday Inn, Country Hearth, Best Western, or Super 8. Local citizens may offer room and board in their homes. GMEC can attempt to locate a furnished house or apartment for residents, but we cannot guarantee results because short-term rentals are extremely difficult to secure in rural areas. Norton Community is a 129 bed acute care hospital that offers a standard range of services -- emergency, inpatient and outpatient care, intensive care, surgery and anesthesia, obstetrics, radiology, imaging, cardiopulmonary rehab, laboratory, nutrition, physical therapy, pharmacy, home health, and occupational medicine. Specialties represented on the active staff include: Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Podiatry, Pulmonary Medicine, Radiology, and Urology. Specialties represented on the courtesy staff include: General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Occupational Medicine, Oncology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine, Psychiatry, and Pulmonary Medicine. Norton Community is one of two hospitals in the City of Norton, the other being Mountain View Regional Medical Center. The Southwest Virginia Regional Cancer Center is also located in Norton. Norton lies in a long hollow shadowed by the northern face of spectacular Stone Mountain. The city is surrounded by land forever altered by surface (coal) mining, and its boundaries extend to those of the neighboring Town of Wise. The two municipalities share a population of around 12,000. The local economy is based on personal services, retail trade, manufacturing, communications, and transfer income (retirement pensions, disability income, and welfare benefits). In 1995, major employers included St. Mary's Hospital, Wal-Mart, Norton Community Hospital, the school board, and a Pepsi-Cola bottling plant. Two four-lane highways - US 23 and US 58 Alternate - intersect in Norton and offer easy access for travelers in Southwest Virginia and Southeast Kentucky. There are three shopping centers in the Norton/Wise area with any number of department stores, groceries, discount stores, and specialty boutiques. There is a two-screen cinema in one of the shopping centers. American, Chinese, Mexican, and Italian "sit-down" restaurants compete with many fast food vendors for the dining dollar. The Virginia/Kentucky "Opry" in downtown Norton showcases live bluegrass, gospel, and country music acts on weekends. Norton has two parks with well-equipped playgrounds in the downtown area. On Stone Mountain, high above the city streets, are the Flag Rock and High Knob recreation areas with facilities for hiking, biking, swimming, picnicking, and fishing. From a fire tower on High Knob, visitors can enjoy an awesome 360 degree view of the surrounding countryside. Just on the other side of Stone Mountain are Bark Camp Lake and High Knob Lake, both created by dams built to store municipal water supplies and prevent flash floods.
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Allen Mullins, M.D.
Dr. Mullins' office hours are
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. His practice is
located in Medical Arts Building #1 on the grounds of Norton
Community Hospital. He and a nurse practitioner share four exam
rooms and there are additional rooms available for use by residents.
There is a laboratory of moderate complexity on the premises.
Patients are referred for x-rays and other services to Norton
Community Hospital. Procedures performed in the office include
the removal of skin lesions, cryotherapy, electrocardiograms,
joint aspirations and injections. The practice has a management
information system that can track the number and diagnoses of
patients seen by residents. There is a link to the Internet in
the medical office building.
Dr. Mullins has Medicine and ICU/CCU
privileges at Norton Community Hospital, where he rounds on 5-6
patients per day. On weekends, he sees an average of 15-20 patients
in the hospital. Mullins is on call every third week, Sunday
through Saturday. He also maintains admitting privileges at Heritage
Hall Nursing Home (97 beds) in Wise, Virginia, where he visits
patients every other month. There are no call expectations for
residents.