1. Curriculum Vitae
Alan Heins, MD, MPH
June 13, 2016
Personal Information
Home—Mailing Address
1012 Brandywine Road
Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
Phone—(251) 504-0572
Corporate Office—Island Medical Management
100 Washington Street, Suite 102
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone—(256) 801-3108
aheins@immh.com
Clinical Practices—Island Medical Management
Cullman Regional Medical Center
1912 AL-157
Cullman, AL 35058
Decatur Morgan Hospital
1201 7th
Street SE
Decatur, AL 35601
University of Alabama Student Health Center
750 5th
Avenue East
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
University of South Alabama (USA) Children’s and Women’s Hospital
Evaluation Center, 1700 Center Street
Mobile, Alabama 36604
Employment History—Administration and Clinical Practice
Director of the Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program, based at Cullman Regional
Medical Center, Island Medical Management. This is a one-year fellowship training
Family Medicine and Medicine-Pediatrics residency graduates in emergency medicine.
August, 2015—present.
Assistant Medical Director and Attending Physician, Island Medical Management, a
national, physician practice management group. Clinical and administrative work in
several sites in Alabama including Decatur Morgan Hospital, Decatur, AL; Walker
Baptist Hospital, Jasper, AL; Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL; Shelby

2. Baptist Hospital, Alabaster, AL, and Cullman Regional Medical Center—May, 2011-
present. All are moderate to high acuity EDs with volumes ranging from 36,000-50,000
patients per year. Created and administered the Quality Management program, managed
financial performance and physician and mid-level provider development, and developed
a company-wide initiative to incorporate scribes in our clinical practice.
Attending Physician, University of Alabama Student Health Center, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama—October, 2014-present. Provide urgent and primary care services for the
students of the University of Alabama. The Student Health Center sees about 40,000
patient visits per year.
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Services, DCH Regional Medical
Center, Tuscaloosa, AL—November, 2009-April, 2011. Full-time, partnership track
physician. The DCH ED is a Level 2 trauma center, with 70,000 annual visits and very
high acuity patient population.
Medical Director, Evaluation Center, University of South Alabama (USA) Children’s and
Women’s Hospital, Mobile, Alabama—January, 2008-December, 2009. Attending
Physician, Evaluation Center, University of South Alabama (USA) Children’s and
Women’s Hospital, Mobile, Alabama—December, 2009-present. Reported directly to
hospital CEO. Supervised physician and nurse practitioner staff. Managed financial
performance, quality, education, and productivity. Represented department on hospital
and medical staff committees.
Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama
(USA) Hospital System—July, 2003-December, 2009. USA Medical Center is an
academic medical center and Level 1 trauma center, with 30,000 annual visits and high
acuity patient population. USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital is an academic medical
center with very large Level 3 NICU and an Evaluation Center with 32,000 annual visits,
85% of which are pediatric patients. USA Knollwood Hospital is an academic-affiliated
community hospital with 26,000 annual ED visits, sold to another hospital system in
2006.
Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, USA Knollwood Hospital—
December, 2003-July, 2006 when hospital was sold. Reported to Chair, USA Department
of Emergency Medicine. Managed quality and productivity. Supervised nurse
practitioners.
Education
M.P.H., Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA—May, 2009.
M.D., University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida—May, 2000.
B.S., Biology, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, Florida—May, 1996.

3. Post-graduate Training and Certification
Certified, American Board of Emergency Medicine, Number 20030033, Expires
December 31, 2024.
Residency, University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Baltimore,
Maryland. Clinical training sites include University of Maryland Medical Center, R
Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Mercy Medical Center, and Baltimore Veterans
Administration Hospital, all in Baltimore, Maryland; and Children’s National Medical
Center, Washington, D.C.—June, 2000-June, 2003.
Roles in Academic Medicine
Director, Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program, based at Cullman Regional Medical
Center, Cullman, AL. This is a one-year program to train primary care residency
graduates to provide high-quality emergency care.
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Alabama, Department of Pediatrics—
Current. Conduct bedside teaching of residents, medical students, and physician assistant
students in the Evaluation Center, USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital.
Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa
Campus College of Community Health Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL—January, 2010-April,
2011. Conduct bedside teaching of residents, medical students, and nurse practitioner
students. Perform clinical and epidemiologic research.
Associate Professor, University of South Alabama (USA) College of Medicine, Mobile,
AL, Departments of Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, and Physician Assistant Studies—
July, 2003-December, 2009. Conducted didactic and bedside teaching of residents and
medical, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant students. Performed clinical,
educational, and epidemiologic research.
Resident Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical
System, Baltimore, Maryland—June, 2000-June, 2003.
Medical Licensures
Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, unrestricted license to practice medicine—
Number 00025163, expires December 31, 2016.
State of Alabama controlled substance certification—Number 00025163, expires
December 31, 2016.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration controlled substance registration—Number
BH7449172, expires October 31, 2016.

4. Professional Memberships
American Medical Association (AMA)—1996-present.
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)—1997-present. Fellow status—
2006-present.
Honors and Awards
State Leadership Award, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2009.
Elected Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 2006.
Scholarship award to The American Pain Society Essentials of Pain Management
Program, 2005.
Outstanding Resident Achievement Award, University of Maryland Emergency Medicine
Residency Program, 2003.
AMA Foundation Leadership Award, 2002.
Alpha Omega Alpha Service Award, 2000.
Doctor’s Doctor Award for Excellence, given by the University of South Florida College
of Medicine Class of 2000 to “The Doctor We Would Choose As Our Own,” 2000.
SAEM Award for Excellence in Emergency Medicine, 2000.
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, elected Spring, 1999.
Sanford A. Mullen Community Service Award of the Florida Medical Association, 1999.
Robert G. Nelson Award of the Florida Obstetric and Gynecology Society, for most
outstanding achievement in Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship, 1999.
Pharmacia and Upjohn Award for Excellence in Clinical Pharmacology, 1998.
USF Department of Physiology and Biophysics Award for Excellence, 1997.
Publications
Journals, peer-reviewed
Friedman BW, Solorzano C, Esses D, Xia S, Hochberg M, Dua N, Heins A, Sasso P,
Bijur PE, Lipton RB, Gallagher J. Treating Headache Recurrence After Emergency

5. Department Discharge: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Naproxen Versus Sumatriptan.
Ann Emerg Med. 2010;56(1):7-17.
Heins A, Homel P, Safdar B, Todd K. Physician Race/Ethnicity Predicts Successful
Emergency Department Analgesia. J Pain. 2010;11(7):692-7.
Wiler JL, Gentle C, Halfpenny JM, Heins A, Mehrotra A, Mikhail MG, Fite D.
Optimizing Emergency Department Front-End Operations. Ann Emerg Med.
2010;55:142-60.
Safdar B, Heins A, Homel P, Miner J, Neighbor M, DeSandre P, Todd KH. Impact of
Physician and Patient Gender on Pain Management in the Emergency
Department - A Multi-Center Study. Pain Medicine. 2009;10(2):364-
72..
Heins A. Ensuring Color-Blind Care. Emerg Med. 2009, March:15-17.
Heins JK, Heins A. Management of Emergency Department Patients With Boxer's
Fractures: Functional Treatment or Immobilization. Adv Emerg Nurs J. December, 2008.
Heins JK, Heins A. An Unusual Cause of Knee Pain Discovered at a Nurse-Practitioner
Clinic. J Am Acad Nurs Pract. 2008;20:563-6..
Moore LP, Heins JK, Heins A. A 49-year-old Woman with Multiple Episodes of
Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, and Torsades de Pointes, Requiring
211 Defibrillatory Shocks. J Emerg Nurs. 2007;33(4):352-5.
Heins A, Grammas M, Heins JK, Costello M, Huang K, Mishra S. Determinants of
variation in analgesic and opioid prescribing practice in an emergency department. J
Opioid Manage. 2006;2(6):335-340.
Costello MW, Heins A, Zirkin D. Envenomations. EM Practice. 2006;8(9):1-28.
Heins JK, Heins A, Grammas M, Costello M, Huang K, Mishra S. Disparities in
Analgesia and Opioid Prescribing Practices for Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain in the
Emergency Department. J Emerg Nurs. 2006:32:219-24.
Witting MD, Magder L, Heins AE, Mattu A, Granja CA, Baumgarten M. ED predictors
of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding in patients without hematemesis. Am J Emerg
Med. 2006;24:280-5.
Heins A, Farley H, Maddow CL, Williams A. A Research Agenda for Studying the
Effect of ED Crowding on Clinical Education. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12(6):529-32.

6. Heins A, Grammas M, Heins JK, Costello M. Disparities in Emergency Department
(ED) Pain Management. (Abstract) Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12(5 Supplement 1):158.
Full article published in the Journal of Emergency Nursing, see above.
Witting MD, Magder L, Heins AE, Mattu A, Granja C, Baumgarten M. Gastrointestinal
bleeding source prediction in patients without hematemesis. (Abstract) Acad Emerg
Med. 2004;11(5):479. Full article published and listed above.
Witting MD, Magder L, Heins AE, Mattu A, Granja C, Baumgarten M. Usefulness and
validity of diagnostic nasogastric aspiration in patients without hematemesis. Ann Emerg
Med. 2004;43:525-32.
Heins A, Keehn C. Financial crisis for medical students and residents. Ann Emerg Med.
2003;41(5):733-5.
Heins A, Brown J, Weis D, Lichenstein R. Clinical predictors of danger to self or others
in pediatric emergency department (ED) patients with psychiatric complaints. Ped Res.
2002;51(4):618 Part 2 Suppl.
Heins A, Euerle B. Application of chronobiology to resident physician work scheduling.
Ann Emerg Med. 2002;39(4):444-7.
Other publications
Heins A. La Clinica: A Doctor’s Journey Across Borders (Book Review). Ann Emerg
Med. 2009;54(1):145.
Heins A. Urinary Tract Infections. In Abdominal Emergencies, David Cline and Latha
Stead editors. McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Heins A. Chronic Abdominal Pain. In Abdominal Emergencies, David Cline and Latha
Stead editors. McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Heins A, Solomon RC. Focus On: Effective Acute Pain Management. ACEP News.
2005;24(10):15-6.
Heins A. Rational work scheduling for residents. Virtual Mentor. August 1, 2002, at
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8562.html.
Proffered Communications
Poster presentations
Heins A, Rask K, Houry D. Trends and disparities in ED asthma care, 1992-2006.
Presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly and
Research Forum, Boston, MA, October, 2009.

7. Heins A, Liang S, Richardson L. Epidemiology of Prolonged ED Length of Stay.
Presented at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly and
Research Forum, Boston, MA, October, 2009.
Heins A, Homel P, Safdar B, Todd K. Physician Race Predicts Patient Response to
Emergency Department Analgesia. Presented at the American Pain Society conference,
San Diego, CA, May 2009.
Heins A, Grammas M, Heins JK, Costello M. Disparities in Emergency Department
(ED) Pain Management. SAEM Annual Meeting, New York, NY—May, 2005.
Heins A. Hand, foot, and mouth disease. Clinical Pearls and Visual Diagnosis Contest.
SAEM Annual Meeting, Boston, MA—May, 2003.
Heins A. CATCH (Community Action to Check Hypertension) Health Fairs:
Encouraging Medical Student Participation in Community Service. 33rd
Annual Spring
Conference, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Orlando, Florida—May, 2000.
Heins A, Jenkins M, Youngberg RS. Needs Assessment of a Free Clinic Serving
Farmworkers. 33rd
Annual Spring Conference, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine,
Orlando, Florida—May, 2000.
Heins A, Dao ML. Purification and Characterization of Collagenolytic Enzyme in
Streptococcus mutans. Suncoast Biomolecular Conference, Tampa, Florida—October,
1996.
Other Administrative Service
Faculty Senate, University of South Alabama—2007-8.
Student Promotions and Evaluations Committee, University of South Alabama College of
Medicine—2007-2009.
Director of Scholarly Activity, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South
Alabama College of Medicine—2006-2009.
Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Emergency Medicine,
University of South Alabama College of Medicine—2006-2009.
ED Committee, University of South Alabama Medical Center—2006-2009.
Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of South Alabama
Knollwood Hospital, Mobile, AL—2003-January, 2006. Hospital sold.

8. President, House Staff Association of the University of Maryland Medical System—
2002-2003; Vice President—2001-2002.
Performance Improvement Steering Committee, University of Maryland Medical System
—2001-2003.
Graduate Medical Education Committee, University of Maryland Medical System—
2001-2003.
Curricular Renewal Retreats and Working Groups, USF College of Medicine—1999-
2000.
Liaison Committee on Medical Education Self-Study Committee-Research, USF College
of Medicine—1998-1999.
Community and Professional Service
International
Healthy Africa Foundation, Member, Advisory Board—2009-present.
Medical mission work, Baptist Medical Center, Nalerigu, Ghana—2007 and 2009.
Medical mission work, Rio Negro, Guatemala—2008.
National
American College of Emergency Physicians: Public Health and Injury Control (PHIC)
Committee member—2007-present; PHIC subcommittee chair—2007-present;
Emergency Medicine Practice Committee (EMPC)—2006-2009; Academic Affairs
Committee (AAC) member—2000-present; AAC subcommittee chair—2002-2005.
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine: Membership Committee—2006-2009;
Program Committee—2002-4.
Reviewer, Academic Emergency Medicine—2002-present.
Reviewer, Journal of Opioid Management—2006-present.
Reviewer, Journal of Pain Medicine—2006-present.
Reviewer, Annals of Emergency Medicine—2007-present.
Reviewer, American Journal of Public Health—2008-present.
Reviewer, European Journal of Emergency Medicine—2013-present.