X

Bio

Dr. Adrian Billings, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FACU, of Alpine, Texas, is a National Health Service Corps Scholar alumnus, the chief medical officer of Preventative Care Health Services FQHC in the rural Big Bend of Texas, professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Associate Academic Dean of Rural and Community Engagement, and senior fellow of the F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Additionally, he serves as senior fellow of Health Equity with the Atlantic Institute. Adrian has been a career-long community physician along the rural Texas-Mexico border of west Texas. He is an elected school board trustee for rural Alpine Independent School District, serves as an officer in the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, and works on the Board of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved. He is passionate about rural health care workforce development and enabling rural borne and educated students opportunities to enroll in health care training programs.

Professional Interests & Expertise

Education,Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs),Health Workforce,Mental and Behavioral Health,Rural Health

Organization

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-Permian Basin

Contact Adrian

    For a speaking engagement, media resource or any other reason related to their health equity work.
    -

    Equity Talk

    Equity Talk

    Learn more about Adrian's work:

    Video

    Foundations | One Health

    Opinion Piece

    Let’s Figure out how to Improve Women’s Health Across the Globe

    Opinion Piece

    Partnership in health care along the Rio Grande/Bravo

    Feature

    Early life lesson shaped rural doctor

    Feature

    A Very Dangerous Place to Be Pregnant Is Getting Even Scarier

    Commentary

    The National Health Service Corps at 50 Years

    Profile

    Playing the Long Game: Adrian Billings, MD, Deepens the Rural Physician Bench

    Journal Article

    20-year-old woman • 2 syncopal episodes • nausea • dizziness • Dx?

    Profile

    Building something bigger in the Big Bend

    Opinion Piece

    Our Health System Is Not Equipped To Vaccinate Rural Communities

    Journal Article

    The National Health Service Corps at 50: A Legacy of Impact in Partnership with The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved

    See All of Adrian's Work
    I Accept

    This site uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience. If you continue using our website, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on this website and you agree to our Privacy Policy .