Colby P. Atkins, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Atkins was born in Norwalk, Connecticut and raised in
Newark, Delaware. He was graduated with honors from
Texas A&M University in 1981, receiving a Bachelor of
Science degree. After receiving his medical degree from
Baylor College of Medicine in 1984, he entered general
surgery training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham,
completing that training in 1990. He served Peripheral
Vascular Surgery Fellowships at Baptist Medical Center in
Memphis, Tennessee and Georgia Baptist Medical Center
in Atlanta. He was certified in General Surgery by the
American Board of Surgery in 1992 and was awarded the
certificate of added qualifications in General Vascular
Surgery in 1997. He is a fellow of the American College of
Surgeons, the Southeastern Surgical Congress, and
several other medical societies.
His wife, Dr. Lori L. Atkins, is a radiologist with a special
interest in women’s imaging.and diagnostics. They have
three children.