Charles Mullins

Charles Brown Mullins is an American physician and the Ashbel Smith Emeritus Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Mullins served as the executive vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Texas System and as chief executive officer at Parkland Hospital.

Mullins earned an undergraduate degree from the University of North Texas in 1954. He graduated from medical school at UT Southwestern Medical Center. After an internship in Colorado, Mullins became a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force. He completed a residency at Parkland Hospital and was a research fellow at the National Heart Institute in Bethesda.

Mullins was a cardiologist at Parkland Hospital. He directed clinical cardiology and the cardiac catheterization lab at Parkland. He was on the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern. In 1979, Mullins was hired as Parkland's CEO. During a two-year tenure as CEO, he facilitated the passage of a $90 million bond issue for improvements at the hospital. Mullins left Parkland to serve as the executive vice president for health affairs at the University of Texas System. Mullins rejoined the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2001. Mullins was named the Ashbel Smith Professor at UT Southwestern in 2004. He earned emeritus status at UT Southwestern in 2005.

Mullins was married to Stella Mullins, the former president and CEO of Mental Health America of Texas, until her 2012 death. The University of North Texas named Charles Mullins a distinguished alumnus in 1989.