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Dr. Ed Collins graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1981. His practice focuses on medical dermatology. He specializes in early identification and treatment of pre-cancerous and cancerous skin lesions

After graduating from Texas A&M University in 1977 and Baylor College of Medicine in 1981 he completed one year of Internal Medicine residency before completing a 3 year residency in dermatology in 1985.  He returned to his hometown of Beaumont, TX in 1990 to establish his practice.  He has served as a volunteer attending clinical professor of dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston since 1985.  This experience enabled him to remain on the cutting edge of dermatological diseases and treatments.  It was here that he met his future partner Dr. Janna Nunez-Gussman.

Over the course of practicing medicine in Beaumont Dr. Collins has established a reputation as an extremely competent, caring physician who treats the entire patient.  He looks forward to many more years of being able to care for the people of the Golden Triangle.

Dr. Nunez is a native of Groves.  She completed her undergraduate studies at Lamar University before going on to medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School.  After graduation from medical school in 1999, Dr. Nunez completed a three-year residency in dermatology at Baylor College of Medicine in 2003. While there she worked with Dr. Collins in his capacity as an attending physician.  As a result of their mutual respect for their clinical expertise in dermatology Dr. Nunez accepted a partnership with Dr. Collins in Beaumont.

She completed an advanced fellowship in Mohs Micrographic Surgery in 2004 and is a board-certified Mohs surgeon.  Her skill in treating complex skin cancers with minimal disfigurement is well-known in the Golden Triangle.  Her patients describe her as gentle, caring and compassionate.

Ashley Brew, FNP started working for Dr. Collins in 2004, after completing high school. When she hired on, she was helping with many different clerical duties. Later, she started to have an interest in the clinical dermatology side of work and became a medical assistant, working her way up to Clinical Manager, overseeing all clinical staff functions. After roughly 15 years with the practice, Ashley realized dermatology was her passion.

She attended Lamar State College-Orange and received both her LVN certificate and RN degree. When the pandemic started in 2020, Ashley left to work in different settings such as hospitals and rehabilitation centers to contribute her new skills to the people of Southeast Texas. During this time, she remained in school to obtain her BSN from University of Texas - Arlington and then her MSN with a concentration in Family Nurse Practitioner from Herzing University.

Ashley has now returned to our clinic as a Nurse Practitioner with Dr. Collins and is board-certified from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Ashley is thankful for the opportunity to join Dr. Collins' practice and add a female dermatology clinician to this region.