LEADERSHIP TEAM

Born the son of a cobbler in Center Point, Alabama, Bruce Irwin spent much of his childhood watching physicians and nurses tend to his father, who lost both legs in a locomotive accident. By the age of four, that experience had instilled in the young man the dream of one day becoming a doctor. After attending the University of Alabama School of Medicine and achieving that dream, Dr. Bruce Irwin was working as an emergency room physician and discovered non-emergencies were clogging up the waiting rooms. Despite his lack of education and experience in business, he sketched a plan for a network of urgent care clinics on a notepad. Today, with nearly 200 clinics and 500 in-network physicians caring for 2 million patients a year, American Family Care is the world’s leading provider of urgent care and family care.

Along with his day-to-day role as leader of a fast-growing Inc. 5000 company, throughout his career Dr. Irwin has also stayed at the forefront of medicine. Indeed, in addition to his previous Fellowship in Primary Care Development at Michigan State University and board certification from the American Board of Family Practice, Dr. Irwin has held board seats and/or memberships in organizations such as the American Academy of Family Physicians, the National Association for Ambulatory Care, the American Academy of Medical Directors, the American Board of Family Practice, and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, among others.

With the extraordinary success of AFC, Dr. Bruce Irwin has evolved into a leading philanthropist for health-related issues. In addition to serving in volunteer leadership roles and providing significant financial support to causes such as The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The American Heart Association, and The Arthritis Foundation, Dr. Irwin currently serves as Co-Chair of Alabama Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Light the Night Walk”.