Dr. Pauline Ann Wills-Rollins, MD

Dr. Pauline Ann Wills-Rollins, daughter of Dorothy Wills and Desmond Rollins was born on February 20, 1956, in Georgetown, Guyana, South America.  Pauline was one of the middle child of a set of boy and girl twins with 5 siblings, consisting of four sisters and one brother (Camille Wills, Desiree Rollins, Peter Berkley Rollins, Dr. Charline Tessa Wills White, and Rosemond Rollins). Pauline started her formal education at Saint Ambrose Primary School in Guyana. After migrating to the United States in 1966, she completed her elementary education at Public School 20, in Brooklyn, New York.  Pauline excelled in all her academics as well as extracurricular activities and graduated with honors.  In 1967, she attended Rothschild Junior High School in Brooklyn, New York and again graduated with honors in June, 1970.  Pauline with her bright and enthusiastic outlook on life even then, attended the newly opened John Dewey High School, that was modeled after John Dewey and his beliefs on how students learn best.  She completed her high school education at the age of 16, in 1972, and again graduated with honors and majored in Biology. Pauline was so eager for learning that she could not wait to enter college, so she started her Colligate studies at the age of 16.  In 1972, Pauline was one of the youngest students to begin her undergraduate studies at the State University of New York at Albany, and continued her studies in Biology and Pre-Med.  In 1977, she was now on her way to bring her dreams to fruition of becoming a doctor, which had always been her first love.  Pauline graduated from State University of New York at Albany with a Bachelor of Science degree. Pauline always felt that the world was her oasis and started traveling while in undergraduate school with, unknowing at the time, her lifelong friends (Judy, Sharon, Tina, Darlene, Fran, and Lynn).  These girls were unstoppable.  After her travels to Europe, she went on to earn her degree in Medicine. In 1977, Pauline began her studies at State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine to earn her Doctrine in Medicine. She graduated from Medical school at the age of 24, in June, 1981.  She then proceeded to complete her internship at the Montefiore-Albert Einstein Hospital in Bronx, New York.  After Pauline passed her Medical Boards Examination in July, 1982, and received her license for professional practice as a physician in the State of New York.  She then applied for and received her certification in Physician’s and Surgeon’s, to practice in the State of California, and accepted and completed her Residency in California, at the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, which she completed in 1984. Now, with her Medical Doctrine, Pauline went on to specialize in community based, general Pediatrics and family practice, where she was able to focus on children and their family health concerns with a passion.  Pauline joined the Arlington Medical Group in Oakland, California and made this her home.  She later opened her own practice in Richmond, California, where she focused on low income families and their needs for better health care. She also served as Medical Director and on faculty at Washington University in St Louis Missouri. In addition, Pauline was affiliated with Brookside Medical Group, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, and also Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California. She also spent time practicing Pediatrics in Visalia, California.  Pauline was a physician, that adhered to the principal that patients should be educated first and in so doing the cost of their health care would be reduced. Pauline’s interest in Alternative Medicine and her re-education in the area of energy medicine, quantum mechanics, quantum physics as it pertains to the dynamic measurements of human physiology, she then became a Certified Biofeedback Specialist. Pauline was also the current Chair-Woman of the MBACB of North America.  Combing her knowledge in Alternative health, herb, biofeedback and a naturalistic approach to healing, she continued her works with medicine, and again opened her own practice in Redding, California, Maat Energy Biofeedback & Nutrition. She provided holistic healing therapy, herbal medicines, nutritional guides, and Biofeedback for her patients.  This time she was not just caring for the low income patients, but also included seniors, disabled, and disadvantaged patients in need of medical care. Pauline was a world traveler. She traveled to Europe, Africa, South America, West Indies, and even crossed the Indian Ocean. Her travels to Africa was to serve the many needy children and search for her ancestral roots in Ghana.  She visited Budapest to further her studies in Biofeedback so she could offer her patients treatments that would encompass the entire body and soul.  Pauline’s focus was to go to the area where healing takes place first, which was the Human Energetic Field, that was internal, and then to focus on the Psycho, Social, Emotional, and Spiritual Self.  Pauline was an innovator in her and doing. Dr. Pauline Ann Wills-Rollins is survived by her twin brother Peter Rollins, two older sisters Camille Wills and Desiree Rollins, and two younger sisters Dr. Charline Wills White and Rosemond Rollins, along with a host of aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Funeral Mass was held Thursday, October 27, 2016 at All Saint Episcopal Church; interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.  Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.