Welcome Dr. Megan Bowen to SWSA!

Dr. Bowen graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in Spanish.  She followed that with a Masters of Biomedical Science from Barry University in Florida.  She then was commissioned in the United States Army after being awarded the Health Professions Scholarship to complete medical school at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Dr. Bowen completed her surgery internship and residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.  She excelled in her training there and was selected to stay on for an additional year as a staff general surgeon and resident educator.  She also became an assistant professor of surgery for the Uniformed Services School of Medicine.  She was deployed three times to Kuwait and Syria where she provided emergent and urgent surgical care to wounded soldiers, coalition forces, and local nationals.  She continues her serve to our country through the U.S. Army reserves as a Lieutenant Colonel.  

Dr. Bowen has a passion for finding and applying cutting-edge medical procedures that allow her patients to heal and to thrive.  She specializes in the treatment of breast cancer, placement of ports for chemotherapy, laparoscopic and advanced laparoscopic, robotic, and acute care surgery.  Her approach is both holistic and individualized, providing continuity of care with compassion and competence to ensure outstanding clinical outcomes.