Biography

Dr. Bowers earned her Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Missouri State University and her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency at St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, and a PGY2 ambulatory care pharmacy residency at CoxHealth in Springfield, Missouri.

She is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist and practices at MSU Care in Springfield, providing comprehensive primary care to adult, low-income patients as a member of an interprofessional team. The clinic serves as a learning site for third- and fourth-year student pharmacists (IPPE and APPE) and PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residents from Mercy Hospital as well as learners in the Missouri State University physician assistant, nurse practitioner, nursing, and dietetics programs. Within the clinic, Dr. Bowers specializes in diabetes care, immunizations, and medication access, working to empower patients to improve their health alongside interprofessional partners.

Dr. Bowers is an active member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Pharmacists Association and serves as advisor for the UMKC chapter of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP). Her research interests include improving health outcomes for medically underserved patients, engaging interprofessional members of the team in new ways, and bridging evidence-based medicine to therapeutic decision-making in student pharmacist education.

Practice site
MSU Care
640 East Cherry Street, Suite 105
Springfield, MO 65806
Phone: (417) 837-2278