On August 3, University Health Partners Women\u2019s Health Specialists in Hilo welcomed Dr. Paris Stowers as a full-time member of their team. But Dr. Stowers is not exactly a newcomer to the clinic. As a part of her training for a fellowship at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in Honolulu, which she began in 2018 and completed this year, she would fly to Hilo once a month to work at UHP\u2019s OBGYN Hilo clinic with Dr. Emily Stickley and Dr. Celeste Adrian. That monthly trip not only resulted in her appointment as a physician at the Hilo clinic, but also led her to the place she wanted to call home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her new position offers Dr. Stowers the perfect combination of qualities that she was seeking, she says, since she wanted to practice in a small community, but \u201cdid not want to lose the resources of an academic institution.\u201d Dr. Stowers is referring to the fact that UHP is the faculty practice of JABSOM, the only medical school which trains physicians in the state of Hawaii. Her new position with UHP not only places her in the kind of community she wanted for her practice, but also allows her, as she says, \u201cto maintain my involvement in academic medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opportunities that Dr. Stowers values as a UHP physician are those that put UHP doctors, as JABSOM\u2019s teaching doctors, at such an advantage. \u201cOpportunities for professional development, access to mentors and specialists, opportunities to participate in medical education, and access to research infrastructure,\u201d are the particular benefits she mentions when explaining why she feels that her new position is the perfect fit for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Stowers\u2019 primary goal is to provide patient-centered, evidence-based obstetrics and gynecological care for her patients. She explains that for her, \u201c\u2019Patient-centered\u2019 means the patient plays an active role in every aspect of the medical decision-making process. It means that my values or priorities as a physician may differ from my patient\u2019s priorities. The first step is to center that decision around the patient\u2019s goals and values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list of educational degrees, publications, licenses, work experience, and honors that fill Dr. Stowers\u2019 CV is truly long and impressive.\u00a0 She earned her Bachelor\u2019s Degree graduating Summa Cum Laude from the University of Georgia in 2009, then a Medical Doctorate from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.\u00a0 She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.\u00a0 Then, she came to Honolulu to do her fellowship work in Complex Family Planning at JABSOM\/UHP, while simultaneously earning a Master of Science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Clinical and Translational Research.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Stowers says that she chose to practice obstetrics and gynecology because it is \u201cthe perfect combination of procedures and preventive care. I also like that I am able to care for my patients over different stages of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said she chose a specialty in family planning because it prepares her to provide comprehensive reproductive health care for her patients. \u201cI was also interested in the advocacy and research training included in a family planning fellowship,\u201d she adds. \u201cI feel that I am in a great position with the necessary skills to address my patients\u2019 reproductive needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how are things going so far for this new UHP physician? \u201cWonderful!\u201d she says. \u201cEveryone has been incredibly welcoming to me. I feel very fortunate to have such supportive staff and colleagues. I am really enjoying living and working here.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Paris Stowers or one of the other great physicians at UHP\u2019s Women\u2019s Health Specialists at our Hilo location, please call 808-961-6608.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 25, 2020 — Dr. Paris Stowers, a recent graduate of the JABSOM Complex Family Planning Fellowship is the newest OB\/GYN provider at the UHP Women’s Health Specialists in Hilo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":13832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-13829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university-health-partners-uhp","tag-department-of-ob-gyn"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Stowers-Hilo-cover.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13829"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13836,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13829\/revisions\/13836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}