DOCTORING OUTSIDE THE EXAM ROOM

I will talk to anyone about STDs, health equity, and advancing health policy to improve outcomes and access. My energy as a speaker is real, and engaging audiences is my deal! When it comes to sexual health, I get fired up speaking with lay audiences because using humor and humility I help destigmatize the topic for both young and elderly audiences alike. I am also happy to help other health professionals to better connect to their patients and to communicate sexual health concerns.

When I’m not in the exam room . . .

  • "This was the best, most engaging lecture I've been to so far. I'm glad we have a voice like hers in public service."

    Physician Feedback 2021

  • "The best STD lectureI have ever heard and I graduated from Medical school in 1986!!! I am an Oldie!!"

    Physician Feedback 2021

  • "Dr. Dowler engages audiences large and small from all walks of life with both wit and wisdom.."

    Physician Feedback 2021

  • "Great lecture She really should include her limericks in the handout :) Fabulous and a funny speaker"

    Physician Feedback 2021

  • "I mean, seriously! Dr. Dowler IS the definition of an engaging speaker! I wish I had an ounce of her confidence! So entertaining and informative. Love, love, LOVE her lectures!"

    Physician Feedback 2022

  • "Engaging? Oh, hell yes!"

    Physician Feedback 2022

  • "Fantastic presentation. Dynamic, entertaining, and informative as always."

    Physician Feedback 2022

Things I talk about

  • Sexual Health(all ages) and Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections

  • Disruption and INnovation

  • Health Policy and Impact

  • Reducing Care Variation to Drive the Quadruple Aim

  • Medicaid as a Lever for Health Equity

  • Health Policy as a Driver for Change

  • The Role of Primary Care to Change the Health of the Population

interested in speaker circuits and events I’ve participated in?

  • Out on a Limb

    I’m going to go out on a limb

    And share the mosquito news is grim.

    CDC says, Eureka!

    That rascally Zika,

    Spreads by sex him-to-her and her-to-him.

  • True Confessions

    Confess! Could you do a little better?

    And follow screening recs to the letter?

    Hey, call me crazy–

    But some docs are lazy–

    So start screening and be a trend setter!

  • Oi vey!

    One of the toughest “STD’s”, between us,

    Cypridophobia* (I call “worried penis”)

    Not a speck to behold

    (But they just can’t be told)

    This fear lives on Mars and Venus!

    *CYPRIDOPHOBIA, is defined by Stedman’s as having a morbid fear of having an STD or the false belief of having an STD.

  • Preach it!

    I preach condoms, but still, they don’t buy them!

    They stare blankly, respectfully quiet.

    With the sex drive of rabbits

    And prolific sex habits–

    Our teens need a safer sex diet!