Board-certified in podiatry, Dr. Dowell received his medical degree from Des Moines Medical University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he also did a Primary Podiatric Medicine residency. He earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Tennessee in Martin, Tenn. In addition to clinical experience in private practice in Joplin, Mo., and Mercy Physician Group, Dr. Dowell was a lecturer at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a Clinical Assistant Professor at Des Moines University.