Dr. Kaitlin Bowers is the new clinical chair of Emergency Medicine at the Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Medicine (CUSOM).
Bowers is no stranger to Campbell. She served as vice chair of Emergency Medicine at the med school from 2020-21. Bowers also, for more than five years Campbell, precepted medical students.
“I really enjoyed being on campus with the students — teaching, mentoring, and helping them navigate their future careers,” she said. “While I’ve spent the past few years focused on teaching clinically in the emergency department, I’m excited to return to campus and work more closely with students in their preclinical years.”
Bowers earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from the University of Dayton, where she also served the collegiate community as an emergency medicine technician. She continued her medical education training at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her emergency medicine residency at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital in Columbus, where she served as chief resident.
During residency Bowers created a medical education track for senior residents who were interested in teaching. In her final year in training Bowers was honored as Outstanding Emergency Medicine Resident of the Year, awarded by the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
She currently is an attending physician with Wake Emergency Physicians, PA (WEPPA) at UNC Nash in Rocky Mount and director of Student Education for WEPPA in the Raleigh, Goldsboro and Smithfield Emergency Medicine rotations.
Bowers also is co-creator and editor in chief of Med Student Over Easy, a podcast designed for medical students with an interest in emergency medicine. She also serves as a lead editor for Academic Life in Emergency Medicine, a blog.
Her interests include undergraduate medical education, simulation and match rates.
“Undergraduate medical education has always been a passion of mine,” Bowers said. “Helping students realize their full potential, watching them grow from their first days in medical school to confident student doctors on their rotations, and ultimately sharing in their excitement as they match into residency is the most rewarding part of this work. I’m grateful for the opportunity to be back at CUSOM and look forward to contributing to this incredible learning community.”