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Paris Stowers, MD

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Paris Stowers

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Dr. Paris Stowers is an obstetrician-gynecologist who specializes in complex family planning.  She graduated from Baylor College of Medicine and completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology at SUNY Upstate University. She then completed a fellowship in Complex Family Planning and earned a master's degree in clinical and translational research.  Dr. Stowers serves as an Assistant Professor in the University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health. Her clinical expertise includes abortion, miscarriage management, menopause, complex contraception, and adolescent health. She has expertise in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research. Her research explores predictors of abortion stigma with the goal of developing stigma-reduction strategies. Other research interests include menopause care, medical education and rural health. Dr. Stowers is interested in multidisciplinary collaboration as she incorporates social psychology approaches to clinical research questions. 

Research Interests

  1. Reducing abortion stigma 

  2. Medical education in rural settings

  3. Menopause care

  4. Pelvic floor physical therapy

Projects

  • Developing a decision aid for pain with IUD insertion

  • Identifying predictors of abortion stigma

  • Supplement use in perimenopausal and menopausal populations

  • Stowers P, Fontanilla T, Elia J, Salcedo J, Tschann M, Kaneshiro B, Soon R. Fetal Tissue Donation for Research at the Time of Abortion: A Qualitative Study of Individuals who have Recently Experienced an Abortion in Hawaii. Contraception. 2022. Sep;113:84-87. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2022.05.005

  • Kerestes C, Murayama S, Tyson J, Natavio M, Seamon E, Raidoo S, Lacar L, Bowen E, Soon R,
    Platais I, Kaneshiro B, Stowers P. Provision of Medication Abortion in Hawaiʻi During Covid-19: Practical Experience with Multiple Care Delivery Models. Contraception. 2021 Jul;104(1):49-53. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2021.03.025

  • Raidoo S, Bliss K, Stowers P. Guam: The US Territory Where America's Day Begins but Abortion Access is Still in the Dark." Contraception. 2021 Jul;104(1):33-35. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2021.03.030

  • Stowers PN, Teelin KL. Documentation of Sexual and Menstrual Histories for Adolescent Patients in the Inpatient Setting. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2019 Oct;32(5):520-524. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2019.05.007

  • Stowers P, Mestad R. Use of Levonorgestrel as Emergency Contraception in Overweight Women. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. 2019 Mar; 13(2):180-183. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2019.01.007

  • Stowers P, Thannickal A, Wallis J, Wojtowycz M, Reiss Z. A National Survey of Attitudes Toward Pregnancy Termination Procedures Among Anesthesiology Residents in the United States. Sexual Health. 2018 Jun; 15(5):477-479. doi: 10.1071/SH18022

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