RebeccaDawnShadowenMDFACP, FSHEA
Infectious Disease • Bowling Green, KYHealthcare Epidemiologist Director, Infectious Disease & Travel Medicine Specialists Medical Director, Med Center Health Physician Group Assistant Professor, Clinical Instructor University of Kentucky School of Medicine Gratis Faculty, University of Louisville School of Medicine
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Office
720 Second Avenue
Suite 307
Bowling Green, KY 42101Phone(270) 780-2760Fax(270) 780-2761- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Small town girl, raised on a farm in Kentucky goes to college, gets in medical school, marries college sweetheart and studies Infectious Diseases. Settles in an underserved area, establishes Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, continuing to adapt to the medical environment and all its controls, governmental regulations. Remains well trained, awarded, up to date, board recertified. But mostly; wife, mother, Christian, community centered.
Education & Training
CDC-SHEACertificate, Healthcare Epidemiology, 1989 - 1989
Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1987 - 1989
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1987- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1985
University of Louisville School of MedicineClass of 1984
Certifications & Licensure
KY State Medical License 1989 - 2021
SC State Medical License 1987 - 1989- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Infectious Disease
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Physicians Consumer's Research Council, 1995-2014
- Outstanding Healthcare Professional Bowling Green Human Rights Commission, 2012
- Fellow American College of Physicians, 2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 9 citationsImplementation of the Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings: 12 Steps to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance Among Hospitalized Adults--expe...Kristin Brinsley, Arjun Srinivasan, Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran, Rachel Lawton, Rosemarie McIntyre, Gary Kravitz, Bob Burke, Rebecca D. Shadowen, Denise Cardo> ;American Journal of Infection Control. 2005 Feb 1
- 2 citationsThe clinical impact of multiresistant gram-positive microorganisms in long-term care facilities.Rebecca D. Shadowen> ;Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2004 Jan 1
- Lemierre's postanginal septicemia: internal jugular vein thrombosis related to pharyngeal infection.Shadowen, R. D., Trevor, R. P.> ;South Med J. 1989 Dec
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Press Mentions
Dr. Rebecca Shadowen to Present Lancaster-Puckett Lecture on Nov. 14November 1st, 2019
First Ever Research Day at Western Kentucky Heart and Lung Honors Dr. Rebecca ShadowenMay 22nd, 2021- Med Center Health's Dr. Rebecca Shadowen Hospitalized After Positive COVID-19 TestAugust 26th, 2020
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Committees
- Chair, Continuing Medical Education 2014 - Present
- Chair, Antibiotic Stewardship 2012 - Present
- Chair, Infection Prevention 1989 - Present
- Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics 1989 - Present
- Member, SBDM BGJH 2010 - 2011
- Member, Health Education in Kentucky Schools 1987 - 2000
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