Biography

Dr. Cowen grew up in Arlington, VA. After graduating from the University of Virginia with degrees in Psychology and Spanish, she returned home to Arlington to work in a veterinarian office as well as a laboratory technician at the National Institutes of Health. She contributed to several published journal articles under Dr. Christian Felder, studying an antagonist of the endogenous cannabinoid receptor. She was then accepted to the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA, where she was accepted into the Primary Care Honors program. She furthered her primary care training at the University of Rochester, in New York at the Highland Hospital Family Medicine Residency. She was trained in all aspects of primary care, and upon returning to the DC area, she joined the Rockville Internal Medicine Group, where she continues today. Her main interests include preventative care and longitudinal care for the whole adult family. She utilizes her psychology background, her special training in primary care, and the biopsychosocial model emphasized during her residency training.