Dr. Medge Denise Owen is a Professor of Obstetric Anesthesia at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC (www.wfubmc.edu/anesthesiology/). She earned a medical degree at the University of Kansas in 1989. She completed residency at the University of Missouri-St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, MO. She has been on faculty at Wake Forest University since 1994. As an academician, she has published numerous clinical and basic science related research articles and recently co-authored the first textbook of obstetric anesthesia in Turkey.
Dr. Owen uses her medical training and passion for foreign travel to work worldwide improving maternal and newborn safety during childbirth. In April 2004, she was asked to join the Obstetric Anesthesia committee of the World Federation Societies of Anesthesia, as one of only two US committee members. In addition, she spearheaded and chaired the International Outreach Committee for the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology (www.soap.org). Dr. Owen believes that women worldwide deserve the right to safe and comfortable childbirth. She is determined to make that happen.
Click HERE to view Dr. Owen's Curriculum Vitae.
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