Assistant Dean of Student Health & Wellness
Howard University
Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States
Dr. David Bowman is a lifestyle medicine physician and pediatrician. The Indianapolis native attended
Howard University for undergrad and Indiana University for medical school. After residency at Children's
National in DC, the initial part of his career focused on global health and HIV, and he worked in
Botswana, Nigeria and Haiti. Dr. Bowman joined the faculty in the department of pediatrics at Howard
University College of Medicine in 2017 and is now the Assistant Dean of Student Health and Wellness
and the Director of the Spiritual Health and Wellness Center at Howard. After his own health
transformation using lifestyle medicine and his faith, he has been passionate and innovative in
empowering health care providers, patients, churches, and the general public about the power of
applying the pillars of lifestyle medicine in their lives to revolutionize their health. He served a 3-year
term on the Board of Directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) from 2021-2024,
was nominated to be on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, and he is the co-chair of the
Health Equity Achieved by Lifestyle (HEAL) Initiative with ACLM. He and his wife, Keisha, started Lifestyle
Med Revolution to transform health using nutrition, physical activity, spirituality, and group support.
They live in Maryland with their beautiful and brilliant teen daughter, Amara.
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