Dr. Karen Crowell, MD

Dr. Karen Crowell is a native of Nashville, Tennessee. She is a graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia and Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. She began her training in Family Medicine in Nashville but completed her final year in Little Rock, Arkansas in the department of Family and Community Medicine at UAMS. Upon completing residency, she joined a local private practice for 3 years, but left Little Rock in 1996.

During her time away from Little Rock, Dr. Crowell served as the Acting Medical Director of the Community Health Center of South Columbus in Columbus, Georgia for one year and she served as the Associate Residency Director of the Department of Family Medicine at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan for 5 years. During her final year of teaching at Wayne State she received the Dr. Paul Warner Teacher of the Year Award.

In 2001 Dr. Crowell took a 3 year leave of absence from medicine when she was blessed with the birth of her daughter. In 2004, she returned to Little Rock to start her own private practice, Pinnacle Family Medicine. As a primary care physician, Dr. Crowell has been active in local health events to increase the wellness of the Little Rock community.

In 2005, Dr. Crowell joined the UAMS office of Health Initiatives and Disparities Research as the physician educator and clinical coordinator for the Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention Program. In this role, she has been instrumental in the education of physicians across the state of Arkansas regarding current screening guidelines and screening opportunities for colorectal cancer. She is an active member of the Arkansas Cancer Coalition and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable.

Dr. Crowell enjoys running, singing, traveling, but mostly spending time at home with her husband, Bernard, daughter Jasmine, son Elliott and dog, Chase. She is a teacher at heart and is driven to share her knowledge and experience with those to whom it may be helpful.