Dr. Dowd is board-certified in internal medicine, adult rheumatology and pediatric
rheumatology. He completed his undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University in
1983 and received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science
Center in Houston in 1987.
Dr. Dowd also completed a residency in combined internal medicine and pediatrics
at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he served as chief medical
resident at Erie County Medical Center in 1991.
Additionally, Dr. Dowd completed a four-year fellowship in combined adult and
pediatric rheumatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas in 1995.
Dr. Dowd founded the Arthritis Institute of Michigan in 1997.
His latest book,
The Vitamin D Cure, is based on his more than 20 years
of related practice and research.