Marisa Dowling, MD, MPP
Course Faculty
Dr Dowling, MD, MPP is currently the GW Health Policy Fellow for the Class of 2021. She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Human Biology. She then attended Duke University for medical school and completed her Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Maryland. Dr. Dowling also holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Her prior policy experiences include: working for two think tanks during the Affordable Care Act debate and enactment (including publishing peer-reviewed articles), working at state (Massachusetts Health Policy Commission) and federal health agencies (Emergency Care Coordination Center, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality), and leading quality improvement and Emergency Medicine professional groups.
As a Health Policy Fellow, Dr. Dowling splits her time between working clinically in local Washington, DC Emergency Departments and in health policy placements. In her current policy placement, she serves U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District), assisting with COVID-19 response, health disparities, and telehealth legislation, among a variety of health policy topics.