Krenie
Stowe describes herself as "a mother
and activist first, a physician and attorney
second." Grounded in a lifelong commitment
to social justice, she is a tireless advocate
of sweeping health care reform. After graduating
cum laude from Phillips Academy in 1977, she
attended Yale, receiving her BA in 1981. She
received her MD from Albert Einstein College
of Medicine in 1985. Following a pediatric
internship at New York University Medical
Center, she attended Harvard Law School, graduating
magna cum laude in 1990. She then returned
to New York to complete pediatric residency
training at Montefiore Medical Center?s Residency
Program in Social Medicine. Committed to providing
medical care to underserved communities, she
moved to North Dakota in 1992 to practice
on a remote Native American Territory.
Newly
aware of the crisis in rural health care,
she sought an underserved, demographically
complex region in which to implement a unique
plan. Texas, ranking near last in the health
status of children, fit the profile. She relocated
there in 1994 and, with her mother, Dr. Maria
Stowe, co-founded the Frontis Project, a non-profit
health care facility that provided medical
care, emergency assistance, and social support
and advocacy services to 11,500 children and
their families.
In
2004, she resigned that position to pursue
her dual passions of health care and educational
reform by writing and consulting. In 2005,
she founded HEAL, Health Education, Advocacy
& Literacy, and is now working on growing
The Real School, an unschooling co-operative.
She also practices with a small group, MFC
Clinic, in The Woodlands. She is a staunch
supporter of home and natural birth alternatives
and long term breastfeeding. She published
her first book, A Doctor?s Story: A Personal
Journey & A Call For Reform, in 2006.
She has been honored by the Houston Young
Lawyers Association and the Center for the
Healing of Racism. Her work has been featured
in the Houston Chronicle and numerous local
newspapers. She has done dozens of radio and
television spots, and can be heard frequently
on local radio station KPFT. Her 13 year old
son, Isaac, a lifelong unschooler, is the
center of her universe.
