Kelly Dowden, MSN is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Regional One Health’s Diggs-Kraus Sickle Cell Center.

Dowden earned her Master of Science-Family Nurse Practitioner degree at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Memphis.

She has over 20 years of experience in the nursing field, working in settings including telemetry, postpartum care, well-baby care, health risk assessment and urgent care.

She uses her experience and skill in patient assessment and health care plan development to help patients living with sickle cell disease make significant improvements to their quality of life.

Dowden is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society.