Dr. Vickie Fowler, MD, FAAFP

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Board Certified Family Physician Brings Extensive Experience and Dedication to Patient Care

Dr. Vickie Fowler is a highly respected family physician currently at WakeMed Primary Care - Oberlin in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Dr. Fowler  enjoys getting to know her patients and assisting them toward physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Her clinical interests align with her broad scope of practice and include women’s health, cancer prevention and screening, LGBTQ+ care and advocacy, and providing a holistic approach to health and chronic disease management.

Dr. Fowler earned her Medical Degree from Duke University School of Medicine during which time she was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship grant. This prestigious recognition supported her research in the laboratory of Dr. Saul Schanberg, where she investigated the impact of maternal touch on growth-related gene expression in neonatal rats. Today, as she looks back, the relevance of her research holds profound significance for her as a family physician, as it directly addresses the influence of nurturing positive social interactions, especially during infancy, and their enduring effects on health, a concept now recognized as epigenetics.

Following medical school, she completed her residency in the Department of Family Medicine at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC, where her love of the care of the entire family grew.  After residency, she completed a fellowship in obstetrics at Moses Cone Health System further enhancing her expertise in women’s health and newborn care and preparing her better to serve her home community. She then founded Mount Jefferson Family Medicine in her hometown of Jefferson, NC in 1999, where she provided full spectrum care including outpatient and inpatient medicine, obstetrics, and nursing home care for 14 years.

Dr. Fowler now brings over two decades of experience in family medicine to WakeMed.  Dr. Fowler is dedicated to building strong, trusting relationships with her patients. She considers her role to be the  “quarterback” of her patient’s healthcare team coordinating care with other providers to ensure her patient’s needs are met as efficiently and effectively as possible.  Her efforts were recognized by her local community when Dr. Fowler was awarded the Silver Medal in the 2023  Raleigh’s Best Doctor competition in The News and Observer.

Dr. Fowler has a passion for teaching and has served as a clinical preceptor for the UNC School of Medicine as well as Duke University School of Medicine.  Currently she assists with recruiting community preceptors to the UNC School of Medicine Raleigh Campus where also she teaches medical students in her clinic. One of her proudest achievements was being awarded with the Community Teaching Award by the UNC School of Medicine in 2022.

Dr. Fowler currently holds several prestigious positions that showcase her commitment to healthcare excellence. She is the Chair of the North Carolina Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control (since 2023) and was designated a Clinical Champion for the Southeastern US by the American Cancer Society (since 2023).   She advocates for equity in health care within her organization where she serves on the WakeMed Diversity and Inclusion Council (since 2023) and has been a Delegate for NCAFP LGBTQ+ constituency at the AAFP National Conference of Constituency Leaders (2022, 2024). She is proud to serve as a Physician Delegate on the NC Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Board (since 2022) and also as a Family Medicine Mentor at The Center for Community-Based Primary Care (since 2022).   She is dedicated to providing  individualized high-quality, high-value care to each of her patients and serves as a Director for WakeMed Primary Care to the local ACO Wake Key Community Care (since 2021). 

Outside of her professional commitments, Dr. Fowler loves spending quality time with her husband and children, whether it is movie night at home or an escape to western North Carolina to visit her family. She loves ACC basketball and football and is an avid Carolina Tarheel fan. Her favorite destinations include the Florida Keys, Hawaii, and the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Her love for knowledge is reflected in her long standing subscription to the New England Journal of Medicine as well as the array of books on health and wellness which occupy her nightstand.

As a compassionate and knowledgeable physician in the field of family medicine, Dr. Vickie Fowler continues to positively impact the lives of her patients and the community at large through her unwavering commitment to excellence in healthcare.   She is a strong advocate for her specialty and hopes to foster a future in which all patients have access to a caring, trusted and knowledgeable primary care physician. 

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