Kerwyn L. Flowers D.O.
Regional Campus Dean - Tallahassee
Job Description
Dr. Flowers oversees the clinical education of medical (MD) and physician assistant (PA) students at the Florida State University College of Medicine’s regional campus in Tallahassee, Florida. In this capacity, she collaborates closely with clerkship directors, faculty, staff, and healthcare leaders throughout Tallahassee, Thomasville, Marianna, and the surrounding rural communities to ensure a rigorous, comprehensive, and community-focused clinical training experience.
Since joining the FSU College of Medicine in spring 2017, Dr. Flowers has served in several key leadership roles. She has served as the Director of Rural Medical Education since 2019. In 2018, she was appointed Year 1 Clinical Skills Assistant Director and later served as Clinical Skills Director from 2021 to 2022. From 2022 to 2025, she served as Director of Clinical Programs and as Chair of the Year 3/4 Curriculum Committee, providing oversight and coordination for the M3 and M4 clerkship curriculum. In addition to her administrative leadership, she has contributed extensively to the pre-clerkship curriculum as a large-group lecturer, Clinical Learning Center (CLC) instructor, and small-group facilitator. She also serves as Faculty Advisor for the FSU Student Chapter of the Florida Rural Health Association and is an active member of multiple institutional committees.
In her clinical practice, Dr. Flowers integrates teaching into direct patient care, modeling patient-centered, community-engaged practice.
Biosketch
Prior to joining FSUCOM, she was a faculty member at the Floyd Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program in Rome, GA. There, she participated in the training of residents and medical students in the inpatient and outpatient settings. At Floyd, she also served as the Director of Osteopathic Medical Education.
Dr. Flowers is a graduate of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her Family Medicine Residency at Akron City Hospital in Akron, OH. Following her training, Dr. Flowers spent several years in private practice in North Florida/South Georgia. In 2015, she completed a Fellowship in Academic Medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University, and in 2021, completed a Faculty Development Fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Flowers is dually boarded in Family Medicine (AOA Board Certified in Family Medicine/OMT and ABFM Board Certified in Family Medicine).
Her special interests include musculoskeletal medicine, preventive healthcare, medical student education in clinical examination and diagnostic skills, patient partnership and empowerment, underserved medicine, and rural health.
Education
B.S., Florida A & M University, 1999
D.O., Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2007
Family Medicine Residency, Akron City Hospital, 2010
Academic Medicine Fellowship, Northeast Ohio Medical University, 2015
Faculty Development Fellowship, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2021
Memberships
Florida Academy of Family Physicians
Florida Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
American Osteopathic Association
American Academy of Family Physicians
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Capital Medical Society
Dr. Flowers oversees the clinical education of medical (MD) and physician assistant (PA) students at the Florida State University College of Medicine’s regional campus in Tallahassee, Florida. In this capacity, she collaborates closely with clerkship directors, faculty, staff, and healthcare leaders throughout Tallahassee, Thomasville, Marianna, and the surrounding rural communities to ensure a rigorous, comprehensive, and community-focused clinical training experience.
Since joining the FSU College of Medicine in spring 2017, Dr. Flowers has served in several key leadership roles. She has served as the Director of Rural Medical Education since 2019. In 2018, she was appointed Year 1 Clinical Skills Assistant Director and later served as Clinical Skills Director from 2021 to 2022. From 2022 to 2025, she served as Director of Clinical Programs and as Chair of the Year 3/4 Curriculum Committee, providing oversight and coordination for the M3 and M4 clerkship curriculum. In addition to her administrative leadership, she has contributed extensively to the pre-clerkship curriculum as a large-group lecturer, Clinical Learning Center (CLC) instructor, and small-group facilitator. She also serves as Faculty Advisor for the FSU Student Chapter of the Florida Rural Health Association and is an active member of multiple institutional committees.
In her clinical practice, Dr. Flowers integrates teaching into direct patient care, modeling patient-centered, community-engaged practice.
Prior to joining FSUCOM, she was a faculty member at the Floyd Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program in Rome, GA. There, she participated in the training of residents and medical students in the inpatient and outpatient settings. At Floyd, she also served as the Director of Osteopathic Medical Education.
Dr. Flowers is a graduate of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her Family Medicine Residency at Akron City Hospital in Akron, OH. Following her training, Dr. Flowers spent several years in private practice in North Florida/South Georgia. In 2015, she completed a Fellowship in Academic Medicine at the Northeast Ohio Medical University, and in 2021, completed a Faculty Development Fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Flowers is dually boarded in Family Medicine (AOA Board Certified in Family Medicine/OMT and ABFM Board Certified in Family Medicine).
Her special interests include musculoskeletal medicine, preventive healthcare, medical student education in clinical examination and diagnostic skills, patient partnership and empowerment, underserved medicine, and rural health.
B.S., Florida A & M University, 1999
D.O., Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2007
Family Medicine Residency, Akron City Hospital, 2010
Academic Medicine Fellowship, Northeast Ohio Medical University, 2015
Faculty Development Fellowship, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2021
Florida Academy of Family Physicians
Florida Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
American Osteopathic Association
American Academy of Family Physicians
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Capital Medical Society