About Dr. Fowler

Now retired, R. Stuart Fowler, MD was a board-certified gynecologist specializing in vaginal disorders and bio-identical hormones for the Mayo Clinic for over 20 years before taking early retirement to found Fowler Gyn International. Since then, FGI has successfully diagnosed and treated thousands of patients suffering from chronic vulvovaginal conditions that seem to have no known solution.

Idiopathic Vulvodynia: Response to Hypocontactant Vulvar Therapy
International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease
World Congress XIV
Baveno, Italy 09/15/1997
Abdominal Wall Myalgia: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis
Mayo Alumni Medical Meeting
Acapulco, Mexico 04/29/1999
Video Tour of Vaginitis
International Mayo Clinic Meeting
Tortula, British Virgin Islands 11/25/2002
Efficacy of a Lactoferrin for Yeast Vaginitis
International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease
World Congress XVII
Salvador, Brazil 10/14/2003
Expansion of Altered Vaginal Flora States in Vaginitis to Include a Spectrum of Micro-flora
International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease
World Congress XVIII
Queenstown, New Zealand 2/24/ 2006
Correlation Between Vulvodynia and the Presence of Altered Vaginal Micro-Flora
International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease
World Congress XX
Edinburgh, Scotland at the Royal College of Physicians 9/14/2009
Quantification of Normal Vaginal Constituents by New Wet Prep Technique
International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease
World Congress XXI
Paris, France 9/7/2011

Fowler RS Vulvar Vestibulitis: response to hypocontactant vulvar therapy. J Lower Genit Tract Dis. 2000; 4(4): 200-203
Naidu AS, Fowler RS, Martinez C, Chen J, Tulpinski J. Activated lactoferrin and Fluconazole synergism against Candida albicans and Candida glabrata vaginal isolates. J Reprod Med. 2004 Oct; 49(10):800-7
Naidu AS, Chen J, Martinez C, Tulpinski J, Pal BK, Fowler RS. Activated lactoferrin’s ability to inhibit Candida growth and block yeast adhesion to the vaginal epithelial monolayer. J Reprod Med. 2004 Nov; 49(11):859-66
Fowler RS. Expanison of altered vaginal flora states in vaginitis to include a spectrum of micro-flora. J Reprod Med. 2007 Feb; 52(2):93-9
Fowler RS Correlation between Vulvodynia and the Presence of Altered Vaginal Micro-Flora Patterns JLGTD 2009 Oct; Suppl:16
Fowler RS New Wet Prep Technique for Quantification of Vaginal Constituents Journal LGTD 2011 Oct; Suppl:26
Fowler RS. Quantification of Normal Vaginal Constituents Using a New Wet Preparation Technique. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2012 Oct;16(4):437-41

Leon Waters Award in Chemistry – University of Utah - 01/1982
OB/GYN Honors Program – U of U School of Medicine - 01/1986
Four Peaks District Hall of Fame- Boy Scouts of America - 01/1995
Patent # 5807282 Issued 09/15/1998
Endometrial Tissue Curette and Method
Licensed to Utah Medical, Inc. Manufactured in Utah and Ireland
Used in daily gynecologic practices worldwide
Patent #6309388 Issued 12/23/1999
Symmetric Conization Device
Patent # 6418930 Issued 7/16/2002
Anatomic Incontinence Pessary
Patent # 6607494 Issued 8/19/2003
Mucosal Sampler
America’s Top Gynecologists – Consumers’ Research Council Of America
Best Doctors in America – B.D. Polling & Research Division

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
(ACOG) Fellow, Member since January 1992 to Present
American Board od Obstetrics and Gynecologists
Board Certified 1992-present

International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease
(ISSVD) Fellow, Member since January 1997 to Present
Maricopa Medical Society