General Info

MaryAlice Cowan, MD. Grew up in Northeast Texas, attending public school. She graduated from Southern Methodist University with high honors and was inducted into Phi Peta Kappa Honor Society. She then attended Baylor College of Medicine, receiving her medical degree in 1979, and completed her residency in OB/GYN at Baylor in 1983. Dr. Cowan is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is also a member of the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association and the Harris County Medical Society. Dr. Cowan has three adult children and two miniature Schnauzers. She loves music and in addition to playing piano and singing, she is learning to play the oboe. She enjoys traveling, and her favorite places away from Houston are Cancun, Mexico, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The beach and the mountains restore her soul in different ways, so she needs both. Vacations also provide time to read books, which she loves and rarely has time for. Her practice philosophy is to provide personalized obstetric and gynecologic care to each patient in a warm and supportive environment.