Mark A. Dowdle

  Mark is from Boise, Idaho.  Mark is a board certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist and has helped with international projects for many years.  He served on the board of the College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  He was educated at Brigham Young University where he received BS and then a MS in community health. He received his MD at University of Utah and his specialty at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. He  enjoys teaching at Idaho State University as affiliate faculty in the PA program.  He has served an LDS mission to Peru in 1972-1974.  He married Terri Cornell who passed away from cancer in 2006.  They have two children and five grandchildren.  In 2007 he then married Nicki Darrington.  Together, Mark and Nicki have worked to make a difference in Peru and it has been a positive process of growth and relationships.  They feel that relationships are the key to the success in Peru and to long lasting results.