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Joyce Tow, PhD, APRN-CNP, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, FAWHONN

Joyce Tow, PhD, APRN-CNP, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, FAWHONN

Assistant Professor


Oklahoma City: CNB 478

405-271-1491 ext. 49190

Joyce-Tow@ouhsc.edu


Joyce Tow, PhD, APRN-CNP, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, Assistant Professor at The Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. She is a Nurse Practitioner focusing on women's health, with over 25 years of expertise. While obstetrics is her passion, other areas of interest include lactation, maternal mood conditions, family planning and promotion of wellness and preventative care. She is an Oklahoma native who grew up in Garfield County. She completed her undergraduate education at University of Central Oklahoma. She received her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in nursing degrees from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. For more information on Women's Health at OU Health, go to www.ouhealth.com/health-services/womens-health/.


Board Certification(s):

  • Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner, NCC
  • Inpatient Obstetric Nurse, NCC


Clinical/Research Interests:

  • Women's health, obstetrics, lactation, maternal mood conditions, family planning, health promotion/prevention


Select Honors and Accomplishments:

  • Nurse of the Year Nominee, March of Dimes. (August 2015).
  • Teaching Excellence, Classroom Instruction, Creighton University College of Nursing. (2014).
  • Teaching Excellence, Clinical Instruction, Creighton University College of Nursing. (2014).