Marisa

McDow

MD

Marisa McDow, MD, is a Sports Medicine Fellow and Emergency Medicine Attending at Vanderbilt University Hospital. She completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, where she served as Chief Resident in her final year. Dr. McDow earned her medical degree from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, where she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. 

She received her undergraduate degree in Athletic Training from The University of Texas at Austin and traveled with the Longhorn football team during her training. Her professional interests include musculoskeletal education, sideline and event medicine, efficient trauma care, sports medicine research, and mentorship. 

Outside of medicine, she enjoys traveling with her husband, training her Belgian Malinois dog, attending sporting events, reading, baking, and spending time on the water.