Elizabeth Cowan, FNP

About

Elizabeth (Liz) Cowan is a family nurse practitioner certified through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She received her nursing degree at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center and her Master of Science in Nursing from Regis University. Before pursuing a career in nursing, Ms. Cowan grew up in Oklahoma. She attended Hamilton College in upstate New York where she studied biology and anthropology, and also competed in intercollegiate soccer.

Prior to joining Dakota Ridge Family Medicine, Ms. Cowan worked in internal medicine in Wheat Ridge as a family nurse practitioner and at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in the Surgical-Telemetry unit as a registered nurse.

As of Oct. 2022, Ms. Cowan is happy to be providing outpatient acute care needs as part of the Anchor Point Primary Care team. She believes that optimal health is achieved through shared decision-making between the patient and the provider.

When she’s not at work, Ms. Cowan spends her time mountain biking, skiing, hiking, baking and outside on various adventures with her husband and their two dogs.