Dr. Lumea Howard, DO '06
Distinguished Alumna
Dr. Lumea Howard, DO, is a 2006 graduate of Dowling Catholic. During high school, she was a National Honor Society member, National Merit Scholar, Presidential Scholar, student ambassador, and graduated magna cum laude.
She went on to attend Benedictine College on a full-ride presidential scholarship where she received the Benedictine College Biology Department Award of Excellence. She attended medical school at Des Moines University where she was recognized with the DMU Betty Chu Award. She completed her internal medicine residency at University of Iowa UnityPoint Internal Medicine where she was the chief resident.
She currently serves as the director of the Internal Medicine residency continuity of care clinic site in West Des Moines. She and her husband Robert Howard share five children: Benedict, Ignatius, Genevieve, Augustine and Dominic.
What she remembers most about her experience in high school is the deep and lasting impact Dowling Catholic had on her life. It is where she began to fall deeply in love with her Catholic faith, met her future husband, and decided to pursue a career as a doctor. To this day, she and her husband remain friends with those same people they met in high school, friendships that extend back more than 20 years.
