Dr. Kowalski grew up in Kansas, attended undergraduate studies in Indiana, and medical school in Oklahoma. After completing his general psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship, he served as a staff member at C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital before moving to Fort Worth, Texas.
In Fort Worth, Dr. Kowalski served as medical director at several facilities and built a busy private practice in psychiatry. He worked full-time in his private practice in Fort Worth for 22 years. In 2015, Dr. Kowalski moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho to set up an outpatient psychiatry department at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. In 2018, he returned to Oklahoma City to serve as the Chief Medical Officer at NorthCare Mental Health Center until earlier this year.
Dr. Kowalski practices at the Department of Psychiatry as a child and adolescent psychiatrist and is an associate professor who looks forward to contributing to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program.
Dr. Kowalski enjoys opera, cycling, and spending time with his brother who is a physician in Sahuarita.
Research/Clinical Interests
Adolescent Depression, First-Onset Psychosis, Trauma, Neglect, and Abuse, Bipolar Depression, Traumatic Brain Injury
Professional Affiliations
- Kowalski, PC, Dowben, JD, Keltner, NL, "Hyponatremia: A Side Effect of Psychosis." Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 2014, 50(4):221-223.
- Kowalski, PC, Dowben, JD, Keltner, NL, "My Dad Can Beat Your Dad: Agonists, Antagonists, Partial Agonists, and Inverse Agonists." Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 2017, 53(4): 234-238.
- Kowalski, PC, Poniz, a, "Psychological First Aid for Refugees and Providers." Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association., 2022, 115(2): 52-55.
- Kowalski, PC. "Makeshift Medical Care Amid Mayhem of War." Psychiatric Times 2022, 49(5)1, 15-16.