Dr. Rian Rowles received Doctor of Osteopathy degree at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He then completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Dr. Rowles is the Chairman of the Psychiatry Department at Advocate Christ Medical Center located in Oak Lawn. He has served as the chairman of this department since August of 2014. Prior to that, he served as the Vice Chairman of the department since 2008.

The Institute of Neurobehavioral Services is his outpatient site where he practices general adult psychiatry with specialization in mood disorders. His clinical work at Advocate Christ Medical Center involves treating patients in the inpatient setting on the psychiatry unit, the outpatient program located at the hospital, as well as consultation of medical floor patients.