Sports medicine physician Stephanie Jolene Husen, D.O., 48, was one of the four victims killed in the Tulsa medical center mass shooting on June 1, 2022.
She is remembered as being compassionate and very dedicated to serving her patients’ needs over her 22-year career. Former patients described her as “empathetic & professional, willing to listen to even the smallest concern.”
Husen was one of two doctors at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killed that day. According to the police, Dr. Preston Phillips was the shooter’s target. During a news conference, a hospital official said that the doctors died in the line of duty caring for others.
At the time of her murder, she lived in Tulsa. Her Facebook page was filled with pictures of her family, friends, and dogs.
Her specialty was sports medicine and orthopedic surgery. She worked St. Francis Hospital for seven years.
Husen was born on Friday, April 19, 1974, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Greg and Joyce Husen. She was their second of three children and grew up in Ponca City, Oklahoma, where she graduated from Ponca City High School in 1992.
She then studied at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and the University of Oklahoma. She received her D.O. degree from Oklahoma State University, College of Medicine in 2004.
It was an automobile accident that sealed her decision to attend medical school and pursue her passion for medicine. After earning her medical degree, she completed a residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at Greenville Memorial Hospital in South Carolina. She also did a fellowship in sports medicine at Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas.
According to those who knew her best, Husen “faced adversity with courage, humor, and positivity. She had a gift and smile for everyone on every occasion and was always there for advice and encouragement.”
She leaves behind her soulmate Rob Rodgers of Tulsa and his two children as well as her parents, her two brothers and their families, as well as many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
She is preceded in death by her grandparents: Alfred and Georgieann Husen and Charles and Gertrude Gleason and her beloved dogs Boomer and Sooner.
