Honors
- In 1879, a monument in his honor was erected by the Medical Society of Kentucky in Danville.
- In 1929, Isaac Wolfe Bernheim donated a bronze statue of McDowell by Charles Henry Niehaus to the state of Kentucky for placement in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection.
- In 1959, a United States stamp was issued in his honor.
- Dr. McDowell's house, office, and apothecary in Danville are preserved as a museum and are designated a National Historic Landmark.
- Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville is named in his honor.
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