Dr. Edgar Jackson, a nationally renowned physician, physician-leader, scholar, educator, and advocate of eliminating health care disparities among minority populations, has written a book chronicling his rise from his childhood in Rison to leading a hospital system in Cleveland, Ohio.
His autobiography, The Way Up and The Way Out, was published in June 2022 and is available on amazon.com.
Through his work as a private practice physician, hospital system executive, academician, and community leader, he founded, co-founded, or led several institutions, organizations, and programs that positively impacted community healthcare delivery.
Dr. Jackson was born in Rison to Willie (Scott) and Edward Jackson, Sr. He was the second oldest of five children. He said he was significantly influenced in life by his father's work ethic and his mother's values of education, discipline, and faith in God.
Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, from age 13, he graduated from Central Senior High School in 1952 and was a U.S. Army Specialist, 4th Class in the Medical Corps, from 1959-1961 until his honorable discharge.
Dr. Jackson received his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Doctor of Medicine degrees from Case Western Reserve University. During his four years in medical school, he was class president and graduated with honors in 1966. He is board-certified (retired) in internal medicine and certified (retired) with the Ohio State Board.
He completed his internship in a newly formed mixed practicum of pediatrics/internal medicine and his residency in internal medicine at Cleveland's Metro-Health Medical Center. In his first leadership role, Dr. Jackson was chief of medicine residents at MetroHealth.
After that, he joined the faculty at MetroHealth, and while there, he was one of only two Carnegie Commonwealth Clinical Scholars in Cleveland. The program was developed to create national leaders who would be change agents ...
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