Dr. Ivan Edwards, FAAPMR, FRSA

Doctor and Consultant in Texas

Dr. Ivan Edwards, FAAPMR, FRSA

Doctor and Consultant in Texas

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Dr. Ivan Edwards is a medical doctor and the CEO/owner of Jovana Rehabilitation Medicine & Pain.

He is a USAF Reserve Flight Surgeon at the rank of Lt. Colonel.

He is an ordained minister and an award-winning writer and poet.

He is engaged in various humanitarian initiatives and does public speaking.

Education & medical training

  • 1999 - BS (Biology), cum laude, Rivier University.
  • 2004 - Doctorate in Medicine (DO), Midwestern University.
  • 2005 - Internal Medicine internship, Eastern Virginia Medical School.
  • 2008 - Residency training, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, at UTHSCSA.
  • 2017 - USAFSAM.
  • 2024 - Air War College.

He is board certified and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Specialty focus & expertise

As a renowned specialist, Dr. Edwards treats a wide variety of conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, bones, joints, muscles, nerves, ligaments, and tendons. His expertise lies in medical rehabilitation, musculoskeletal medicine, and comprehensive pain management.

Most of his patients have trauma/sports-related injuries, joint, muscle and nerve pain, TBI, and in need of comprehensive pain management.

Dr. Edwards has a special interest in electro-diagnostics and holistic care. He believes that the mind has a connection to health.

CEO/Owner

As CEO, sole owner of JOVANA Rehabilitation Medicine & Pain, he typically sees patients in hospitals and facilities.

Military service

Dr. Edwards is a Lt Colonel in the USAF Reserves. He attended Officer Training School at Maxwell AFB and had additional training at the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine to become a Flight Surgeon.

Humanitarian initiatives

Dr. Edwards co-started a child sponsorship program for disadvantaged children and orphans in Uganda in the early 1990s.

In 2013 - 2017, he ran rehabilitation programs for people with neuro-degenerative disorders (as director of two acute rehabilitation units), in San Antonio, Texas.

From 2017 to now, he has integrated care for veterans in various hospital settings in Texas.

He conducts community wide symposiums on the topic of resilience.

Ministry

Dr. Edwards, ordained into ministry in his twenties, pastored churches in Uganda and New Hampshire through Healing Springs and NEP Ministries before pausing his pastoral work in 1990 to pursue a career in medicine.

Writer/poet

Dr. Edwards has published articles and commentaries across various platforms, including medical, literary, and journalistic outlets. His poetry is featured on sites such as Poets Choice and PoetrySoup. In September 2025, his anthology Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics received the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, honoring its emotional depth and artistic merit. He received a Distinguished Favorite honor in the 2026 Independent Press Award, a recognition that reflects his growing presence in contemporary poetry. The Uganda Poetry Society created an annual USD $1,200 award titled the Dr. Ivan Edwards Poetry Award, honoring his contributions and supporting the development of contemporary poetry.

Public speaker

Dr. Edwards advocates for people's health, wholeness and welfare. He has spoken in various settings, nationally and internationally.

Other

Memberships

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  • Work
    • Jovana Rehab Medicine & Pain
  • Education
    • Rivier University
    • Midwestern University
    • Eastern Virginia Medical School
    • UT Health Science Center - San Antonio
    • USAF School Of Aerospace Medicine
Testimonials
Dr. Edwards is intelligent, resourceful and creative physician, poised to achieve great things in operational, specialist and administrative venues of practice. He is curious, forward leaning and an inspired clinician to work with in diverse setting ranging from clinic hospital and flight line. Dr. Edwards is calm, patient, self assured and a quintessential team player which serves him particularly well as a physiatrist.
P.A. Sweet (Col) MD MPH
I have had the pleasure of going on rounds with Doctor Edwards. I am honestly impressed with his depth and range of knowledge and how he takes the time to teach his patients and the staff. He gives good quality Care, Brookdale is lucky to have him aboard.
Hunter Haight, Director Of Rehabilitation Services at Ensign Services
Superb doctor "Dr. Edwards spent time with me. He listened. I saw him for sciatica and leg pain, and I wasn't able to walk 10 ft or stand beyond 5 minutes. After seeing him, my symptoms improved by 80%. I am back to work now. I highly recommend him."
Patient - On Healthgrades
Dr. Ivan Edwards’ Resonance of the Soul – Flowers and Harmonics is a heartfelt and unfiltered collection of poems that dives into love, identity, culture, struggle, healing, and faith. Each section is like a room in a house built on raw emotion and lived experience. The poems weave together the intimate and the universal, from first love lost too soon to biting political commentary, from cultural pride to spiritual survival. " ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Literary Titan Review
I found Resonance of the Soul: Flowers & Harmonics to be compelling and emotionally moving. Dr. Ivan Edwards’s ability to blend perspective with broader societal observations makes the collection both intimate and universal. What captivated me most was the author's subjective reflections on the nature of love and what it is not. The author truly has a unique voice that speaks to the human soul. " ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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