{"id":59396,"date":"2020-05-06T03:48:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T07:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=59396"},"modified":"2020-05-06T00:03:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T04:03:31","slug":"inquisitive-medicine-graduate-ready-to-help-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/05_06_2020\/inquisitive-medicine-graduate-ready-to-help-patients","title":{"rendered":"Inquisitive Medicine Graduate Ready to Help Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Edminister can trace his inquisitive nature back to his childhood.<\/p>\n

At the age of 6, his 8-year-old brother was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He began asking questions as part of that new challenge for his family \u2014 and showing the hunger for knowledge that would foreshadow his later career.<\/p>\n

\"Graduation<\/a>

CELEBRATING SUCCESS:<\/strong> During this time when we cannot come together to celebrate our graduates, UToledo is recognizing the Class of 2020 with a series of feature stories on students who are receiving their degrees. Help us celebrate our newest UToledo alumni. Visit utoledo.edu\/commencement<\/strong><\/a> to share a message of support to graduates and come back online Saturday, May 9, to take part in the virtual commencement ceremony.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOnce my brother was diagnosed, I quickly became interested in some unfamiliar words and concepts,\u201d said Edminister, who will graduate with a doctor of medicine degree Friday, May 15, from the UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. \u201cI started asking what a pancreas is, what insulin does and why it\u2019s important. Those were life-saving pieces of information for my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up in Akron, Ohio, Edminister followed up that early curiosity with a request to his instructors during his sophomore year in high school to allow him to take an AP chemistry class as a junior. He and a friend successfully lobbied and were able to take the course the following year.<\/p>\n

Edminister went on to earn a bachelor of science in biology from Ohio State University in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring my undergraduate experience, the idea was there, of how to use my love of science,\u201d Edminister said. \u201cBut once I interviewed at The University of Toledo for medical school, I knew this was where I belonged. The collaborative atmosphere among everyone I met, students and faculty, made me feel right at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he made his way through medical school, Edminister ultimately settled on dermatology as his field of medicine. While it\u2019s a competitive specialty, the choice was made clear by a combination of faculty mentorship and his interactions with patients during clinical rotations.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy experiences showed me that I wanted to impact people directly, not from behind the scenes,\u201d Edminister said. \u201cI saw firsthand how certain dermatological patients would enter the clinic very defeated by their conditions and would leave more confident as they received treatment. I\u2019m invigorated by helping people in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jack<\/a>

Jack Edminister, second from left, received his white coat when starting medical school at UToledo in 2016. Edminister, pictured here with his brother, George, left, mother, Alice, and father, John, is specializing in dermatology.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Lorie Gottwald, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Dermatology, is one of the instructors who inspired Edminister to pursue dermatology as a career.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis sensitivity toward patients is unparalleled; he makes everyone comfortable and confident in his presence,\u201d Gottwald said. \u201cHe is the kind of individual you would be proud to call a brother, a son, a family member. I am just extremely proud to call him my student. I know he will make his mark.\u201d<\/p>\n

During UToledo\u2019s virtual Match Day event in March, Edminister learned that he will perform his three-year residency at Wake Forest University beginning in July 2021. First, however, his transitional year as a medical intern will be completed at hospitals of the Mercy Health system in the Toledo area.<\/p>\n

Edminister expects the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis to play a large role during that transitional year. He\u2019s better able to face that challenge thanks to two things: the support he received during medical school, and a bedside manner reflected in his induction to the Gold Humanism Honor Society after being nominated by his peers and UToledo faculty.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a huge honor to be selected. That\u2019s why I\u2019m going into medicine, to impact people in a positive, respectful way,\u201d Edminister said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re entering the medical field at an interesting time. But the people around me always believed in me, perhaps more than I believed in myself. I\u2019m honored to call this year\u2019s other graduates my colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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