P.K. Edgewater

P. K. Edgewater, a military veteran, and doctor of 40 years, is a Literary Titan Book Award Winner as debut author of the novel, Passages: A Voyage from War to Peace.

Edgewater retired in 2020 after a four-decade medical career that included working as an internist and rheumatologist, founding and managing an arthritis and rheumatology research center, and consulting on clinical trials in China and Russia.

He was named a Top Doctor by Phoenix Magazine, annually from 2005-2019. He has served as a clinical volunteer in numerous countries, including Vietnam, Guatemala, Peru, Brazil, and Nicaragua, as well as in Guadalupe and Phoenix in Arizona, and published a doctoral dissertation on short-term medical volunteering overseas. He is now a clinical volunteer with Lincoln County Medical Reserve Corps in Oregon and attends to overnight guests in a winter shelter for persons experiencing homelessness.

He has treated many military veterans in the course of his medical practice. Edgewater served during the Vietnam War in the Air Force but did not see combat. His five siblings served in the military during the Vietnam conflict era. All were volunteers.

He also taught medicine in New Zealand, Cambodia and Ethiopia, as well as virtually to students in Rwanda. Edgewater has published in several medical health journals, including American Journal of medicine, Journal of Rheumatology, The Rheumatologist, Journal of Compassionate Health Care, and Globalization and Health.

Edgewater attended the US Air Force Academy and graduated from University of Tulsa with a BS in Zoology. He graduated from the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. He later earned an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, in Arizona, and a PhD in governance and policy analysis at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

He was Principal Investigator or Sub-Investigator in over 300 clinical trials in the therapeutic areas of rheumatic, musculoskeletal, and immunological disorders and pain management.

Edgewater, who was once a National Wado Ryu Karate Champion, Senior Black Belt division, was raised in a blue-collar Catholic household as the youngest of six. Edgewater resides in Depoe Bay, Oregon. Connect with him here: P.K. Edgewater | Facebook.