Evening Lectures - Pensacola
Johnathan Edwards
THE TALK: Ketamine: From Anesthetic to Healer
May 22, 2025
Abstract
Biography
Dr. Johnathan Edwards is a practicing anesthesiologist who grew up in the Mojave desert in California, aspired to be a professional motocross racer, and then decided to attend medical school.
He received his associate’s degree at Victor Valley Community College, a bachelor’s degree in physiology at the University of California Davis, an M.D. at the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Internal Medicine at the University of Nevada, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Utah, Neurology at the University of Claude Bernard in Lyon, France, and completed his anesthesiology residency at the University of South Florida.
After years in private practice, Dr. Edwards decided to return to research and is currently a PhD student in Neurophysiology at the University of Paris. Dr. Edwards has also published several books, including “Stopping Pain,” about a procedure to treat chronic pain, “Suicide, COVID-19, and Ketamine,” “The Art & Science of the Marathon” with Dr. Veronique Billat. Dr. Edwards is an accomplished cyclist aspiring to a professional level He’s been the team doctor for several professional cycling teams, tennis players, UFC, and motocross athletes.
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