# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivan-edwards
# Generated: 2026-09-05T23:29:15.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ivan-edwards"
name: "Ivan Edwards"
slug: "ivan-edwards"
description: "Ivan Edwards is an American doctor, of Ugandan-European heritage, a former pastor, and a US Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, currently serving at the rank of lieutenant colonel. In February 2026, he was selected for promotion to colonel. He is the first known U.S. Air Force flight surgeon of Ugandan descent. He was involved in a community activist role in a neighborhood of Nashua, New Hampshire, and later organized a movement that opposed the sale of a historic cemetery in Uganda. He is a writer and poet. He participates in public speaking. He is CEO and founder of Jovana Rehabilitation Medicine & Pain and IEME LLC, both located in San Antonio, Texas."
tagline: "Ugandan American medical doctor, poet, US Air Force Reserve flight surgeon and ordained minister"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Ivan_Edwards.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           60.76
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           4.204212
  currentAttention:     19.48051948051947
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 58
totalFollowers: 65100
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DrIvanEdwards1"
    handle:    "DrIvanEdwards1"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ivan-edwards-faapmr-frsa-327a4223/"
    handle:    "dr-ivan-edwards-faapmr-frsa-327a4223"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.drivanedwardsfaapmr.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu1jE5OBLxvNmug95xurSbw"
    handle:    "@ivanedwards1055"
    followers: 65100
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Edwards"
    title: "Ivan Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Edwards"
    title: "Ivan Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Edwards"
    title: "Ivan Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Edwards"
    title: "Ivan Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ivan_Edwards"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97516100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump