JONESBORO, Ark. — Dr. Landon Jackson has become the first alumnus to join the full-time faculty at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, according to a news release from the school.
Jackson, a member of NYITCOM at A-State’s inaugural class, joined the clinical medicine department in August as an assistant professor.
He is teaching first- and second-year medical students in the classroom and will serve as a clinical mentor for third- and fourth-year students through his surgical practice at St. Bernards Medical Center.
“When we cast the vision for our medical school, Dr. Jackson was exactly the type of physician we hoped to train,” said Dr. Shane Speights, dean of NYITCOM at A-State.
A Greenbrier native, Jackson entered the school’s first class in 2016 after earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Arkansas.
He earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree and a master’s degree in academic medicine through the school’s academic scholars program. After graduating, he completed a general surgery residency at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa.
“I’m honored to have the opportunity to return to NYITCOM at A-State to begin my career,” Jackson said. “The education and training that I received here was exceptional and I am extremely proud to call myself an alumnus and now faculty member.”
NYITCOM at A-State was established in 2016 on the university’s Jonesboro campus. The school’s mission includes improving access to health care in underserved and rural communities in Arkansas and the Mississippi Delta, according to the release.
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