Spotlight

Jackson Williams, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist

How long have you worked in Pediatrics?   13 years post-residency

What is your favorite thing about your job?   Working as a team to provide care to patients and families                           

What is your hometown?   Johnson City, TN

What is your favorite movie?   Brazil, Empire Strikes Back, Harold & Maude, Gandhi

Tell us about your family:  Happily Married for almost 20 years, with no kids, but many rescue dogs over the years.  My wife, Amanda, is a veterinary technician and dog sitter / pet nanny.   Other family in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Indianapolis.

Do you have pets?    A Beagle named Beasley and an American Bully named Suki.

What are you doing, where are you going, for your next vacation?  Hmm, because of our move to Kentucky we don’t have any major plans at the moment, and it is doubtful we will ever top our last vacation.  In January my wife won a “Prizeo” contest by donating to Puerto Rican Hurricane relief and we won an all expense-paid trip to Puerto Rico to see Lin-Manuel Miranda in his closing night performance of Hamilton.  As part of the prize package we were also invited to attend the closing night cast party.  Oh, and Bill and Hilary Clinton were also in attendance that night.  It is hard to imagine we will ever top that vacation again.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?   Doctor

What is one of your proudest accomplishments?   Organizing a conference and fundraiser for St Damien Children’s Hospital in Haiti which raised nearly $40,000.

What is your favorite quote?  “Keep the joy of loving God in your heart, share this joy with all you meet and so become an instrument of peace.”  - Mother Teresa

What was your first job?  Furniture Mover for United Van Lines

What is your favorite ice cream?  Colbert’s Americone Dream from Ben & Jerry’s