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Orlando in 1973 when his father accepted a job as a lawyer
for the Disney Corporation.
“I acted in plays all the way through high school and
played the lead in musicals such as
The Sound of Music
,
Carousel
, and
Fiddler on the Roof
,” he added. “I was heavily
involved in the performing arts and simultaneously getting
A’s in all my math and sciences classes. When I was nine, I
produced my first play without realizing what I was doing.
I convinced kids in the neighborhood to put on the show,
which I wrote, directed, and videotaped.”
Even as he transitioned from high school to college,
Dr. Jackowitz continued pursuing his dual-career trajec-
eciding on a career track is a natural process most
people undergo as they shed their childhood fan-
tasies and begin focusing on the pursuit of a pragmatic
professional path. For others, however, settling on just
one occupational option is simply too restrictive for their
fertile brains to endure.
Such was the case with Michael Jackowitz, D.O., CPT, a
1990 NSU-COM alumnus who resolutely crafted a way to
mesh his divergent vocational passions—profound love of
the theater and intense interest in medicine. “Growing up,
I always had these two parallel interests,” said Dr. Jack-
owitz, who was born in Miami, Florida, but relocated to
D
By Scott Colton, B.A., APR
COM/HPD Director of Medical Communications and Public Relations
PHYSICIAN BY DAY…BROADWAY
DAZZLE BY NIGHT
Dr. Michael Jackowitz Juggles Converse Careers
COM Outlook . Fall 2013
