ABOUT REBECCA
Dr. Rebecca Edgeworth represents Nevada’s 35th Assembly District and is the only practicing physician serving in the Assembly. She earned her M.D. from the University of South Florida and has dedicated much of her career to serving Southern Nevada’s communities through organizations such as Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada and the Southern Nevada Homelessness Continuum of Care. In addition to her legislative service, Dr. Edgeworth is a professor at Touro University Nevada, where she teaches didactic and clinical medicine, helping train the next generation of healthcare professionals.
In the 2025 legislative session, Edgeworth posted a 67 percent success rate on her sponsored bills – tying for the highest among her caucus. Her legislative accomplishments include AB380, which revises the composition and oversight of mobile crisis response teams to improve coordination during mental health emergencies; AB221, which modernizes licensing requirements for healthcare providers administering anesthesia; and AB161, which strengthens hospice patient protections by requiring informed consent for treatment, timely notification of care changes, and clear disclosure of patient rights.
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Edgeworth was born in Las Vegas-born to a military family and raised with a profound appreciation for community values. While she pursued her undergraduate and medical studies in Florida, her heart always gravitated back to her Nevada roots. Returning home, she completed her internal medicine residency at UMC, laying the groundwork for her role as a committed leader within southern Nevada.
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Upon completing her residency, Dr. Edgeworth assumed the vital role of Medical Director at Volunteers in Medicine in Southern Nevada, a beacon of hope providing essential healthcare to those in need. In 2013, she joined Touro University Nevada as an adjunct professor, now proudly serving as an Assistant Professor and Medical Director for the university's esteemed School of Physician Assistant Studies. Since her transition to a full-time faculty member in 2019, Dr. Edgeworth has played a pivotal role in nurturing the university's partnerships for its mobile healthcare clinic.
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Throughout her educational journey and flourishing career, Dr. Edgeworth's unwavering passion for serving the underserved has remained steadfast. She has diligently served as the Medical Director at Volunteers in Medicine and currently spearheads a physician assistant community outreach program at Touro University, meeting the needs of over 850 underserved and homeless southern Nevadans annually. Revered as the driving force behind the university's mobile health clinic, she also stands as a leading figure at Project Homeless Connect—an event that delivers crucial services to over 2,500 homeless citizens in a single day.​
As a physician armed with both clinical expertise and an empathetic, community-centered approach, Dr. Edgeworth remains resolute in her mission to advocate for those with limited access to healthcare. Actively engaging her students, she guides them not only in delivering exceptional medical care but also in attending to the needs of our community's most vulnerable members.
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