Polite Dissent

I am a board certified Family Practice physician. That means that after medical school, I finished a residency in Family Practice and then passed the certification exam. I chose Family Practice because I like the variety of patients and ailments that we see, plus I like the concept of being able to treat the the whole family, not just individual patients. After residency, I served in the Air Force as a physician for the next four years. Most of my time was spent at Nellis Air Force Base, though I was deployed to both Haiti and the Middle East. I finished my time with the USAF last summer, and took a position as a second physician in a small practice in a central Illinois town. I’m from Southern Illinois originally, but this is close enough. I love being back in the midwest, but my Nevada-bred wife is taking some time to adjust.

I’ve collected comics since I was 10. The first I remember were the X-Men, Avengers, and Fantastic Four I read of my cousins one Thanksgiving. The X-Men issues were those at the waning end of the Claremont/Byrne run - #139, 140, 141, 142. The stories were the Nightcrawler/Wolverine/Alpha-Flight vs. Wendigo story, plus “Days of Future Past” — still some of my favorite comics ever.. I started collecting comics myself shortly thereafter, and haven’t looked back. While I am a sucker for super-hero comics (well, good ones) I don’t restict my reading; I read all varieties from any publisher, no matter how small or obscure.

I’ve been considering the medicine/comic theme for a while now. Most comics have appallingly bad medicine in them, or bad science, or both. I’ve been working on building a website that covers this ground for about a year now (I know, I’m slow), and I hope to actually put in online someday soon…

Politically, I tend to be moderate with leftward leanings. I also have strong pro-Defense and libertarian streaks. I preferto consider each issue individually, and not buy any party platform as a whole.

Hope that answers some questions (or raises more…)