Six chapters. One story.
The path from ambulance work and Army medicine to clinical practice, astronomy, and veteran disability medicine was not especially straight. These six chapters explain the experiences that shaped how I look at patients, records, evidence, and the work I do today.
Read them in order, or start wherever you like.
The Path Into Medicine
Where medicine began: EMS, early patient care, and learning to reconstruct the story.
Read Chapter 1 →From Army Medic to Physician
Army medicine, ROTC, medical school, and the lessons that carried from one uniform to another.
Read Chapter 2 →The Physician Who Went Back to School
Civil Air Patrol, physics, astronomy, W24, and why evidence gets the final vote.
Read Chapter 3 →The Whole Patient
Internal medicine, pain, addiction treatment, and the importance of putting the whole patient back together.
Read Chapter 4 →How I Ended Up Working With Veterans Again
How C&P work and Alaska led back to veterans and eventually to Valor Consulting.
Read Chapter 5 →Why I Still Start With the Timeline
The epilogue: why chronology, contrary evidence, and the timeline still come first.
Read Chapter 6 →