Dr J. David Sterns is from Nashville, TN, and completed his undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at Lee University prior to his medical training at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. His interest and expertise in occupational medicine developed during his first flight surgeon tour with the U.S. Marine Corps, and he ultimately went on to complete Occupational and Environmental Medicine residency training at Harvard School of Public Health. After many adventures with the U.S. Navy, he has finally found a home along the beautiful New England seacoast in Portsmouth, NH, with his wife and two daughters.