J Alan writes creative non-fiction about his life as a boy in the allegheny highlands of Northern Appalachia,
and about his medical life.
After medical school, J Alan trained at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA, the Submarine Medical School, Groton, CT, and the Naval Diving and Salvage School, Washington DC before deployment for sea duty.
After his navy years, J Alan entered private medical practice, having completed medical residencies in anesthesiology and internal medicine.