John Geyman, MD is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, where he served as Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine from 1976 to 1990. As a family physician with over 25 years in academic medicine, he has also practiced in rural communities for 13 years. He was the founding editor of  The Journal of  Family Practice (1973 to 1990) and the editor of The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice from 1990 to 2003. His most recent books are Health Care in America: Can Our Ailing System Be Healed? (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002), The Corporate Transformation of Health Care: Can the Public Interest Still Be Served? (Springer Publishing Company, 2004), Falling Through the Safety Net: Americans Without Health Insurance (Common Courage Press, 2005), Shredding the Social Contract: The Privatization of Medicare (Common Courage Press, 2006), and The Corrosion of Medicine: Can the Profession Reclaim its Moral Legacy? (Common Courage Press, 2008), Dr. Geyman served as President of Physicians for a National Health Program from 2005 to 2007 and is a member of the Institute of Medicine.

Education:

1952  A.B. (Geology), Princeton University
1960  M.D. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Honors:

1960  Gold Headed Cane Award, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
1980  Certificate of Excellence, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
1980  Thomas W. Johnson Award for contributions in family practice education, American Academy of Family Physicians
1985  Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
1990  Curtis B. Hames Research Award, North America Primary Care Research Group and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
1998  Alumnus of the Year, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
2004  Marian Bishop Award, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
2008 Dr. Quentin Young Health Activist Award, Physicians for a National Health Program