Beach CongerBeach Conger graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1967. After completing his residency in Boston and San Francisco, and a tour of duty at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he founded and directed San Francisco's first Community Healh Center. In 1977, he came to Vermont, where he practiced general internal medicine at Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center. For five years he taught hospital medicine at hospitals in Philadelphia. In 2009, he joined the staff of Community Health Centers of Burlington. His current practice focuses primarily on the treatment of patients with a history of opiate addiction. Conger is the author of three previous books including the bestselling Bag Balm & Duct Tape: Tales of a Vermont Doctor. Read More Read Less