Bud BeamerLeland "Bud" Beamer was raised in Iowa and attended Cornell College and the University of Iowa School of Medicine. After his internship in Portland, Oregon, he spent two years as the sole physician on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Central Orgon. The Deschutes River forms the forty mile eastern border of the Reservation. After a family practice residency and surgical training, he was a family doctor, surgeon and ER physician in Madras, Oregon, for 40 years. He is currently chief medical officer at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras.He still has roots in Iowa, but his love of Central Oregon and all of the natural settingsand outdoor activities have provided a marvelous balance of recreational and professionalactivities.Issues involving the early childhood period are of utmost importance to him. His book "theBaby and the Seed" is an illustrative work on the importance of love and nurturing in thiscritical period. Read More Read Less