The author of this Blog, Steve (or, more professionally, Steven) Leiner, has worked as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) for over 30 years. Steve’s accomplishments, in more-or-less chronologic order from his early through late youth, include:
- Graduated from University of Chicago, BA in History.
- Drove a truck through chaotic Boston streets.
- Hitchhiked 3½ years through Europe (myriad odd jobs).
- Taught English 3 years in Thailand (challenged and passed the national elementary school exam for 4th Grade in Thai).
- Received his MS & FNP from Pace University, NY.
- Ran a small rural Appalachian hospital ER (at Frontier Nursing Service).
- Trained community health workers in El Salvador’s rural villages & urban shantytowns.
- Currently provides primary care in a non-profit community clinic for Latino immigrants.
- Credentialed as an HIV Specialist (by American Academy of HIV Medicine)
- Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco
- Raising/raised two [wonderful; just ask their folks] now-teenage daughters.
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