John F Perry III M.D. is a graduate of Dartmouth College with an Bachelor of Arts in Sociology degree and received his M.D. degree from the Jefferson Medical College of the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following graduation, he served in the United States Public Health Service and after that completed his orthopedic residency, receiving board certification in 1978. He maintains a clinical practice in Chester County Pennsylvania and has a robust medical legal practice in Florida and Pennsylvania. He has been politically active, running for he US Senate as a Libertarian and Governor of Pennsylvania as a Republican. He is the author of a scientific analysis of the US health care system, a book entitled The Freedom Plan: An American Answer to Health Care Reform.