John Osborn, MD, specializes in Internal Medicine and provided care for military veterans for 41 years, including as physician advisor to Camp Chaparral for Native American veterans with PTSD. John graduated from the College of Idaho in 1979, the University of Washington School of Medicine (1983) through the WWAMI program, and Internal Medicine Spokane (1986).

Along with Derrick Jensen and George Draffan, he is an author of Railroads and Clearcuts: Legacy of Congress’s 1864 Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grant. From 1988–2000, John chronicled the closing of frontiers and historic change in America’s Northwest as editor of the journal Transitions: www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/transitions/  He is an author of Moving Mountains: creating the Nurse Practitioner and Rural EMS.

Dr. Osborn has worked with Congress and Legislatures on a spectrum of healthcare and conservation issues, including suicide prevention and HIV. His work in ethics includes POLST (Washington State) and the One River, Ethics Matter project for the Columbia River.  He is married to Rachael – they live on Vashon Island, where they garden and press apple cider.