Dr J. David Sterns is from Nashville, TN, and completed his undergraduate studies in Biochemistry at Lee University prior to his medical training at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. His interest and expertise in occupational medicine developed during his first flight surgeon tour with the U.S. Marine Corps, and he ultimately went on to complete Occupational and Environmental Medicine residency training at Harvard School of Public Health. After many adventures with the U.S. Navy, he has finally found a home along the beautiful New England seacoast in Portsmouth, NH, with his wife and two daughters.

David Sterns 醫師出生於美國田納西州納什維爾，本科在李大學主修生物化學，隨後於華盛頓特區的喬治城大學取得醫學博士學位。在美國海軍陸戰隊擔任航行軍醫的經歷激發了他對職業醫學的興趣，之後他於哈佛大學公共衛生學院完成了職業與環境醫學的專科訓練。在美國海軍服役期間歷經種種磨鍊與冒險後，Dr Sterns 醫師現與妻子和兩個女兒定居於美國東北部的新罕布夏州朴茨茅斯，繼續投身職場醫學領域。