Dr. Ken Bartholomew is a family physician, a graduate of the University of Utah College of Medicine. He has published scientific papers as well as full-length books. He coauthored a book on the role of computers in medicine in 1991 (Knowledge Coupling), published a book on death with dignity in 1994 (Doctor, Please Close The Door), and a book on the aging brain in 2017 (Disuse Atrophy, Your Brain, and Your Future). In the fiction realm, he has published Last Flight For Whiskey Mike; Sentenced; and Gunpowder For The General.
An associate professor of clinical medicine, Dr. B has taught medical students from the University of South Dakota for forty-eight years, along with students in nursing, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant programs.
An accomplished climber, kayaker, diver, marksman, and archer, he has explored the wilderness in search of adventure. Staring a grizzly down at ten yards, or cutting his way out of a logjam while rafting the icy waters of the Alaska wilderness, taught him a new level of adrenaline rush. With over two thousand hours of flight time, he is also a seasoned instrument-rated pilot and has “dead stick” landed his airplane on a single-lane dirt trail after the engine blew.
Dr. B has taught outdoor survival skills for years, and his record for fire starting with flint and steel is eight seconds. He loves to teach the next generations that if you can survive in the wilderness, you can surely survive in a leather-upholstered society.
