Doc Weir is an academic and practicing medical doctor in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was born and raised. He has spent his life alternating between private practice and academic medicine. He has been dedicated to international missions (Nigeria, 1983-1985) and (Albania yearly for 30 years). He has authored three books: When Your Doctor Has Bad News (Zondervan), Practice by the Book (Christian Medical & Dental Associations), and Whispers (Christian Medical & Dental Associations). He is now Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Chief of Hematology and Oncology at VA Medical Center. He loves his family, including six grandchildren, to whom he told this story many years ago.