retired Brigadier General, Dr. Jerry Griffin was an emergency physician in Europe, Kosovo and Iraq from 2002 to 2005. He co-authored a book with Pam Umann, MSW, called The Last Day of Winter, Secrets of the Seasons of Dying (Iuniverse, 2005), which poignantly addresses end-of-life issues. Dr. Griffin received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of the Pacific in Stockton in 1971. He received his Doctor of Medicine in 1977 from the University of Juarez/Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio, where he also interned. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He was medical director for Hospice of the Central Coast from 1987 to 1997, and for VNA Hospice from 1997 to 2002. He is in private practice and remains an attending physician at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital & Health System. He is a resident of Pacific Grove and joined the Hospice Foundation board in 2006.