After AFI, his boyhood friend from Denver, writer/producer John Wells,
hired him in to write for China Beach (1988) (1988-1991). After a stint there, he
enrolled at Harvard medical school.
Graduated from Harvard Medical School.
Father Sylvan Bernard Baer was a surgeon. Mother was Arlette Jean Goldberg.
Pediatric intern, Childrens Hospital, East Hollywood,
California, USA.
Besides medical degree, also holds master's degrees in education and
sociology from Harvard.