After a disruptive childhood and early schooling in India and Chinese Turkestan, Dr. Binns graduated from Guy's Hospital Medical School in London, specializing in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, before practicing in the UK, Uganda, Canada and New Zealand. Following a long and distinguished career, he added infectious diseases to his résumé and worked as an assistant professor in the Medical School at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He now lives with his wife, also a physician, in Nanoose Bay, B.C. and Whakatane, New Zealand.