Jonathan Bertman is a family physician in Rhode Island and the founder of Amazing Charts, AfraidToAsk.com, and HealthAccessRI. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

 and the president of South County Family Medicine, Inc., in Hope Valley, Rhode Island

Hope Valley, Rhode Island

Hope Valley is a village and census-designated place in the town of Hopkinton in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,649 at the 2000 census...

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Bertman was born in Newton, Massachusetts

Newton, Massachusetts

Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...

, and was educated at the Cambridge School of Weston

The Cambridge School of Weston

The Cambridge School of Weston, also known as CSW, is a private, coeducational high school in Weston, Massachusetts. Currently the school has approximately 330 students, 25% of whom are boarding. The Head of School is Jane Moulding...

 in Weston, Massachusetts

Weston, Massachusetts

Weston is a suburb of Boston located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States in the Boston metro area. The population of Weston, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, is 11,261....

. His sister is the illustrator Louisa Bertman

Louisa Bertman

Louisa Bertman is an American illustrator living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is known for her "untraditional portraitures of celebrities and personalities".- Personal life :...

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He attended Vassar College

Vassar College

Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...

 in Poughkeepsie, New York, before earning his medical degree at the University of Massachusetts Medical School

University of Massachusetts Medical School

The University of Massachusetts Medical School is one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts system and is home to three schools: the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Graduate School of Nursing; a biomedical research enterprise; and a range of...

 in Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....

. Following medical school, Bertman did his internship and residency in Family Medicine at Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

's Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island.

In 1996 he founded AfraidToAsk.com, a health Web site addressing personal medical topics. In 2001, Bertman founded Amazing Charts, a software company that developed an electronic health record

Electronic Health Record

An electronic health record is an evolving concept defined as a systematic collection of electronic health information about individual patients or populations...

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In 2010 he was named Physician Entrepreneur of the Year by Modern Physician magazine.

Bertman is the Physician Editor-in-Chief of MD Net Guide, a technology magazine.