Dr. Jim Wilson is a family medicine specialist with over 28 years of experience. He earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College in New York and completed his residency at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut.
He’s a two-time recipient of the Alice Freuhan M.D. award for his dedication and commitment to the students of Albany Medical College.
Dr. Wilson always wanted to help people, which sounds like a natural fit for someone who wants to be a doctor. However, medicine wasn’t always his primary interest. Being an outdoorsman, he previously explored photography, scuba diving (industrial and recreational), and even environmental toxicology. But he was intrigued by medicine in college, which ultimately won out.
“I had an internship in a tissue typing lab that performed the testing needed for kidney transplantation,” he said. “I was hired prior to graduation to do tissue typing by the transplant surgeon who operated the lab. This led to an interest in medicine.”
From there, medicine became his passion. And he became the teaching doctor that he is today.
“I try to explain things to the patient in a way they understand what I understand,” he said. “It’s their illness/condition, they need to understand it as best as they can to better empower them to manage it.”
In his free time, Dr. Wilson enjoys competitive shooting, fishing, and marathon canoeing.
