After graduating from Dartmouth College, where he majored in English, Dr.McCartie received his MD degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed residency training in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has since practiced pediatrics in Maryland, Maine, and New Hampshire. He spent 15 years as Director of Pediatric Care at Crotched Mountainin Greenfield, NH, a residential school for children and young adults with developmental disabilities, and a rehabilitation hospital with an emphasis on serving patients with acquired brain injury.