He earned his bachelors degree from the University of Southern California and his medical degree from Spartan Health Sciences University. He completed internship in medicine at Yale University and postgraduate psychiatric training at the University of Connecticut. He serves as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Viner and his wife Bonnie Eloise have three children: Vincent, Arielle, and Natalie. He is a member of numerous professional groups in his community. In his spare time, he enjoys rock hunting, and traveling. Even though he has had a number of articles published in medical journals, Suicide is Dr. Mark William Viners first published work. (2005, paperback, 142 pages)