Jill Seaman received a B.A. (1974) from Middlebury College, an M.D. (1979) from the University of Washington School of Medicine, and a D.T.M.H. (1989) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She completed her residence in family practice at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, California. Seaman has been delivering health care in Southern Sudan since 1989. She currently spends half of each year treating patients from her clinic in the village of Old Fangak, Sudan, and the other half practicing medicine in Bethel, Alaska, where she is affiliated with the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation.