Dr. Budge was born in Utah. He graduated from the University of Utah, College of Medicine and received his cardiology training from the University of California, San Francisco at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and a Fellow, American College of Cardiology. He was Assistant Chief of Cardiology at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital in San Francisco and was Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. He started practice in Novato in 1985. Dr. Budge has been a board member of the Marin Medical Society, volunteered for the Marin Chapter of the American Heart Association, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Novato Community Hospital. He is the Medical Director of the Critical Care Unit of Novato Community Hospital.