Dr. Patricia Shelton, MD, holds a Doctor of Medicine degree and a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience, both from the University of Washington in Seattle. For the past eight years, her career has been focused on medical communications, including writing both for the general public as well as for other medical professionals. In addition to this, she also teaches anatomy and physiology at the college level for the National Institutes of Health, as well as at the general public level in yoga teacher training programs. Her book, The Yoga Doctor, was published in 2015.