Sally Shaywitz, M.D. is a physician-scientist, the Audrey G. Ratner Professor in Learning Development, and Co-Director of the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity at the Yale University School of Medicine. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine within the National Academy of Sciences and co-chaired the National Council Committee on Gender Differences in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty. Dr. Shaywitz served on the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS); the National Research Council Committee on Women in Science and Engineering; the Congressionally-mandated National Reading Panel; and the Committee to Prevent Reading Difficulties in Young Children of the National Research Council. 



Dr. Shaywtiz is the author of Overcoming Dyslexia, a book that presents the latest scientific advances in dyslexia, practical approaches and interventions for parents and educators, as well as over 350 scientific papers.