Rob Scanlon, M.D. is Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care (ICU medicine) and actively in practice for over 20 years. He began his journey as a hiker/backpacker in 2002 to reduce the stress of work life. Throughout his clinical career he has followed his passion for patient education in his specialty to improve outcomes and longevity for his patients with underlying lung disease.

He joined the Wilderness Medicine Society (WMS) in 2018 through his love for the outdoors and medicine and to pursue his growing desire to impact the staggering rate of hiker death and rescue. Along with attending conferences, he has been accepted as a fellowship candidate of the WMS.

In 2018 Dr. Rob established Medical Media Consulting to engage with creators of visual, scripted entertainment on the accuracy of medical content of their projects and has developed relationships within the entertainment community. Prior to writing this manuscript he was working with professionals in the entertainment industry on a reality television show relating to this project.

He has an Instagram account @dr_robscanlon with over 54,000 followers where you can see him on hikes at Mt. Kilimanjaro, The Appalachian Trail, Canyonlands in Utah and on other wonderful excursions.