John J. Ratey

John J. Ratey, MD, is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an internationally recognized expert in neuropsychiatry. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and 11 books, including Driven to Distraction and its related works, coauthored with Edward M. Hallowell, MD.

Ratey’s other books include Shadow Syndromes, A User’s Guide to the Brain, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, and Go Wild. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Colgate University and his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.