Dr. Ali R. Tayyeb is a United States Navy Veteran, having served as a Fleet Marine Force Corpsman with Naval Medical Center San Diego, 1st Marine Division, and 3rd Marine Division. 

After his military service, Dr. Tayyeb pursued his career as a Registered Nurse, earning his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nursing from California State University, Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from the University of San Diego. Dr. Tayyeb’s experiences in the healthcare field include combat trauma, emergency medicine, education, Human Patient Simulation, Professional Development, Leadership, Veterans Healthcare, and Policy.  

Dr. Tayyeb is a Jonas Veterans Healthcare Scholar Alumnus and is the Creator, Producer, and Host of the RN-Mentor Podcast and Blog. He is also the creator of RN-Doodle, DOC’s Veterans Corner, Zero Dark Thirty, and the Hike 2 Thrive Program.

Dr. Tayyeb Currently serves as CEO of RN-Mentor Consulting, LLC, holds a consulting role in nursing professional Practice with AltaMed. Dr. Tayyeb also holds the position of Chief Research Consultant, Co-Chair for the Veterans Suicide Review Team (VSRT), and leads the Veterans Suicide Prevention Community Collaborative (VSPCC) for the Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. He also leads the Veterans Health Campaign for the American Nurses Association / California, and has faculty appointments in the graduate programs at California State University, Los Angeles, and Charles Drew University.

Dr. Tayyeb’s research, education, and advocacy interests in Veterans related topics include Transition from military service, Post-Traumatic Stress, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Depression, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Pain, Suicide, Family environment, Disenfranchisement, Policy, Culture, Veteran Benefits & Reintegration.

Though Dr. Tayyeb’s research is primarily veteran-centric, his work has evolved into the exploration of systemic failures and advancing social networks to connect and advance nursing issues while facilitating nursing discourse centered around the theory of social contracts.

Dr. Tayyeb is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, is ANCC nationally board certified in Nursing Professional Development, has earned a Certificate in effective college instruction, awarded by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) in collaboration with the American Council on Education, and greatly invested in professional development, role development, and pushing the boundaries of the nursing profession through diversity of people, thought, advocacy, and the arts.