D. Schuyler Shook, III is a seasoned health advisor and patient advocate whose experience spans healthcare administration, medical research and communications, environmental policy, and political organizing. Since 2012, he has provided informational and decision-making support to clients seeking to navigate preventive and palliative care to achieve their health goals.
Since 2017, Shook has served as a scientific writer/editor, reviewing scientific and medical literature in support of bioengineering research and books on the mechanisms of action informing human health and well-being. From 2017 to 2021, he worked with Dr. Gerald Pollack in the University of Washington’s Department of Bioengineering.
Previously, Shook managed the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center in Hyde Park, New York, and the Sophia Health Institute in Woodinville, WA, overseeing daily operations, practice-management systems, and regulatory compliance. He also worked in medical-device operations at Smith & Nephew Orthopedics, coordinating surgical coverage and allocating bio-medical resources across a five-state territory.
His campaign experience includes work for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in New Hampshire, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. He also served as an AmeriCorps watershed education specialist through the Student Conservation Association in New York’s Hudson Valley to revise development codes and ordinances. In 2023 he became active in RFK Jr’s presidential campaign as an independent and was supportive of Bobby’s decision to support President Trump in the summer of 2024 and became a volunteer for the GOP during the campaign.
Volunteer work has included patient advocacy, public education, and fundraising with the Lyme Disease Association and the Center for Lyme Action, as well as environmental education aboard Hudson River Sloop Clearwater vessels.
Sky Shook earned a Bachelor of Science in History from the University of Wyoming, with a concentration on Environment and Natural Resources and coursework in collaborative processes, and implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act.