Dr. Shawn Thistle is a practicing chiropractor, educator, international speaker, knowledge-transfer leader, entrepreneur, and medicolegal consultant. He is the Founder and CEO of RRS Education. Dr. Thistle specializes in helping his colleagues effectively integrate research into high-quality, patient-centered chiropractic care.

Dr. Thistle has also lectured as a part-time faculty member at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (Toronto, Canada) for 18 years. He serves as a member of the Guideline Executive Committee for the Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative and on the Research Committee for the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation.

Dr. Thistle lives in a small town just north of Toronto with his wife, Katie, and two young sons, Calvin and Everett.