Dr. Ray Schilling was born in 1945 in Tübingen, Germany. He studied medicine at the Eberhard-Karls- University Medical School there, graduated in 1971 and wrote a doctoral thesis in endocrinology to obtain his M.D. An English version of this thesis was published in the Acta Endocrinologica. Ray left Germany for Canada in 1972. Research still fascinated him, and he worked in a post-doctoral cancer research position at the prestigious Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto for three years. But mouse models are a far cry from practicing human medicine, and as a result Ray enrolled in a family medicine program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. After passing his Canadian exam he moved to the West and practiced family medicine for 16 years in a suburb of Vancouver. Seeking more treatment modalities for his patients he trained at the University of British Columbia in clinical hypnosis and became an active member of the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis. From 1994 onwards he continued his career as a medical advisor in occupational health with the Worker's Compensation Board of British Columbia, but at the same time continued his clinical work in busy walk-in clinics. It was there that he saw the need of patients to have their questions answered in depth. Since time slots in walk-in clinics are generally small, he decided to develop a website for patients, where they could receive more information than they would be able to get at the doctor's office. Ray launched Nethealthbook.com in 2002. In the meantime Dr. Ray has retired from clinical medicine in an office setting in 2010, but his work has not stopped. He researches and blogs in Askdrray.com, which is another website that has been started in 2003 and deals with medical topics and up to date information. He is a strong proponent for preventative and anti-aging medicine and has been a member of the American Academy of Anti-Ageing Medicine (A4M) for several years. Ray enjoys ballroom, Latin and Argentine tango dancing. To keep in shape he works out at the gym.
