Costs of War

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, Veterans healthcare and policy, nursing education, human patient simulation, professional development, and leadership.   Dr. Tayyeb, a sought-after national speaker, is a Jonas Veterans Healthcare Scholar Alumnus and is the Creator, Producer, and Host of the RN-Mentor Podcast with over two million downloads. 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 and is supporting efforts to elevate the scope of Ambulatory Care Nursing at one of the nation’s largest FQHCs. Dr. Tayyeb also leads the Veterans Health Campaign for the American Nurses Association / California and serves as a Consultant for the Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and leads efforts in the strategic design in reducing Veteran suicide for the County of Los Angeles. He also holds faculty positions at several Southern California Universities. 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 was awarded the President’s Award by the American Nurses Association/ California and received the Visionary Leadership - Pioneering Spirit award from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for his work in 2025. Dr. Tayyeb was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2023 and serves on the Academy’s Military and Veterans Health Expert Panel, is on the Board of the Association of Military/Veterans 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.