Dr. Carolyn Owen Monahan grew up in Arizona. She graduated from ASU in psychology and educational psychology and attended UCLA Medical School. During her pediatric training Dr. Monahan completed an infectious disease fellowship.

Dr. Monahan practices traditional pediatrics, but is also very interested in practices that give optimum health far beyond mere absence of disease. Healthy diet, exercise, sleep, interfamily interactions and social relationships contribute to a full and healthy life.

She has three grown children with whom she loves interacting. Lauren teaches honors high school English and is a writer of young adult fiction. Daniel is a sculptor and multimedia producer. John is currently attending USC Medical School and she enjoys sharing wisdom from many years of practice and getting the newest ways to look at medical challenges. Dr. Monahan has also gone to Fiji, Kenya, and Guatemala to teach medicine on humanitarian trips to improve world health. Currently she is on the Board of Collegium Aesculapium with interest in teaching, rights of conscience, telemedicine, and emergency response. She enjoys being the grandma who gets to take her grandchildren to Moonlight Beach. See the book, "Last Child in the Wild" for her thoughts on nature and health.