Shalonda Pettis

Shalonda Pettis, known as Dr. Shay, the Purple PA, is a health and wellness coach and founder of Elite Wellness Solutions in Atlanta.

Pettis spent 20 years working as a Physician Assistant after earning a Masters in Medical Science from Emory University in 2003. Her clinical background spans family practice, cardiology, internal medicine and hospital medicine, veterans health, and community outreach. She later returned to school for a Doctor of Medical Science degree at the University of Lynchburg, and along the way came to realize her real passion was disease prevention and wellness rather than traditional clinical care. She is now a certified Health Coach accredited by the American Council on Exercise.

A wife and mother of three sons, Pettis built Elite Wellness Solutions around the idea that mental, physical, and spiritual well-being all matter for lasting health, and that anyone, wherever they're starting from, can join the journey.