Ashten Duncan, MD, MPH, CPH, is a Native American writer, board-certified family physician, and researcher originally from Oklahoma. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Master of Public Health, and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Oklahoma. He completed his postgraduate medical training in the University of New Mexico - Santa Fe Family Medicine Residency Program. He has authored dozens of research articles, essays, op-eds, poems, short stories, monographs, and other pieces in publications like Scientific American. He has edited for medical humanities journals and online publications and has served as peer reviewer for many academic journals. Residing in northern New Mexico with his wife, Dr. Duncan serves as core faculty for a rural family medicine residency program at a federally qualified health center. Journey of the Broken Vessels is his first novel.