Shelly Lajiness has been a Nurse Practitioner with Urology Associates in Royal Oak Michigan for 9 years. She received her Bachelor's of Science from the Universtiy of Michigan, a Master's from Ohio State University and her Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Michigan State University. She is currently involved in research at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak in neuromodulation and has 24 years of nursing practice, 19 of which are at the advanced level. She has written several articles and has spoken at both the National and local level.