Lynn E Yonge, MD, FAAFP, FAWM, is a lifelong outdoorsman and an Eagle Scout. He is the senior partner for Bay Medical Family Practice in Fairhope, AL. He serves as the medical director for two at-risk teen facilities.
Dr. Yonge was a member of the first class of Fellows of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Wilderness Medical Society and is a past Chairman of the Environmental Council of the Wilderness Medical Society. He is the coauthor of the Biodiversity chapter in the sixth edition of Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine text.
Dr. Yonge is the Wilderness Medicine Director for the University of South Alabama Department of Emergency Medicine. He leads the senior elective in wilderness medicine for the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine and the USA College of Medicine. Dr. Yonge is a passionate environmentalist and an Leave No Trace (LNT) instructor. He is also a certified burn manager and likes to set the woods on fire. He owns and cares for a 340-acre Certified Treasure Forest in rural Alabama.