Dillon Hayes, MD

Dr. Dillon Hayes is a psychiatrist, writer, and the founder of Elephant.

He earned his B.S. from Cornell University and began his career in finance before pursuing medicine. After receiving his M.D., he completed postgraduate training in adult psychiatry. Based in New York City, his work explores the intersection of psychology, behavior, and belief.

Through essays, ideas, and practical frameworks, Elephant explores awareness, confidence, contact, identity, and freedom—not as abstract ideals, but as forces that shape how we live, work, and relate.

The aim is not withdrawal from life, and not the abandonment of ambition. It is a different relationship to both: one less driven by lack, and more rooted in clarity.