Dr. Yeates was born and raised in Kingston, Canada, but his ties to Northern California extend to years of annual family vacations at Lake Tahoe. He majored in chemical engineering at Queen's University, one of Canada's premier institutions. After graduation he traveled to Finland for an engineering position but found that his true passion was in caring for others, returning to Queen's to study medicine, graduating in 1994.

After medical school he completed residency training in family practice with an additional fellowship in family based obstetrics. His unique talents made him sought by teaching programs, bringing him to Memphis where he spent four years as a professor in a family practice residency. As Medical Director of the University of Tennessee Family Practice residency in Covington Tennessee, he taught residents care for patients in all age groups, in the office, at the hospital and at nursing homes. He was so well respected that he was nominated to be the Chief of the Medical Staff at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Tipton, Tennessee.

A desire for on hand individual care of patients led him to move to Sacramento. Married, with three small children, he enjoys running and cycling. In the winter, when not seeing patients, you will find him snowboarding at Tahoe.