Sarah Cheyette graduated cum laude in Cognitive Neuroscience from Princeton University and received her medical degree from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Following specialty training in pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and in pediatric neurology at Seattle Children’s Hospital, she recently practiced at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, where she focused on treating ADHD in both children and adults. For multiple years she has been a "Top Doctor" in San Francisco magazine. She now has her own practice, Epiphany Mental Wellness.

She has written three books on ADHD: ADHD and the Focused Mind, Winning with ADHD and ADHD &Me. in the books she explains common behavioral symptoms of ADHD, the biology behind it, and what research has revealed about it – as well as issues faced by people when considering prescription medications and other treatment approaches. She has an upcoming book with her husband, Living With ADHD, which was written for the American Academy of Neurology as the first book on ADHD in their ""Neurology Now"" series."