From Hopeless to Healing: When Traditional Medicine Fails (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781637924310)

Sylmara Chatman M.D.

Dr. Chatman has been Board Certified in Family Medicine for over 25 years. She received her medical degree from Michigan State University and currently practices in Southfield, Michigan. She joined Ascension Health as a Medical Director and developed and implemented their first School-Based Health Center Program which opened in September of 1995.

Dr. Chatman and her staff touched the lives of over 10,000 students, reduced absenteeism and emergency room visits and enhanced the overall wellness of the students that participated in their programs. Her School-Based Health Centers were so successful, within ten years she and her staff were invited into 12 additional public schools including the Cornerstone Schools.

Dr. Chatman's work on the treatment of childhood asthma, in the School-Based Health Center setting can be read in the Journal of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, (2003 and 2004). She wrote the 'Ask The Doctor Column" for the Michigan Chronicle Newspaper for over nine years, She was given the National Congressional Leadership Award in Washington DC in 2003, Detroit Urban League Community Service Award in 1998, The Michigan State Senate Physician of the Year Award in 1997, Leading Physicians of the World 2018, Trademark Women of Distinction Honors Edition 2018, Healthcare Innovation Award for my Body and Wellness Program at the Harvard Business Club of Boston 2018, Physician of the Year for 2021, 2022, Top Doctors in Michigan in 2020 and 2022 and is listed in the Library of Congress. She also made numerous television appearances as a medical expert for Channels WXYZ and WDIV, in which she discussed current health topics and relevant preventative health and wellness recommendations.