Shayla Toombs-Withers, DO

Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers is a family physician and founder of Essence of Health Wellness Clinic & Coaching in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

She earned her Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her family medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati and Christ Hospital. She went on to complete fellowship training in obesity medicine. She also holds certifications from The Menopause Society, the Institute for Functional Medicine, and in plant based nutrition.

Having followed a plant based diet herself for many years, Dr. Toombs-Withers has built that experience into her practice. She combines her medical training with nutrition and athletic background to help patients improve and overcome chronic disease through a concierge model of preventative and chronic care. She often returns to two guiding ideas, that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and that food can be medicine.