Nisha Chellam, MD

Dr. Nisha Chellam is a board-certified MD who calls herself a “recovering physician”, who has chosen to move away from medications being the only option, for sick patients. Using the principles of functional medicine, she helps her patients understand how their body works to help them optimize their health.

Dr. Chellam is board-certified in Internal Medicine Medicine from Wayne State University. She was an Associate Teaching Clinician at Michigan State University and Wayne State University with 21 years of practice and teaching experience. She is certified in functional medicine having undergone extensive training in functional medicine from the Institute of Functional Medicine. She is also a lifetime member of the American Lipid Association. Dr. Chellam completed her residency in Internal Medicine from Wayne State University and was a Chief Resident at Detroit Receiving Hospital in Michigan. Her current and active interest is in peptide therapy for the resolution of obesity and metabolic syndrome.