Serena Satcher

“My journey to improve my health started a decade ago when I was diagnosed with tumors that were pressing on my bladder, making things like running painful. With a few changes in my nutrition, I was later able to shrink the tumors that could not be removed surgically and resume running and training for a triathlon. The person and the practice together can improve outcomes with lifestyle modifications that are easy to learn and do."

Dr. Satcher brings a wealth of experience in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, medical leadership, and Functional Medicine to her patients. She earned a degree in medicine from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN in 1989, completed a residency in Internal Medicine New England Deaconess Hospital of Boston in 1992 and a second residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois in 1996. She is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the American Board of Integrative Medicine and certified in Functional Medicine by the Institute of Functional Medicine.

She served on the faculty of Northwestern University in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She also served as a consultant at the NJ WRIISC providing functional medicine protocols and care to Veterans of the Gulf Wars. Her areas of interest are in lifestyle approaches to Arthritis, Weight Liberation with Metabolic disease management and Autoimmune disease management.

She has had health challenges and lives the healthy lifestyle that she teaches. She says that empowering the individual to manage their own health and to heal themselves is the goal of her programs. In her spare time, she enjoys running, cycling, cooking and gardening. She has a blog on her website (treatyourselftohealth.com), her latest publications and products can be found at https://linktr.ee/treatyourselftohealth, and she publishes videos on YouTube @treat yourself to health.